Who knew you could see Saturn from Nazareth

For future reference, if you want to know where the fun is, it is at Messy Church! Last weekend we visited the home town of Jesus. We had fun looking at what life was like in rural Israel in the time of Jesus. For instance, did you know that families would build large dwelling for a large extended family? They had two levels; the family slept all together on the top level and in the bottom one would be the storage and it is where the animals would come in for the night during winter. Jesus would have fallen asleep to the grunts and rustling of is animals. We also ate flatbread and other middleeastern food and had a great time trying to recreate the village of Nazareth where Jesus grew up. What it lacks in historical detail it makes up for in imagination. Each of the children had a "plot" on which they could draw roads or plants. We tried out our carpentry skills by hammering togetehr the houses and painting them, and them modeling animals and other things. Here are some of the plots. Take a look!