A New Look at Creation (or Big Bangers and Mash!)

Bible, Bingo and Bangers was its title. About fifty people joined together in this month's Food for Thought at the Village Hall on Sunday 9th May. Michael, Sara and Elizabeth led the service which started with some great praise songs containing biblical quotes in them, a humorous look at the story of the Creation and Adam and Eve (a short play written by Sara with thanks to the late Rob Lacey for some of the ideas), a biblical maths quiz and numbers quiz, followed by a good old fashioned favourite bingo. We also looked at some of the wackier and more amusing stories and proverbs - did you know, for instance, that there is a Proverb which reads "You should give beer to the perishing" or that "It is better to live on the corner of the roof of a house than in the house itself with a quarrelsome wife". The stories included a talking donkey, bears which attacked disrespectful youths for calling Elisha "baldy" and what the ancient Israelites could do to rebellious sons! All this was followed by bangers, mash and beans. Thanks again to all who contributed to making it such a successful and fun afternoon.

Utterly Wet for Uganda

We managed to raise just over £110 last Sunday by hand washing more than 20 cars at a fiver a time! For just £5 the lucky driver had his volcanic-ashed vehicle washed and polished whilst enjoying tea and cake inside the Village Hall's Committee Room. Each £5 collected is destined to be used to buy a mosquito net for a family in the Ugandan District of Rukungiri under the Project Uganda charity initiative. It was good fun too - especially for the children who enjoyed having sponge fights and getting soaked when they had finished washing car wheels. A big thanks to all who took part.

Shoe Shine Sunday

I don't know how I managed to persuade people to come, bring their shoes, polish them and then pay me. We raised over £100 in about 1 hour! I think we have raised over £1000 so far for Oasis House in Romsey

Perhaps we should do it again next year!

A Whale of a Time

Over 40 people joined us at the Village Hall on Sunday (28th February) for a service based on the wonderful story of Jonah and the Whale. Led by Michael and Sara Barratt , it included a short play by Sara which involved Hamish having to jump through a whale's mouth drawn by Susan (see picture above) and Richard Carter playing God or should that be Cod? With appropriate songs, prayers, a talk and a testimony, the basic theme was that you cannot hide from God and you need to always trust Him to guide and support you. Continuing the "fishy" theme, prayers were written on fish-shaped pieces of paper and placed in a huge fishing net. The afternoon ended appropriately with everyone being served with fish fingers, chips and mushy peas - the chips being very popular with the youngsters. In all, 180 fish fingers were cooked!

What a Song and Dance!!

Over 80 people turning up (in various Tartan combos) to celebrate FFTs 3rd Birthday and with Bagpipes, Haggis, Scottish dancing we had a really enjoyable Burns night!