Queens Birthday weekend

We've just been to the museum; they have great activities for the kids, included a "royal" trail today which got them out of the house and moving for several hours! It is a beautiful day today, so they are down at school now playing on bikes and scooters.

Chris and Katarina are away doing firewood chopping as a youth group fundraiser. Seems a waste of a lovely day, but at least they won't get too cold and dirty.

Chris and I went to Ministry Appraisal training on Wednesday which I thought was good value. We've also had the Callenders over for tea and gone out to the Lanes, plus several evening meetings in addition to the regular Tuesday night home group which is growing by leaps and bounds. No wonder the weeks are flying by!

I ran an All-Age service on Sunday which got people out of their seats and talking across the age groups - well, mostly. Some of the older folk are pretty reluctant for this sort of thing, but we jsut jolly them along quietly. It was great to be able to preach on Sunday as well in the second service, although it did make for quite a busy week.

We also had the first post-grad theology students meeting which was a useful forum for sharing ideas and hearing about other people's work. Nothing much has happened with this group this year and after enjoying the vibrant School of Ministry community last year, I am keen to see some sort of support network maintained.

Janine is planning her 12th birthday party; most of the people she wants to invite are from Mosgiel. Now isn't that interesting!!!