Hi Everyone!
Nicole Kidman was looking decidedly cold; Rafael Nadal smokin hot ( as the young uns say!?)
Where was I? Madame Tussauds of course! Had a grand day out that started badly... my app to access my London Explorer Attraction ( paid for) wouldn't let me in SO...I had to enlist the help of Leroy and Monika , staff @ MT's. They got me more data, and were so helpful, getting me access to the waxess!!
While the other global touroids were taking selfies with Royalty or stars of sport and screen, I was making small talk with Angelina Jolie, and being delighted that I was the same height as Tom Cruise.
I then went on the ride "Spirit of London" which took me on a sawn off hackney cab down into the bowels of history like a ghost train. I went past Elizabethan rogues, the Great Fire of London, and the Blitz..all in my own time machine with sound effects.
But the highlight for me was getting to sit next to Will.I.AM on the big red chair from The Voice ( Sat eve talent show with swivelly chairs and a red button).
Meanwhile my husband was en route to The Postal Museum ( with Royal Mail trains) and then he went walking in the Lea Valley.. near where the 2012 Olympic stadiums were.
Being in East Anglia, we visited David's parentals and sister and family despite the freezing temperatures and falling snow. These Englandshire folks aren't as hardy as we Scots. Ha! ha!
Byeeeee....keep warm...
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Wednesday 10 January 2018
The Joy of Reflection!
For some of us, looking back to our past work or relationships can be a painful process as we go into a new year, but I've had a couple of "blasts from the past" which have encouraged me!
Last night I spoke to Mannofield Church Guild ( and yes there were two gentlemen among the gathering!?) and did everything but sing and tap dance! When another lady asked me what I spoke about, I said I told a few jokes, did a Bible reading and several prayers, spoke and answered questions, drank a cup of tea ( with a fly chocolate sweety...yes just one!?) as well as enlist help to show a DVD about the work and variety of The Diaconate.
The highlight for me, was going over the old ground of my first full time post as Development Co-ordinator at Shettleston new Church in the east end of Glasgow. My trusty helper googled the church afterwards and we saw on screen the extension to the building, which, by the grace of God, the congregation, myself and a small team, had raised the 600 K required for refurbishment. It was a sigh of satisfaction and nostalgia as I looked at the photos.
A second reflection came from one of the Session Clerks from one of the locum churches I'd been serving at (the year before last.) The SC had been unable to access her funeral information for the Parish records, and was requesting that I resend this info about deaths and funerals "on my watch.." Again, a wee sigh, when I remembered some of the families of the deceased- their interest in giving me facts about their recently passed loved one, or indeed, the families who argued about what should and should NOT be said!?
Then today I had the joy of praying with two individuals, one a churchy person, the other not- one whose husband had been very ill and was now recovering, the other who had been thrust into the role of deciding where next her elderly relative should live after a stay in hospital. This coupled with what to do with the property she had to leave ( and the family home with all its memories) to go into assessment and care.
Real people situations in 2018. May God help us all to give adequate time to support others as sensitively and reliably as we can, and to know His wisdom to what we say "no" to!
Dot
PS A result of my first conduct of worship on Sun Jan 7th, was a husband telling me that after she heard the sermon, his wife decided to take to heart what had been said. No, nothing mind blowing or spiritually challenging, but the seemingly simple act of having the confidence to ask her boss if she could have another go at learning a new skill, which she's given up on, and which I apparently, gave her the confidence and nudge to retry... God moves in mysterious ways!? Byeee.
Last night I spoke to Mannofield Church Guild ( and yes there were two gentlemen among the gathering!?) and did everything but sing and tap dance! When another lady asked me what I spoke about, I said I told a few jokes, did a Bible reading and several prayers, spoke and answered questions, drank a cup of tea ( with a fly chocolate sweety...yes just one!?) as well as enlist help to show a DVD about the work and variety of The Diaconate.
The highlight for me, was going over the old ground of my first full time post as Development Co-ordinator at Shettleston new Church in the east end of Glasgow. My trusty helper googled the church afterwards and we saw on screen the extension to the building, which, by the grace of God, the congregation, myself and a small team, had raised the 600 K required for refurbishment. It was a sigh of satisfaction and nostalgia as I looked at the photos.
A second reflection came from one of the Session Clerks from one of the locum churches I'd been serving at (the year before last.) The SC had been unable to access her funeral information for the Parish records, and was requesting that I resend this info about deaths and funerals "on my watch.." Again, a wee sigh, when I remembered some of the families of the deceased- their interest in giving me facts about their recently passed loved one, or indeed, the families who argued about what should and should NOT be said!?
Then today I had the joy of praying with two individuals, one a churchy person, the other not- one whose husband had been very ill and was now recovering, the other who had been thrust into the role of deciding where next her elderly relative should live after a stay in hospital. This coupled with what to do with the property she had to leave ( and the family home with all its memories) to go into assessment and care.
Real people situations in 2018. May God help us all to give adequate time to support others as sensitively and reliably as we can, and to know His wisdom to what we say "no" to!
Dot
PS A result of my first conduct of worship on Sun Jan 7th, was a husband telling me that after she heard the sermon, his wife decided to take to heart what had been said. No, nothing mind blowing or spiritually challenging, but the seemingly simple act of having the confidence to ask her boss if she could have another go at learning a new skill, which she's given up on, and which I apparently, gave her the confidence and nudge to retry... God moves in mysterious ways!? Byeee.
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