The Big Church Day Out

You may have heard lots of noise on Saturday, 29th May coming from the Stanford Hall area. In case you didn't know, over 10,000 people of all ages from all across the country turned up for The Big Church Day Out. The weather wasn't too inspiring but the music, the theatre group and the performers were. Performers were on three different stages throughout the day and even the Stanford Hall Theatre was pressed into service. Music varied from rap, music from pop culture, traditional and classical. Well known performers mixed with the crowds and were eager to promote their latest CDs and talk to everyone. The whole experience was exciting and extremely well organised e.g. lots of food and parking. At Sunday's 10.00am service we welcomed Fulvio Ornato from the Church Army - not to be confused with the Salvation Army, who brought us stories of how they had helped people in various distressing situations, thanked us for our support and explained that their work could not continue without our help. Sometimes we feel helpless to help others, but these are ways we can help indirectly. We send our prayers and our support to them all.