Churches Come Together in Winterslow

On Sunday 8th May 2011, all the churches in Winterslow came together to celebrate and worship the Christian life of the village under the banner of Food for Thought. About 60 people from the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and Gospel Lifeboat denominations joined together for an act of worship in the Winterslow Village Hall on the theme of One Hope, One Faith, taking the parable of the foolish and wise builders of houses on the shifting sand and the rock to emphasise the need to remember that Jesus is Our Rock and Saviour and we all, irrespective of our backgrounds and liturgy, worship the one true God. The service was led by Michael and included some lively songs taken from Spring Harvest, an opportunity for different church members to get together and discuss world and church issues, a testimony from the Baptist Pastor, Pater Salisbury, and a talk by Duncan Moody, Methodist Lay Preacher on the Luke parable. The Rev. Elizabeth Moore-Bick led the intercessionary prayers with Peter and readings were given by members of the Methodist and Gospel Lifeboat churches. The children built a brilliant house from cardboard under the supervision of Susan, upon which the intercessionary prayers were affixed. The whole was, of course, followed by a bring and share tea. A great event and a wonderful opportunity to meet worshippers from other denominations both during the service and at the tea afterwards. We hope to repeat this event in the future. Thank you everyone who contributed to making this such a success.

Build the largest Globe in Wiltshire and Food for Thought Birthday party

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!