On Thursday 11th
August several members of our congregation set up and ran a stall on
behalf of the Church at a fun day in Wheeler Park.The aim was to engage with the local community surrounding the
park, including the Sandpits Estate, to show them the wide range of
organisations which can offer help and advice to them, and the
opportunities available to them.
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Many
of the stalls had activities throughout the day to keep the youngsters
occupied, such as face painting, a bouncy castle and cricket.Our own stall, manned (and womanned) by a team of volunteers
throughout the day, featured giant Jenga and Connect 4 and a set of
stocks.The latter were
inevitably very popular with a barrage of wet sponges aimed mainly at
Jon, local Councillor Graeme Perks and one of our local police
constables (Tony Sewell).Jeremy
and Ken also gamely took their turn for a drenching but the rest of us
chickened out.Stuart baked
250 chocolate fudge brownies, which were given away to visitors to the
stall. (Click
here for the recipe)
