In the Spring holiday each year St Andrew's hosts a week-long Holiday Club for primary-aged children (5-12 years). This is always great fun and a wonderful opportunity to get to know some of the children living in our community.

The leadership for the Holiday Club comes from St Andrew's, Blantyre Old, and Livingstone Memorial Parish Churches.

Easter Holiday Club 2010: Munchie's Mega Menu

In 2010 the Holiday Club had a food-based theme as we thought about the different meals depicted in the New Testament, from the wedding feast at Cana and the feeding of the 5,000 to the Last Supper and breaking bread with friends in Emmaus. The daily themes were "Welcoming", "Sharing", "Generosity", "Acceptance", and "Moving On".

Leading us through the week was Chef and Chefette Munchie with amazing kitchen creations, games, activities, music, crafts, and lots more.

As with our Holiday Club in 2009, the club was written and produced by Rev Karen Harbison (Hamilton: Trinity Parish Church), Rev Peter Johnston (Blantyre: St Andrew's), Rev Bryan Kerr (Lanark Greyfriars Parish Church) with the addition this year of Kenny Maddock (Motherwell: South Parish Church).

Easter Holiday Club 2009: The Tale Machine

Last year's Easter Holiday Club was The Tale Machine. This five day Holiday Club uses the famous stories told by Jesus. The themes of these parables was explored through games, crafts, puppets, music and much more giving an opportunity for the children to learn from the messages of the stories: these themes included listening, friendship, caring, action, and welcoming.

The Tale Machine was produced by Rev Karen Harbison (Hamilton Trinity Parish Church), Rev Peter Johnston (Blantyre St Andrew's) and Rev Bryan Kerr (Lanark Greyfriars Parish Church).

Pyramid Rock

In 2008 our Holiday Club transported us back to ancient Egypt as each day a new part of the story of Joseph was uncovered. Using a combination of the Scripture Union Pyramid Rock material and the film "Joseph: King of Dreams" we learnt a lot together, played games, made lots of things, learnt some new songs, and wanted it to go on longer than just one week!

Enjoy a small selection of pics from during the week.