{"id":22205,"date":"2026-04-01T18:17:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/?p=22205"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:22:17","slug":"day-3-going-bananas-holiday-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/04\/day-3-going-bananas-holiday-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: \u2018Going Bananas\u2019 Holiday Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 &#8211; Laughter, singing &#038; plenty of cheering contributed to another energetic morning!<br \/>\nToday we went Bananas with the throw &#038; catch trampoline game.<br \/>\nCraft time was making a parrot and today we learnt the stories of  Zacchaeus, who went &#8216;bananas&#8217; by giving his money away! We also thought about the cross of Jesus, the children were gripped as they listened to the story of Barabbas the first person who could say about Jesus, <em>&#8220;He died for me!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we all have a day off due to a family funeral, but we will all be back for Friday!<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Going Bananas\u2019 Holiday Club! is a 4-day fun event for children (school years Reception to Year 5) run by volunteers from Duncan Road Church. We start at 10.00am and finish at 12noon. It\u2019s fun! it\u2019s free!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/04\/day-3-going-bananas-holiday-club\/slide1-69\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/04\/day-3-going-bananas-holiday-club\/slide2-64\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/04\/day-3-going-bananas-holiday-club\/slide3-29\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Slide3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two hours of fun, games, Bible stories, competitions, DVD\u2019s, songs and much more!<br \/>\nAn action-packed programme with stories from both the Old and New Testament. Some Bible characters seem to have \u201cgone bananas\u201d for God, but these programmes show that loving, trusting and following Jesus is in fact the sanest thin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 &#8211; Laughter, singing &#038; plenty of cheering contributed to another energetic morning! Today we went Bananas with the throw &#038; catch trampoline game. Craft time was making a parrot and today we learnt the stories of Zacchaeus, who went &#8216;bananas&#8217; by giving his money away! 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