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Day 5 of ‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club!

Great to see the building full of children and parents this morning for the last day of Holiday Club. The last 45mins parents are invited to see what their children have been doing all week and also to see them receive a well earned prize! All week the children have been collecting stickers, for taking part in quizzes, games, activities, competitions and remembering the daily memory verse!

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club may have finished for this year BUT the work of the Holy Spirit goes on…
apart from the work of the Holy Spirit, whatever we have shared about Jesus this week is just theological, theoretical, intellectual information. It is simply “head knowledge.” But the Holy Spirit takes these truths and “He makes Jesus real to us.” Please pray in all that the children have heard, so that Jesus will become “real” to them.

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‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club is a 5-day fun event for children aged 4–11 years (school years Reception to Year 6) run by volunteers from Swanfield Chapel, Chichester. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon.
Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

Day 4 of ‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club!
“Never work with children or animals” is a famous show business adage, commonly attributed to actor/comedian W.C. Fields, warning that they are unpredictable and often “steal the limelight”.
Well we have had both this week, the animals may not be real but the children certainly are! Great to see their excitement, feel their energy and enjoy their varied personalities. We certainly have quite a few characters in the building!
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‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club is a 5-day fun event for children aged 4–11 years (school years Reception to Year 6) run by volunteers from Swanfield Chapel, Chichester. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon.
Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

Day 3 of ‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club!
In case you don’t know, the phrase “going bananas” is an idiomatic expression that means to become very excited, emotional, or irrational about something. In various contexts, it describes a state of exuberance or craziness, often in a humorous way.
Well we probabl;y fulfilled that description and more in today’s activities!
Teaching, we are covering the Four Points. Day 1 was God is love. Day was we all mess up (sin). Day 3 teaching about the cross and ther forgiveness Jesus offers us. Day 4 tomorrow, when we look at choices, and ther need to follow Jesus as Lord and Saviour.
The 4 Points

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‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club is a 5-day fun event for children aged 4–11 years (school years Reception to Year 6) run by volunteers from Swanfield Chapel, Chichester. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon.
Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club Day 1
Great to have more children join with us and a couple more nationalities to add to the mix.
Teaching, we are covering the Four Points. Day 1 was God is love. Day was we all mess up (sin). Looking forward to day 3 and teaching about the cross and ther forgiveness Jesus offers us.
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‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club is a 5-day fun event for children aged 4–11 years (school years Reception to Year 6) run by volunteers from Swanfield Chapel, Chichester. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon.
Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

A good start to the week, with a good mix of nationalities (English, Indian, Polish & Ukrainian), also a good mix of Church kids and other children from outside the fellowship. Great to catch up with some regulars from previous Holiday Clubs and to welcome some newbies, here for the first time.
This morning was marked by good fun, lots of noise and some very good listening to the Bible stories.

‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club is a 5-day fun event for children aged 4–11 years (school years Reception to Year 6) run by volunteers from Swanfield Chapel, Chichester. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon.
Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!
An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

Day 1: ‘Going Bananas’ Holiday Club is a 5-day fun event for children aged 4–11 years (school years Reception to Year 6) run by volunteers from Swanfield Chapel, Chichester. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon.

Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD’s, songs and much more!

An action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have “gone bananas” for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thing that anyone can do.

Preaching today…
Where: New Farm Chapel. Alresford SO24 9QH.
Time:10.30am
Subject: ‘Come and…’
Bible passage: Psalm 66

“Life is too short for bland food – embrace the spice!” And se we did, well 24 of us did (apart from Ed – lol – hope his tongue has stopped tingling!).

Thanks to the staff at Highlands Tandoori for great food and fast service.
Thanks to Paul Woodman for sharing something about the Christian faith.
Thanks also to the gang for coming along!

Next ‘The Net’ (men’s event).
Face to Face with Steve Cowles*
Date: Tuesday March 10th 2026
Venue: Locks Heath Working Men’s Club Duncan Road, Park Gate, Swanwick SO31 (Parking opposite at Duncan Road Church)
Time: 8.00pm to 10.00pm

Steve will share about his life & faith.
Steve Cowles grew up in the Arizona desert. He have lived in Texas, Germany, and Guatemala, Central America, where he did construction work for Wycliffe Bible Translators. He has been in the UK for 30 years and Steve is the volunteer lead chaplain with Lancashire’s Constabulary.
He enjoys hiking, camping, shooting, and bushcraft. He loves the outdoors and enjoy teaching people about it.
(‘The Net’ is a MEN’S event run by Counties Hants, it is open to all men, it is a good night to enjoy good company and hear something of the Christian faith)

It was great to have 21 residents and staff at today’s service at Hawthorne Court. Southampton.

The order of service will be:

Hymn: Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Prayer.
Collective Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer (traditional).
Short Talk 1:
Penny Solo: : The Lord’s my Shepherd
Short talk #2:
Hymn: What a friend we have in Jesus
Closing Prayer.

Hawthorne Court specialises in dementia care.

busy, busy, busy in the park today, with a chain of conversations starting with two Moslem men, then a Catholic, followed by an atheist and concluding with another Moslem!
The highlight was a conversation with a Sher Moslem (normally I speak to Suni’s) called Saeed, after initially saying he didn’t really want to talk we ended up discussing Islam/Christianity for over an hour.