The Last Supper

This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on  7th March 2015. Have a look and try a few!

Upper room

Take a shoebox.  Glue the table and benches together.  Add some bread, a cup and a candle.  Make pipe cleaner people or use plasticine to add something to the scene.

Jesus sent two of his followers to follow a man to a house, and then to say to the owner, ‘The Teacher says: “Where is my guest room in which I can eat the Passover meal with my followers?” The owner will show you a large room upstairs that is furnished and ready. Prepare the food for us there.”

Do you ever eat upstairs or do you always eat downstairs?

Playdoh Food

Make some food out of playdoh and put it on a paper plate.

Once they had found the room, the disciples prepared the Passover meal

What do you have to do to get a meal ready?

Bread table

Use the icing to fix 4 marshmallow legs under your table. Make some food out of the fondant icing to put on your table.

Jesus was celebrating a festival called Passover with this special meal.  At Passover the Jews remembered the story from a long time ago of Moses leading their people out of Egypt

What do you eat if you have a special meal?

Prayer table

Make a place for yourself at the table with Jesus.  Decorate a plate and cutlery.  What would you like to say to Jesus?  Write it on the cloth.

Jesus had this meal with his 12 closest disciples

What would it be like to have a meal with Jesus?

Painting

Paint some of this picture of the last supper.

Jesus was celebrating a festival called Passover with this special meal.  At Passover the Jews remembered the story from a long time ago of Moses leading their people out of Egypt

What festivals do we celebrate?

Last Supper scene

Colour in the pictures of the disciples and Jesus and stick them to the box to make a last supper scene

Jesus had this meal with his 12 closest followers.  It was the last meal he had with them.

Who would you invite to have a special meal with you?

Disciples

Draw in each of the disciples’ faces and colour in their clothes

This was the last meal Jesus had with his 12 disciples

Who would you invite to a special meal?

Cushion

Glue shapes or draw on the cushion.  Then stuff it.

At Passover meals today people sit on cushions to remind them that they are free and relaxed not slaves

What do you think is the most comfortable sort of chair?

Placemat

Decorate the plate with food. Put it in a laminated pocket and ask the helper to laminate it for you.

Jesus thanked God for the meal they were eating

When you use this placemat it can remind you to thank God for the food you have to eat

Decorate bowl

Decorate your bowl with porcelain pens. When you get home follow the directions to cook it to fix the design.

Jesus took a cup and thanked God for it and gave it to his followers and they all drank from the cup.

Do you have any special cups at home?  Why are they special?

Goblet

Put glue on your goblet and decorate it with tissue paper.  Then give it another coat of glue

Jesus took a cup and thanked God for it and gave it to his followers, and they all drank from the  cup

The shared cup was part of the special meal and they used it to tell the Passover story

Clay bowl

Make a bowl or chalice out of clay. If you don’t know what a chalice is look at the picture to help you.

When Jesus gave them the cup he said, “This is my blood which is the new agreement that God makes with his people.

What a strange thing to say.  What do you think he meant by talking about blood?

Bread

Put your hand in each box and taste the pieces of bread. Look at the photos of the different types of bread and try and match them up

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it and broke it. Then he gave it to his followers and said, “Take it; this is my body.”

What do you think Jesus meant by this?

Stencilled towel

Use fabric paint and the template to make footprints on the towel.

At the meal, Jesus washed his friend’s feet.  He did it as an example for them, to show them that they must serve each other.

What does it feel like to have someone wash your feet? 

Money bag

Wrap up a few chocolate coins. Decorate the bag and put the coins in.

Jesus said that one of his disciples would turn against him.  He was right; Judas took money to do it.  The disciples were very sad when they heard this.

Do you know how much Judas was paid?

Paul's shipwreck

 

This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on  7th February 2015. Have a look and try a few!

Sand picture

 

 Put glue on your card in curves for a rough sea. Then sprinkle on different coloured sand to make a picture of a boat at sea. Shake off any sand that hasn’t stuck. Then glue the clouds and sprinkle black pepper on.

Paul was being taken by boat to Rome in Italy. He was a prisoner being taken for trial for the true things he had said about Jesus

They were sailing in winter even though the weather was bad. Paul told them not to go but they still set off. Have you ever done something that you were told not to do?

 

Lego Boat

Make a boat out of lego
 
Paul travelled on an Egyptian boat that was on its way to Italy

Paul's boat will have had big sails and two oars at the back to steer it

 

 

Polystyrene boats

Cut a triangle and decorate it for the sail.  Thread it on a stick for the mast.  Attach the mast to the bottom of the boat.

Paul travelled on an Egyptian boat that was on its way to Italy.

How fast do you think the boat would have travelled?

 

Water play

 

Have some fun playing with the water.  Can you make a little storm?

 

Paul travelled by ship to Italy.  There was a big storm on the way.

 

Have you ever been on a boat?

 

 

 

Sea painting

Paint a stormy picture of the sea

Paul travelled by ship to Italy.  There was a big storm on the way and they were very afraid

What have you used to make the picture look stormy?

Knots

Can you tie any of these knots in the rope?   Many different knots are used on boats.  They tie  things together securely and they can also be undone easily.

Many of the ropes and other equipment had to be thrown overboard to lighten the ship

Which knot do you think is the most useful?

Misleading weights

Guess which of these objects is the heaviest.  Then weigh them to see how heavy they are.

Anything heavy had to be thrown overboard to lighten the ship to help it survive the storm

What do you think would be the heaviest object on board a ship?

Star mobile

Stick stars on top of the spiral card.  Attach the boat to the thread.  Put the thread through the centre of the spiral and tie it to the stick.


