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Stoney Stanton Messy Church Team Welcome Manorfield School

Earlier this year, The Messy Team were absolutely delighted to host some visits from the children of Manorfield School.

They welcomed EYFS for their annual visit to explore the different parts of the church. Each group learned about the font, the altar, the organ, the servery, the bells and the children’s’ corner.

Years 1 and 2 joined us for a special assembly about Candlemas. We heard the story of Jesus being brought to the temple as a baby and being recognised as the Messiah by Simeon and Anna, learned how candles are used to remember that Jesus is the light of the world and listened to music set to the words of Simeon, called the Nunc Dimittis. The children shared one of their songs with us, we shared a song with them and each class has a procession with candles around the church (we used battery operated tea lights that they could take home with them!).

Both visits were an absolute pleasure to host. The children all listened beautifully and took part in everything with enthusiasm. We hope that they enjoyed themselves as much as we did!