Saturday and Sunday are early mornings on the first weekend of the month. Barbara does a Coffee Morning at the Church on Saturday and we have an early morning communion and then Barbara does a prayer breakfast afterwards before the morning service. I particularly enjoy the Communion Service. It is mostly the same people and David, our minister, does a very nice service. The singing at 8.30am is sometimes a bit strained but we ignore that. Breakfast is only Weetabix and toast with Marmite, marmalade and jam but the fellowship is excellent and the prayer concerns are shared and prayed for.
Coffee morning is also an early start as we re-arrange the pews and put tables and chairs into the Church. At this time of year, we also get the heating on as soon as possible. We have several boxes of books that are donated and usually some buns for the cake stall. We don't bake them, they are given to us by Audrey our next door neighbour and also a member at the Church. She pops them in the night before and it is a real effort of will to keep our hands off them. As well as the book and cake stalls, there is a table of Fairtrade goods provided by One World Shop in Waltham Street, Hull. Bob and Jean collect the goods and usually look after the table. This month, they were both away so I kept and eye on it. Most of our clientele are trustworthy anyhow.
We were both a bit banjaxed on Saturday afternoon but too
k the opportunity of a nice afternoon and walked down to the video shop. Barbara has a list of films she missed at the cinema for one reason or another so we got The Devil Wears Prada and Little Miss Sunshine. Both fairly predictable in their subject matter but entertaining nevertheless. We'd just finished TDWP and were heading for bed when Phil texted me with a reminder about the eclipse. I went and got my telescope and later my camera and tried a bit of digiscoping. Not too brilliant I'm afraid. There is still some movement even with the attachments that I have. I'll get back to the digiscoping later. We didn't wait to see if the eclipse ended and went to bed at midnight. We were in plenty of time for the communion and set up the breakfast table beforehand. I did the short Bible reading during the Communion and the singing was indeed strained as numbers were a bit light. However it was very nice indeed to share Communion with those present. Barbara was on creche for the morning service so I deputised on door duty. I wasn't really needed as Ashleigh, one of the guides had everything organised. The first service of the month is a Parade and Family service. Thjis one was unusual as it was being photographed. The brownies and guides families had been asked for clearance and the stewards let everyone know as they entered the Church. In the event, it was pretty unobtrusive and didn't detract from my enjoyment of the srvice. It was based on Jonah and the whale and was very original. Lesley had organised it and it kept everyone's attention. It's great to be part of God's family.
k the opportunity of a nice afternoon and walked down to the video shop. Barbara has a list of films she missed at the cinema for one reason or another so we got The Devil Wears Prada and Little Miss Sunshine. Both fairly predictable in their subject matter but entertaining nevertheless. We'd just finished TDWP and were heading for bed when Phil texted me with a reminder about the eclipse. I went and got my telescope and later my camera and tried a bit of digiscoping. Not too brilliant I'm afraid. There is still some movement even with the attachments that I have. I'll get back to the digiscoping later. We didn't wait to see if the eclipse ended and went to bed at midnight. We were in plenty of time for the communion and set up the breakfast table beforehand. I did the short Bible reading during the Communion and the singing was indeed strained as numbers were a bit light. However it was very nice indeed to share Communion with those present. Barbara was on creche for the morning service so I deputised on door duty. I wasn't really needed as Ashleigh, one of the guides had everything organised. The first service of the month is a Parade and Family service. Thjis one was unusual as it was being photographed. The brownies and guides families had been asked for clearance and the stewards let everyone know as they entered the Church. In the event, it was pretty unobtrusive and didn't detract from my enjoyment of the srvice. It was based on Jonah and the whale and was very original. Lesley had organised it and it kept everyone's attention. It's great to be part of God's family.
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