PRAYER  

This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on 9th January 2016. Have a look and try a few!

Calendar

Make a calendar.  Decorate it with daubers.  Stick a piece of ribbon on to hang it.  Also stick on the card that says 24/7, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year God is there to hear our prayers

What good things happened for you last year?

What are you hoping for this year?

You could pray

Dear Jesus, Thankyou for your care

It’s good to know you’re always there

I bring to you the year ahead

And ask that I will by you be led

Book of Prayers

Take a thick piece of card for the back cover

Take a thin piece of card for the front and decorate it.  You could put your name on it if you want to.

Take some pages to go in the middle

Thread a ribbon through them all to tie them together

Then choose some prayers or colouring that you would like to go in your book.  You can add your own as well.

Father God

You made me,

You love me,

You look after me,

Thank you God

Prayer Hand

Find bits in the newspapers that you would like to pray about.  Cut them out and stick them to the prayer hands.  On one side put the things to thank God for, and on the other the things to pray for.

You could pray

Father, I am sad that some people have such hard things to live with.

I ask that you will bring peace and help to them.

Amen

Glass decorating
Decorate the glass with the pens.  It will need to be heated at home to set the decoration – pick up a leaflet.

When you drink from the glass you could thank God

Thank you for each morning

I wake to a new day

Thankyou for my family

For friends and fun and play

Candle Moulding

The wax can be moulded around a wick to make a candle

When you light the candle you could pray

          Father God,

          Thank you for your light

          that shows us the way to live

         Thankyou that as we are kind to others

          they can see that light too

Prayer tree
Choose a twig.  Put some clay in a pot and stick the twig in.  Then put on it the names or pictures of people you know who are ill

This can remind you to pray for them

       Dear Jesus,

       you made people better when they were ill

       Please make ......... better today.

       Thankyou

Leather Bracelet

Take three strands of leather of different colours.  Plait them together and tie the ends to make a bracelet.

The colours can remind you to pray for different things.  Take a sheet to explain.

Bread hands

Put your hand on a piece of bread and cut round it with a knife.

Put Chocolate Spread in the centre of the hand. Everything is on God’s hands and we can trust him

Put jam on the fingers and thank God for people who help us with their hands, making meals for us, helping us at home and at school

    Father, I place into Your hands
    my friends and family.
    Father, I place into Your hands
    the things that trouble me.
    Father, I place into Your hands
    the person I would be,
    for I know I always can trust You.

Playdoh prayers

Think of something you would like to tell God about.

Do you want to thank him, say sorry or ask him for something.

Make it out of playdoh

As you make it you could tell God what you are making

    Thankyou God

Prayer dice

Write on the different sides of the wooden cube

When you throw it you can say the prayer for the side that is on top.

You could use it at the same time each day, maybe before a meal or when you go to bed

Footprint prayer

Colour in the footprint.  Then stick on this special prayer which tells us how God is with us even when we are sad and lonely

You could pray

 I’m feeling lonely God

 Please help me to feel happy again.

Washing mess away
Make a cloth Messy.  We do wrong things and make a mess

Wash the cloth in the water.  When we are sorry God forgives us and makes us clean

A prayer you could say

Father God, sometimes I get grumpy and cross

I’m sorry

Sometimes I don’t want to share

I’m sorry

Sometimes I am unkind to my friends

I’m sorry

Sometimes I won’t do as I’m asked

I’m sorry

Thankyou that you love me

Please help me to start again

Mobile phone

Choose a back for your phone and stick it on.  Stick the icons onto the front.

Prayer is talking with God

God always loves us and loves it when we talk to him

You can pray

Jesus

You know me

You know what I’m doing

You know how I’m feeling

You care about me

All the time

Prayer Cross

Take a piece of paper and write on it or draw a picture of anything you would like us to pray for you.

The prayers in here will be passed on to a team of people who pray every month for Messy Church

Roll your paper up and put it in one of the tubes in the cross

Messy Thanks

Think of something you want to thank God for and either paint or write it on the sheet

You could pray

Thank you God for

all the good things you give me

Prayer tree

Take a sticky note and write or draw on it anything you would like to thank God for.  You could just draw a smiley face to tell him that he is amazing

Stick it to the prayer tree

You could pray

Lord, you know all about me

I praise you because you made me

In an amazing and wonderful way

Crisp Tasting

Try tasting the different crisps.  Can you tell what flavour each one is?  There is a prize for the person who guesses the most

Which tastes do you like?  Which ones don’t you like?

You can pray

God is great

God is good

And we thank him

For our food

Colouring pictures

Colour in one of these pictures of people praying

You can say this prayer if you want to

Dear God,  Thankyou for crayons and for all the lovely colours. I’m glad you don’t mind if I make a mess.