October 2011 (2)

The Thursday after the Harvest celebrations, we held a harvest meal. Entitled "Five Crops and Choruses", the format was similar to the "Five courses and Carols" event held before Christmas each year, but hymns and songs appropriate to the season were sung.

Some of the recipes were obtained from the internet. This sweet slice was called Harvest slice. The recipe stated that each slice would feed 6, so we made one per table, however, each slice would have easily fed at least 12.

During the month, there were the usual variety of events:

Bible Fellowships.

Mens' breakfast, which will continue through the winter.

Ladies' meeting.

Overseas Sunday.

Planning meeting to examine our programme for next year.

We also hosted a concert by the Jubal Gospel Choir, organised by the Sheffield and District Organists and Choirmasters Association on Saturday 15th.

At the end of the month, on Monday 31st, we held our "Festival of Light".

A variety of seasonal food was eaten.

And craft activities were available.

The visitors had a good time, and were able to avoid the more antisocial elements of the evening.

September and October 2011

September saw a variety of activities, but unfortunately, we have no photographs from the month. These events included:

A ladies' quiet day called "Reflections"

The monthly Mens' breakfast.

A "Fanny Crosby evening" celebrating the heritage of the world's most prolific hymnwriter.

A coffee morning in support of MacMillan.

The Ladies' meeting, and bible fellowships.

The last supper club of the season.

October started with the Harvest festival coffee morning and celebration services

Part of the harvest was traditional.

But we also focussed on peoples' talents.

The food contributions were donated to St Wilfrid's project to support their work with the underprivileged.

August 2011

Since we are trying to update the blog for a long period, here are a few pictures of what we got up to since the beginning of August. The family camp was well appreciated and popular. Some welcomed the opportunity for activities.

Others took the opportunity for reflection.

Then, of course, it all had to be cleared away.

Our august supper club coincided with the birthdays of two of our members, so we took the opportunity to celebrate.

And the bog garden was flourishing in the sun and warmth, although a little dry!

An apology:

Unfortunately, we have experienced a few I.T. difficulties recently and we have not been able to update the blog. We hope to be able to give you the edited highlights of our activities for the last few months soon, but please bear with us as Christmas makes December rather busy.

Pet and animal service.

Our annual pet and animal service was held on Sunday July 31st. A number of old friends, both human and animal turned up. We welcomed a visiting family from Japan.

Especially welcome was the fox cub from the Mill house animal sanctuary. Find out more about their work at http://animalsheltersheffield.co.uk

The bog garden continues to thrive and produce different blooms at different times of the year, although it has been a bit dry this year.

July 2011

July started with the flower festival (see previous post). The bible fellowship met on Tuesdays 5th and 19th to continue the study of Acts. Craftastic held a needlework day on Saturday 9th which was followed by a barbecue for participants. But we had no sink (see below) so washing up had to be outside.The opportunity was taken to try out the erection of a gazebo.The mens' breakfast was held on Monday 11th.

The plan had been to instal the new floor in the kitchen this month, and then put the new units and cooker etc next month, but the contractors preferred to do the whole job this month. This meant that it was a bit of a rush, so the sink had to be removed earlier than planned.

In among the work, the Ladies' meeting was led by our pastor Susannah.

The floor was laid in the week beginning 18th July, and the units were delivered on the 21st. The fitting of the cooker and hood began on 21st. This meant that the work to fit the new sink could not begin until Tuesday. We had a supper club planned for the Thursday, but we had reached "Dinner minus 47 hours" before we could definitely say that it would go ahead. The menu was: Melon with ginger sugar, Chinese style pork with sweet and sour sauce, potatoes and broccoli, followed by mixed plums poached in grape syrup and custard. Our speakers told of the work of the St. Wilfrid's Centre in the centre of Sheffield.

Much work remains to be done in the kitchen before it can be considered complete, and then we have other projects to start in our programme.

Flower Festival 2011

Our annual flower festival took place over the weekend of July 2nd and 3rd. Much preparation went into the event; members and friends were busy for most of the week before putting their flowers into their allocated spaces. Eventually the furniture was moved, the oasis cut and soaked, the programmes printed, and the flowers positioned. At 10-30a.m. on Saturday the doors were opened and the visitors welcomed in.
Our service on Suinday was led by Carole Parkinson, who stayed with our theme by making another flower display as part of her service. Evening worship was led by Phil Hartshorn.
The theme of the weekend was "Bible Stories" in honour of the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the bible. As an additional celebration, we put a display of different editions of the bible in the back room for people to story alongside the refreshments.
The weekend was a huge success with many visitors enjoying the displays.
More pictures are available at the website. Follow the link at the side of the page.