It was so dark for several days that they couldn’t see the sun or the stars and they gave up all hope of being saved


Sometimes when it is cloudy we can’t see the stars at night.  Can you imagine a storm so bad it was dark like that in the daytime too?

Shiny angel

Paint the wooden person with shiny paint so that it is like an angel

An angel of God appeared to Paul and told him not to be afraid.  God wanted him to get to Rome so he and the rest of people on board would be saved

 

What would it be like if an angel spoke to you?

Wooden Heart

Write on the heart ‘Take heart for I trust in God’ or decorate it


Paul trusted God and he encouraged the others on the ship to trust God too. He told them to ‘take heart for I trust in God’

Can you think of a time when you had to trust someone else?

Sea and sandbank

You can make an origami boat or sail one of those that has been made already.   Make the wind blow by using the fan. How fast can it go with the wind behind it?  Does it float or sink?

A hurricane wind drove Paul’s ship along.  It went on for days and eventually they were driven on to a sand bank

Have you ever been on a boat?  Did you enjoy it or did you get seasick?

 
 
Clay anchor

Shape an anchor out of clay.  It has pointed ends so that it can hold into the ground when it is dropped in the sea.  It has a ring at the top to tie the rope to. 

The sailors dropped anchor to try and slow the ship like a brake.  When they came near land they put four anchors down to stop them hitting the rocks.  Then they cut them off so they could run aground on the sandbank.

Do you know how big a real anchor is?

 Grassheads

Put two teaspoons grass seed in pop sock, fill til enough to make head and tie off.  Glue eyes and nose on and stick the verse to the cup.

Paul said to the sailors that not one of them would lose a single hair from his head

What do you think Paul meant by this?

Food shipwreck

Put blue icing on a wafer for the sea. Then put a biscuit on for a plank from the ship. Tie a jelly baby person on with a strawberry lace.   

The centurion ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. The rest got there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.

Can you swim?  Have you ever swum in the sea 

 

 

Modroc Island

Make an island out of modroc by dipping it in the paint.

They came ashore on an island called Malta

Have you ever visited an island?  Which one was it?  What was it like?
  

 

Saul on the way to Damascus

This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on 11 January 2015. Have a look and try a few!

Name badges

Make a badge with your name on it
Saul was also known as Paul. Saul was his name in the language that Jews spoke and Paul was his name in the language that Romans spoke.

If you could have a second name what would you choose?

 

Lego Road

Make a road out of Lego with the city of Damascus at the end

Saul travelled along the road to Damascus because he wanted to stop the Christians

What cities have you travelled to? Have you ever been to another country?

Lights and circuits

Colour in the picture of Saul on the way to Damascus.  Then connect a bulb to the wires to make the bright light.

When Saul was travelling along the road, a bright light shone and he fell to the ground.

How bright do you think the light was that Saul saw?

Tea lights

Decorate the tea light holder with glitter . When you get home light the tea light and see how the light make a difference

  

When Saul was travelling along the road a bright light shone and he fell to the ground

Have you ever been really surprised by something you didn't expect?  What had happened?

Suncatchers

Colour in the suncatcher. When you get home put it on a window. The sun will make it light up.

When Saul was travelling along the road a bright light shone and he fell to the ground

What is the brightest light you can think of?

Feely bags

Put your hand in each bag but don’t look inside.  Can you tell what is in each bag?

After seeing the bright light, when Saul got up again, he couldn’t see anything and had to be led to Damascus by his friends

It is hard when you can’t see. How did you work out what was in each bag?

Cake eyeball

Take a cake pop. Cover it in icing. Add a chocolate button as an eyeball and cornflakes to show the flakes over Saul’s eyes.

It was as if flakes covered Saul’s eyes, so he couldn’t see. When Ananias prayed for Saul the flakes fell off

What do you think this was like for Saul?

Signpost

Slot two lolly sticks into the peg to make a signpost. Use the clay to make it stand up. 

Saul was going from Jerusalem to Damascus. He was angry with the Christians. After Jesus had spoken to him he changed and he went back to Jerusalem.

Have you ever hated something then grown to love it? Saul hated the Christians and then he became one. He changed direction.

Painted hands

Brush paint on your hands and then either
-put your hands on the head of the dummy
-or take a piece of paper and do handprints on the picture of the head

God told Ananias to put his hands on Saul and pray for him. Ananias had to be very brave to do this as he knew Saul had set out to stop Christians.

Do you know if anyone prays for you?

Modroc hand

Put a glove on your hand and cover it with modroc 

God told Ananias to put his hands on Saul and pray for him and Saul’s sight came back

Do you know anyone who has been healed when someone prayed for them?

Paper Plate Spinners

 
Take two paper plates and make faces on them, one sad and one happy.  Then stick them together with a stick taped in between.

 
Saul was sad when he couldn’t see, but he was happy when he could see again. He changed completely.


Can you think of a time when you were sad, but then something changed and you were happy again?

Prayer Picture

Cut out the shape of a building and stick it next to the others to make a picture of Damascus. You could cut out a house, a block of flats, a mosque, a school.  

Damascus was an important place in Saul’s time and it is still important today.

People in Damascus today have a hard life. Syria is at war. Pray for the problems in Syria to be sorted out. Pray for the families living in Damascus today, and the children going to school there.

Calendar



Stick tape onto the paper and then paint over it. When you pull off the tape it will be like rays of light. Then attach the calendar

After Jesus spoke to him, Saul made a new start
 
We think about what we can change at the start of a new year. When you look at this calendar remember the change that Saul made.

Scratch Art Fridge Magnet

Think of a new year's resolution you would like to make and scratch it into the heart.  There are some suggestions on the sheet on the table.

Saul changed completely when he met Jesus.  He changed from stopping the Christians, to telling people about Jesus. 

At the start of this year what would you like to be different for you?