The Diggers are a great bunch - there are around 12 this year, and there are a lot of boys! Usually our group time starts with an energetic game - seems to help with being more settled afterwards... We don't have a lot of room, our meeting place is one of the church foyers, bright and pleasant with lots of cushions on the floor, but pretty squeezy; so we head outside and use the paved entrance on Lygon Street for relays, hopscotch, trust games etc.
Then we head inside and have something to munch on - to replace all that expended energy! Then we look at the Bible - we've just finished a series about God's faithfulness, looking at how he kept his promise to do good to Abraham and his descendants, when Abraham was so old he thought he could never have a baby, and when Isaac was getting on and still hadn't found a suitable girl to marry; and finally last week, when Jacob sneakily tricked his older twin and his father into giving him the inheritance and blessing
that belonged to Esau. We thought about our families and our world, where people can be horrible to each other; but God doesn't give up on us, he still keeps his promises; so we prayed about bullying and wars and families where brothers and sisters are mean to each other.This coming Sunday we start a new series, but also the Diggers are bringing their favourite songs to church to share with each other - we'll be asking, what do you like about that song - why's it your favourite? We think this will be a good way to get to know each other better. With so many boys, I'm guessing we'll get an interesting selection of songs!
