Well its the last week of the summer holidays (didn't those 7 weeks go fast) and we are involved in the church Holiday club. This is our 3rd year in a row that we have done this as a family and if I am honest I dreaded it this year.
With all that has happened (plus last year we had said we would take a break from it) this year loomed..
However, once I got back into the swing of an early start and all the bouncing beats ....I am really quite enjoying it....
My role is kinda one that I created for myself a few years ago. I like photography and I quite enjoy writing and playing about with DTP stuff...so I do a daily news sheet with pictures of what has happened.
Now the kids also see a video of the previous days events at the club, so why bother with the news sheet some may ask?
Well its simple, the kids can take home a sheet that informs the parents of what the club gets up to and of course they also receive the story or passage of scripture. It may seem surprising but in this age there are so many households that don't have a Bible it is good that the kids can take home an extract....
I must admit that in days gone by (pre family) I used to spend more time on the comments and writing. In previous years, I have been known to write my own version of the story. There were two main reasons for this - the first being that it is hard to get a Bible version suitable for 5 to 11 year olds and secondly if I write a paraphrase version then there is less to worry about copyrights.
These days I tend to use Bible versions that allow you to put sections in without having to approach for permissions.
