Happy Christmas everyone! Had a reasonably relaxed morning before getting to church at 9.30 for our service. After church we rushed off to the Bay Hall for the big Jericho Trust Christmas Day Lunch. I've alluded to this several times without much detail; Jericho Trust is a non-profit organization run by a couple in our church and a few others who use hospitality and catering as a means for outreach and fundraising for missions. The Christmas Day Lunch is for shut-ins and the elderly and lonely people, or anyone in the community who wishes to attend. It is run on faith and donations, and the Lord really blesses the event from year to year. We had about 250 guests, some of whom were bussed in from various old age and care homes, and enough food for probably double that amount. There was a bit of live entertainment (Nick and I did an item between courses) and Nick shared a brief gospel message, although it largely went unheard with all the clinking of bowls, shuffling, chatting and a pair of shrieking children (not mine) in the corner. The meal was a good success though and we met several lovely people. By about 1.30 it was all over...and then the clean-up began to get the hall back to its original empty state. All the cutlery, crockery, tableware, left-overs and everything had to be taken back to the Moore's home where all the Trust stuff is kept, and all the non-dishwasher stuff washed and dried. Wow, that was a big job but the many volunteers tucked in and by 3.30 we were finished...
5 pm saw us at the Camerons for a combined left-over tea event, together with Rachel's parents and brother and his family, and another family that they have known forever who have two of the cutest girls you ever saw. The long wind-less day lent itself to some backyard v-ball; the Cameron men against the Clevely men. There was also more gift-exchanging and we were too polite to query the present of a big bag of popcorn kernels, which made sense when the second box was opened...yay! Thanks again Camerons for a chilled end to a busy day.
Happy Christmas everyone! Had a reasonably relaxed morning before getting to church at 9.30 for our service. After church we rushed off to the Bay Hall for the big Jericho Trust Christmas Day Lunch. I've alluded to this several times without much detail; Jericho Trust is a non-profit organization run by a couple in our church and a few others who use hospitality and catering as a means for outreach and fundraising for missions. The Christmas Day Lunch is for shut-ins and the elderly and lonely people, or anyone in the community who wishes to attend. It is run on faith and donations, and the Lord really blesses the event from year to year. We had about 250 guests, some of whom were bussed in from various old age and care homes, and enough food for probably double that amount. There was a bit of live entertainment (Nick and I did an item between courses) and Nick shared a brief gospel message, although it largely went unheard with all the clinking of bowls, shuffling, chatting and a pair of shrieking children (not mine) in the corner. The meal was a good success though and we met several lovely people. By about 1.30 it was all over...and then the clean-up began to get the hall back to its original empty state. All the cutlery, crockery, tableware, left-overs and everything had to be taken back to the Moore's home where all the Trust stuff is kept, and all the non-dishwasher stuff washed and dried. Wow, that was a big job but the many volunteers tucked in and by 3.30 we were finished...
5 pm saw us at the Camerons for a combined left-over tea event, together with Rachel's parents and brother and his family, and another family that they have known forever who have two of the cutest girls you ever saw. The long wind-less day lent itself to some backyard v-ball; the Cameron men against the Clevely men. There was also more gift-exchanging and we were too polite to query the present of a big bag of popcorn kernels, which made sense when the second box was opened...yay! Thanks again Camerons for a chilled end to a busy day.
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