The Feburary theme of Getting Ready meant 20 people of all ages, including new friends, gathered & made paper mache eggs to be decorated next month,Mothers Day cards to give away, plasticine models of a story of Jesus going into Jerusalem city on a donkey and shared a celebration about getting ready to go on a journey with home-made palm branches! We shared yummy pancakes and hot cross buns too! Some of our friends were poorly or away on holiday but we look forward to welcoming you to take part in March messychurch for Easter fun!Our recent women's pamper & relaxation event was a great success celebrating fairtrade & local produce including some delicious home-made face-masks with honey, bananas and oats! 17 women tried out hand massage, shoulder & neck massage & some had a foot spa. We chatted informally together in the church communion area which was transformed by purple (lenten) material, scented candles and gentle music. It was lovely to share stories about our Peace Oil from Israel harvested by Jews, Israelis and Arabs together and celebrate the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight with fairtrade grapes, pineapple, smoothies and chocolate cake! Not surprisingly there were requests for more events like this to bring friends to! Wonderful, what a blessing to share together during Lent with something special like this in a gentle Christian ethos.
