Most of the congregation stayed to lunch after the service today led by Karen. Being a bring and share it was a lovely way to join together even if the sharing was a little pre organised so we had a nice range of summer salads and sandwiches and afterwards some lovely pavlovas, cakes and sweet treats.
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£205 was raised for Fund for Human need (FHN) which is a small Methodist affiliated charity established in 1960 to relieve poverty and hunger by offering loans to individuals in need of financial support. We had a good number of people out today and celebrated Hazel’s 80th birthday with a cake made by Helen. Thanks to our hosts Carol, Jane and Jacky. Fiona led our service this morning but surprised us all today; sneaking into the car park with a brand new Reno 5 - hard to sneak such a car in, but it looks very futuristic! A lot of people were missing from today’s coffee morning, due to holidays and hospital appointments. Many sent contributions and so with generous donations we collected £173.50 for our Methodist Church. Many thanks to those who came and to Sue, Malcolm, Chris, Colin and Val for serving up delicious homemade cakes with a smile! A lovely pleasant evening of music by our resident "Switched on Swing" band was enjoyed by pretty much a full house raising £414 for our Chapel funds. £303 was raised today for Christian Aid. This total was helped but the sale of cakes, coffee and tea were helped by a tombola and sale of homemade cakes.
Rev Karen led the service for Easter which included decorating a cross to celebrate Jesus resurrection. The Easter lily flowers were on display which are paid for in memory of loved ones lost. Tea, coffee, cake and chat followed.  The cross was mounted after the service outside the chapel as a visible sign of the Resurrection. We met today to raise £195 for Blue Cross; a charity which helps family and individuals to care for their pets and look after animals properly. A lovely sunny day brought out a lot of people and perhaps the school holidays helped boost numbers. The raffle had lots of prizes which all collected and the tea, coffee and cakes were superb. Many thanks to Pauline, Phil and Evelyn who hosted the event. Evelyn’s cakes and table decorations were much appreciated. £198 was raised today for Toybox charity. Lovely spring flowers on the tables and delicious home made cakes, including Fiona’s fresh cream meringues.  A well attended quiz night with nine teams battling it out with Vince once again keeping us all in order. A undisguised "bribe" present was seen on the quiz masters table but this did not stop the winning team "still ain't got a clue" defying their name and taking top prize with a score of 65. The runners up question for to be best of the rest demanded how may people in the UK were there in 2024 who were over 100 years of age. With a relatively low number guess range from most teams the closest answer to the 16000 answer was 35000 but most teams thought much less than 100. However even at 16000 individuals this is only 0.02% of the population. A fantastic night, fed well with chips and enjoyed the fun of the quiz. |
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