Wayne's first Children Church service!

Wayne had his first encounter with Jesus today, attending his first children church session at CHC.

The past times we had attended service in the main hall, Wayne absolutely disliked the loud music always insisting he wants to go out. This time was no different. Even before the service started, he insisted on going out...

With grandpa in the main hall

So instead, Wayne joined the 2 years old group of kids at the children church and Mommy & daddy accompanied Wayne throughout the session. The room was equipped with a screen and headsets for parents to watch & hear the service; it turned out much better than mommy expected. At least this way, mommy & daddy could ‘attend’ the service as well.

Wayne's welcome gift which was a giant pencil!

Welcome to CHC!

Sticker to identify little Wayne!

And a membership card too..

Wayne enjoyed the session a lot as well.. there were so many toys in the room, I think he couldn’t finish playing with all of them. There was his favourite cooking set, a ball pool, a slide and lots of other toys such as cars, animal figurines and more. And many many little friends his age!!

As today’s service was exceptionally long, half of the session was free play and the other half was conducted like a mini service but in a kid friendly way. The teachers sang praise songs to God with simple hand actions that the kids could follow, read stories to the kids about Jesus, taught the kids various things like flowers and relating it back to how God created them. Wayne even had his first art & craft session – making a beautiful flower pot!

Initially, during the activities session, Wayne clung on tightly to mommy.. not wanting to participate. He was really shy. When the teachers sang a welcome song to the children, singing and calling out the names of each kid individually and it was Wayne's turn, he was so funny.. he immediately said "no no.." and turned to face the wall, saying "hide"! Mommy & daddy burst out laughing. He was so shy.

But after a while, he got comfortable and started participating in the activities. Wayne enjoyed himself.

At the end of the session, they also had light snacks – seaweed biscuits – which hungry Wayne loved so much he finished his share & even asked the teacher for more!!!

And the funniest thing was when he got home that night.. mommy taught him how to pray and say "Amen"... the next morning, mommy asked him to show me how he prays, he clasped both hands under his chin, closed his eyes and said "Amm... " instead! *"amm" as in "eating"* And said "food.... eat..." Hahah.... he must have been thinking about the seaweed biscuits he had in church. You are always making mommy laugh..... =D