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Date: 27 August 2008 19:43:55
Tomorrow sees the start of our 2 day Holiday Club at chapel. I say 2 day but actually mean 2 mornings - well, 2 hours each morning.
In our last chapel we had the problem that you could never motivate most of the congregation to help with anything. It was left to the same people to do the work and organise everything. At our present chapel it couldn't be more different; people want to help.
FW and I are the youngest people there. One of the other women is not much older but everyone else is almost pension age or beyond. We couldn't be more surprised at how they've embraced the idea of holding a holiday club. We have about 5 other helpers, all willing to dress as pirates and make an ass of themselves.
FW has been doing a lot of the organising but there are others who have stepped up and arranged things as well, especially as she has been away for quite a few days in the last 2 weeks. Today they spent 7 hours getting as much finished as possible.
Our chapel is an old 19th century one and they are doing everything they can to maintain and improve the building. Upstairs in the rear are several rooms that are empty but in need of overhaul and repair. They have offered us the option of having a few done out to use as rooms specifically for the youthwork and as meeting rooms solely for the children.
I've always believed that God helps those who help themselves, and others. Let's be grateful that he'll be there tomorrow to help us along. We hope that we can begin the work of introducing a new generation to the "family".
History Today:
479 BC: The Persian invasion of Greece, under Xerxes, is defeated by Pausanias at the Battle of Plataea - not single handedly mind you, though I dare say it would be if Hollywood did it...
1928: The Kellog-Briand Pact condemns 'recourse to war for the solution of international controversies'. That worked then, didn't it?
1979: Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Queen's cousin, is killed by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland.