Doxologies, Delirium and Discussion: Religion Chat Thread number 3

[nickelbabyhatcher]

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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.

Sorry for C & P, but in a hurry.....

Many thanks for the prayers. She was the only person who was injured. Had to be got out by the fire brigade. Taken to hospital on a spinal board with a neck brace on. Lots of xrays, all ok, just bruised spine and neck. Also head injury. DH has bought her home. She is in shock and is emotionally a wreck! She cant talk coherently and is making no sense. I am surprised they let her home tbh.
Thanks for the prayers. Me and DH are just going to see if we can move the car to somewhere a bit better.

Hi all
Just catching up after all the visitors (and before the next ones arrive tomorrow!).

PA praying for you all.

MHD it must be so exciting! Is there anything that has to be included in the induction (words from the Bish etc??). If not I guess then it's who you want to be involved (ie people from existing churches if they're supportive, or inviting people from the estate - like a first event).

I guess if you went with inviting the estate it could be an opportunity to explain who you are and what you're doing (not sure where you could hold it - I guess where you most want people to 'meet' with you), but then if it needed to have any formal elements that could be off putting to the very people you're trying reach.

It has to have certain formal elements milly, quite wordy iirc, but can structure the service round them so that it's more informal. We'll probably hire the local school hall as it is the only 'community' space.

PA so glad dd is OK. Poor thing. Hope she is recovering from the shock a little today - and you - must have been terrifying :(

Off on hols - see you all next week!

Ooh, Mary, yes, please, that would be brilliant.

can you email me with it?
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It'll be great to be able to put that it's a perspective from another church!

PA - glad it's nothing too serious.
Sounds painful though.
fingers crossed and prayers for a quick recovery.

OK Nickel, have emailed you...

thank you Mary, that's really helpful - I will look through and extract what I want to use. :)

morning Afternoon ladies. DD not too good, but i am keeping an eye on her. WHen does Baroque return? I am looking forward to hear all about the hand waving, falling flat on face, and spiritualness!!

Really annoyed with minister today. I prepared the weekly newsheet yesterday, as always, and planned to print at 7.30 tomorrow morning, so that I then have the rest of the day with the DCs. He has just phoned to say he has 2 large articles he wants put in and he will meet me in the office at 9 tomorrow to give it to me. Grrrrrr!!! So yesterdays work was wasted time and tomorrow I will spend the morning doing it all again! Plus it annoys me that he phones me on my day off, yet I have to field his calls when he has a day off, so that he is not disturbed! AND he is off sick soooooo many times, its ridiculous. Grrrrr Grrrrrr Grrrrr!!

Tell him NO PA That's one grrr too far.
Just say NO

Tell him tough - you've already sorted it as it stands and your DD needs you.

hello - am home - will update properly later but wow, eek, emotional rollercoaster, but in a good way iykwim?

home already?
that was quick!

Hope you do let us know the gory details

oh it's going to take a bit a I think, I have laughed, and cried, and sat in the chalet one night on my own waiting for the vicar and my friend to come back from the big top celebration (I went to the shorter, all age services) watching the Big Top celebrations and one night, well more than one, but one in particular one of the leaders spoke to a "group" of people. and I was one of them.

I have danced, jumped, clapped., waved my arms, prayed, haven't quite let go of some of the stuff I mentioned on the other thread, but the 4 "issues" that I have that I need to let go of/work through were all there......

oooh Barroque I'm off in a minute so won't see your update til next week - all agog now!

sounds productive then - hope for more details though!

take it the boys loved it too?

Cross posted - sounds like an amazing time :)

Yes boys loved it, TK was a bit "iffy" about going to the nursery some days but was ok.

Do they still have the huge nursery in the middle with all the soft play stuff and lots of rooms, I used to work there every year, happy memories :) Glad boys loved it.

in the middle?? Well it was huge, with lots of soft play, but not in the middle - right near one end - miles (well it felt like it) from everything else.

Didn't have a good start, DS3 wet himself on the first day and was insistent he'd tried to tell them he needed the toilet but they kept telling him to be quiet as it was time to be quiet . He was distraught the next day and it took a lot of effort to get him to go back. Wasn't overly impressed with the under 5's tbh, but the 5-7's and 8-11's were fabulous. And next year DS3 will be in the 5-7's.

god, no wonder he didn't want to go back!

Poor DS3, that is rubbish. The UNder 5s was fab when I was doing it, of course.

Used to be in a building sort of central, not as central as all the venues but nearish, opposite the dining room. Twas many years ago now though....sigh.

well of course with him being 3 I was given the "he was so engrossed with what he was doing line". But I'm still not convinced, that just isn't DS3. Since he was potty trained in October he's never wet himself at nursery.......and he's always really active there iykwim? He was really really upset about it.

Hey ho, much more important, spiritual things happened in the last few days for me to be mulling over than that.

it was right down near the sun and moon - well past the sun and moon pub actually.

that was obviously for the parents who were pretending to be good tee-total christians but who really needed a drink

haha - we got through a bottle of a wine each night back in our chalet between us 3 adults