A successful busy morning which raised £210 for the Canal and Rivers Trust. Phil had bought a display of his painted items which he specialises in canal artwork.
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Our traditional Harvest Supper and quiz was once again a success. Six teams gathered to battle out for the championship hosted as ever by quizmaster Vince. Still havent got a clue proved the opposite once again by winning with 55 points closely followed by the Sheep Shearers. The other teams all put in a fair score. These were HS2 Appreciation Society, The Faithfull's, The Herders and Whitacre Wonders. Our thanks goes to Vince for the Quiz and Carol, Anne and all the others who helped with the catering set up.
Our exit question was to guess "how many black and white TV licences are still issued in the UK" with responses ranging from zero to 250001 but the final result was actually 3500 - hardly seems worth the money to collect it does it! A good crowd turned out to support the coffee morning for MacMillan nurses raising a total of £544. There were some lovely homemade cakes and people bought pieces to take home. Barbara did a sterling job on the raffle and for £2 you could win some great prizes. Many thanks to everyone for their support and particularly the ladies who toiled with refreshments. Despite the electrical work going on further up Cottage Lane the Chapel was not cut off and all went well. Remarkably busy turnout when many are away on holiday and we have raised £185 for Aquarius. A lovely sunny day, as we are used to, brought out some new faces and we filled extra tables in the end. Thanks to Margaret, Jackie and Jill for their help. 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.
£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. |
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