130 of our church family went for a May Bank Holiday treat of a weekend to the Pioneer Centre at Cleobury Mortimer, with close to an 80 year age gap between the youngest participant, 3 month old Mia (see earlier blogpost) and the oldest participant, a serious contender in the table tennis competition! The glorious weather helped to make it a fantastic 3 days, particularly with the outdoor swimming pool.
The adults had seminars each
morning, looking at how we can know Jesus more and make him known. We
considered what the Bible teaches us about the sort of church that God wants us
to be: a worshipping, learning, caring, engaging, equipping and enabling
church.
The young people and children had
separate activities led by Grant and the Christians in Sport students,
and
parents were able to (sort of) keep track of their offspring 3 times a day at the
communal mealtimes.
Afternoon activities included
high-ropes action,
jewellery-making, a steam train
ride
and a circular walk that took in
most of Shropshire.
One of many highlights of the weekend
was Saturday night's ’Crendon’s Got Talent’ event.
It was great to have so many
young musicians taking part, the youngest being Tia Khan on keyboard.
Probably the most mature musical
contribution was from Ken singing about a few of his favourite things.
We
enjoyed the Christians in Sport guys with a new perspective on singing
together, international acts from Russia, Latin America and South Korea and a return appearance of our familiar
church cleaners, Millie and Aggie.
Sunday night was rather quieter,
with a couple of movies and the weekend action finished with lunch on Monday.
It was great to have such quality time together during our
building project when we are meeting at several different venues.
