Derek writes: This evening I was asked to create a “ Garden of Repose” in the South aisle of the Church. This is to provide a visual aid for our vigil on Maundy Thursday evening when we remember Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane before he is arrested. The offering is centred on an upturned … [Read more…]
At the end of February Emmaus enjoyed a sugar fuelled evening of football, table tennis and youngsters cooking and eating their own pancakes. At the first March meeting of Emmaus Club we played the ever popular dodge ball. A fun packed game of throwing, catching, dodging and trying to hit your opponents with the foam balls. We … [Read more…]
Churchyard working party. On a wet and blustery morning at the end of February a hardy , stalwart group of 4 braved the conditions to: prune a rather overgrown Hydrangea, clear up storm damage to a Scots pine and continue cutting overgrown turf around grave edging. We meet on the last Friday of the month from … [Read more…]
On a rather inauspicious evening, after a power cut and wintry shower the pancake party continued as planned. 30 or so children & adults played pancake tossing games ( with wraps ), musical pancakes ( like musical statues ), enjoyed various craft activities and then tucked into over 100 pancakes with either savoury of sweet fillings. … [Read more…]
On a misty damp evening we went up onto the Ashdown Forest at Hindleap to play manhunt. The rules are: A small group hide in a designated area and then the others have to find them (preferably without torches), and hide quietly with them until everyone has found them. As you can imagine hiding in bracken and … [Read more…]