The FOG Club
(Friends - Of - God)
Fog Club News
It’s been a really busy time over the last few months in the FOG Club. The children and us bigger kids have had a really fruitful time lots of learning and lots of fun. We finished our term with a carol service in Portskewett Church Hall. Some of our children were absent because of sickness, but we still had a wonderful service with many parents attending, lots of thanks to Dorothy on guitar. All that’s left is an evening of fun in Scallywags fun place lots of games and lots of burgers, ice cream and jelly. From all at the FOG Club, may you all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas.
Cynth & the gang
Fog Club Report - October 2010
Last year we had a very successful year, with an increase in Fog Club members, however, some have moved on to Cygnets, and we found a reduction of children in the club. We said goodbye to Sam who has been a wonderful help for many years, Sam has been amazing, and we thank God for her. However, we began September with twelve children (where have I heard that number before) but within two weeks we have increased our membership to over twenty. The Fog club's mission is to teach the Gospel's in a child friendly and we hope exciting way. Please pray for the club to have another blessed year.
Cynthia
The FOG Club meets every Thursday during term time,
at 5.45 pm to 7 pm, in Portskewett Church Hall.
The Fog club welcomes children between the ages of 5 and 10 from anywhere in the Benefice areas of Rogiet, Portskewett and Caldicot.
The FOG Club is bible-based with bible stories followed up with work sheets, craft sessions, plays, songs, as well as lots of fun and games and the occasional party.
FOG stands for Friends of God and is a club where infant and junior school children, mainly from Archbishop Rowan School, can come and meet and have fun, friendship and at the same time learn about Jesus. I have been living in Portskewett for over three and a half years and after a conversation with Cynthia found myself becoming involved in helping her at FOG, together with Moira, Katy and occasionally a few of the mums along the way. Cynthia would say that it is God that has brought me to FOG and who can argue with that! For anyone familiar with Portskewett Church hall, at times it can be freezing in the winter. However when the children arrive at 5.45, they seem oblivious to the cold as their coats are flung off and the fun begins.
They have a social corner where they can sit and chat with a drink and biscuit before going off to various tables where there are games, books etc for them to enjoy. At the present time we have 24 children on the register with a regular number of between 12 and 14, and the age range is between 4 and 8.
The children play team games and win points for their team, (they also lose points if they don't behave) but that doesn't happen often!! We have recently acquired a CD player so we can sing songs that are a bit more appealing to the children than the regular hymns. Cynthia then tells a story from the Bible which is relevant to the church's calendar and then there are questions. The answers the children some times give are amazing, can be moving and are usually thought provoking.The children do a craft or activity relevant to the Bible story which they are able to take home.
We close with a prayer and the children are able to say their own prayers before going home at 7.00. The FOG club children also take part in the family services at St Mary's Portskewett.
For further information please email: info@caldicot-benefice.org.uk
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