Canticles, charisma and chat (Religion thread number 2)

[BaroqueAroundTheClock]

the first one is nearly full.

Anyone welcome, it's basically a "what happened in church/spiritual life/anything else you want to chat about that's vaguely related (or not) to churchy stuff.

school discos are great!
i remember when I was a kid, and we all had to dress up in those long, nightie-style, polyester dresses!
they were bloody hideous, but we all wore them!

I beg to differ, Nick. Helped at the school disco a couple of years ago and it was all posing and judgey-ness about what people were wearing (woe betide the unfashionable!). Lots of 8-year-olds in inappropriate (to me... but I am an old fart ) amounts of make up and skimpy clothes. And they had POUNDS to spend in the tuck shop. I swear some kids ate my dds' entire year's chocolate ration in one night. Tis true that I am particularly boring sensible, though.

Re. Louis Theroux... I think that a lot of ultra fundamentalist Christians in the US home ed because they don't want their children being exposed to normal sensible views or mixing with kids from outside their own narrow group. It depends a bit on the State, but it is generally very easy to take your child out of school there and teach them at home, and there is very little checking-up to ensure that they are actually getting a proper education. A friend of mine took her dd out of school for a year (because of bullying) and she had to inform the State that she was home edding her, but that was it - no-one followed it up at all.

Good luck with the house-hunting MHD. Really hope you find something that ticks all your boxes.

I loathed the school discos when I was a kid, and I loath them now. DS came home with a badly gouged neck after the last one - never again! Even if I stayed to "supervise", the noise is unbearable and the atmosphere impossibly hot. Even though its on school premises, the school bears no responsibility for behaviour, that all rests with the PTA.

Hey nickel - you'll like :)

mhd - that is amazing!
it lost time a bit in the middle though

TUO - times have changed :(

ow! Mary that's awful.

Mary that is bad. A few staff stay at ours and keep behaviour levels reasonably, thankfully!
Haven't heard from estate agents so looks like not going today. Grr the vendors said they would let us know first thing whether we could. Frustration, it's not like we can just pop over anytime, we had blocked out today. aaaaaaaaaaaaagh

Hey this thread is nearly full. What shall we call the next one? I vote for 'Kendrick's Groupies'

Hi Nickel

A while back you recommended an easy way to set up a website - thanks. Could you please remind me of it?

I've PMd you back, Lyra.
I've had to turn my computer off to uninstall/reinstall my anti-virus! everyoen appeared when I was offline!

if you put Kendrick in the next thread titel, I won't come back.

Doxlogies, Delirious and Discussion.....

there you are!
only turn up to bagsy a thread name!
alright?

sorry - went a bit AWOL. Actually Saturday was manic, boys off to their dads, then I had just enough time to jump into the shower before I had a meeting to discus food for Spring Harvest (off on Ssaturday ), then dashed home to do the church newsletter, back to church to photocopy it and rehearsal for Good Friday, then had BF's DD here for 2 hours after the rehearsal.

Sunday was Mothering Sunday and I was feeling a bit "meh". Was nice to have a quiet lie-in, but wasn't the same withut the boys here, especially when the children were handing out the posies at the end of the service , I did get some, but not the same when it's not your own children. Afternoon dragged, and then had evening service.

Yesterday had meeting at 9am, rehearsal in the afternoon after school and then a meeting in the evening.

We're doing a magazine for Easter (we used to havea monthly magazine, but had to stop it due to lack of volunteer support and articles)

sorry your Mothering Sunday was meh. (although I did notice you refer to it as Mother's Day on FB and had to withold my kipper slap... )
Could you do another one on a different date with the boys? like a postponement?

You sound like you've been busy. :)

ach nickel - by that time in the day I couldn't have cared less

oh - and some sad news, those on the prayer thread will have seen, our Vicars mum died on Thursday last week

new thread started here!

(we can fill this one up first, though! )

ah, sorry X-posts :(

Sorry to hear that

big hugs and prayers to your vicar and her family. xxx

yes was sad, think she'd been ill for a while, but it was still quite sudden. Thankfully her sister (only remaining family that I know of?) managed to get over from Florida in time to see her before she went.

:( Baroque

oh yes - and the other thing that's on my mind, going up to the school (or will ring them) to arrang eto speak to DS1's teacher. Going to ask for him to see the Ed Pysch and such like, posted here on MN last week (well have lots of times but one particular thread) and a quite a few people have said to me that he appears to have some ASD traits, it's not the first time I've had it suggested to me when I've posted about him, and I'll confess I've had fleeting thoughts in the past about it, but now - well, "something" isn't quite as it should be. I don't know whether it is SN/SEN or whether we have other issues to deal with, but going to ask for him to be assessed.

Yes, been there and done that. If there is anything I can do to help Baroque, then shout. And there's Amber as well... {hugs} to you...

oh dear, B sorry to hear that.
At least if you get him asssessed, whatever the outcome, you'll know what help he needs. that's a good thing. :)

I'm sure you're very proud