The weekend always goes well when Gillingham win the match! This started the weekend off to a good start!

Saturday saw th chairs shipped out of church and a barn dance held inside. Barn Dances are not really my cup of tea but it was good to catch up with people after the summer and have a laugh – although I must say that last year when we did the event with the Funky monkeys in church was much better! Also – I need to ask, why did we put all the chairs back as it would be a far more versatile worship space of we didn’t. Why do we have to sit in rows and all face the front?

On Sunday morning it was exciting and challenging to hear back from the two teams we sent to Uganda – far too much and too many stories to write about here. It’s cool to see all the people returned with a much wider vision of what God can and does do – that in itself is exciting as well as all they achieved in serving the Ugandans while they were there. The service ended with a Ugandan style auction.

Apparently in Uganda after the service it is common for items placed in the collection plate to be auctioned to provide extra income for the church and vicar. There were things like pineapples, nuts, apples, sweetcorn and onions. We ended up with … yep you guessed it; the onions – due to the £5 bib placed my Tom! Cheers mate!

The weekend ended well by having good friends Jim and Mags here with us for lunch. A weekend which ends with good food, good wine and laughter can’t be bad!

Now … anyone for onion soup?