The Reluctant Ordained » children

the joys…

stubiedoo — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:33:52 +0000

Oh the joys of children in church.

It’s the schools service today, yehay

Time to frighten the little darlings with a mouse, and a story or two!!

Then I came across this as I was writing something for Midnight…

What’s in a story, what’s in a rhyme?
Some words or a phrase?
Better ask … Wittgenstein!

Scary thing, phone calls

stubiedoo — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:44:02 +0000

I’ve just had a call about a youthworker placement in our parish. Great, exciting, etc.

However I had to remark that there really is very little in the parish for young people. Yes we have a Sunday School, and the older kids go to a group in another parish Sunday afternoons, but if I was to do ‘youth-work’ rather than ‘adult-work’ for a week I would probably struggle to be busy for even one day a week. There is already a detached project working in Holywell, Hope 37, so that angle is out as well.

In fact, apart from one harvest service (in another parish) I’ve not done anything with children directly, only as a result of family services or schools visiting churches. Scary thought…

six year old writings

stubiedoo — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:15:02 +0000

Chloe wrote this the day before ordination, I have just discovered it on the camera!!

Sports Day

stubiedoo — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:13:11 +0000

Finally the School are brave enough to be outside for more than ten minutes at a time, wellies would have been a better option than training shoes, yet, there was not one drop of rain.
All the parents coo and ahh appropriately, yet internally wanting their own little cherub (who could never do anything wrong ever) to bash the opposition and win regardless. Ours did respectably well leaving the glory to the fastest runners. Perhaps a little early viewing of my next sermon might be good for them Lk 12:32-40 is the text! But a trip to the local sweet shop may have more effect!

There are now four fish!!, well there were, then there were three, and now there are four again, hopefully no-one will notice… …better just go and flush again just to make sure. Perhaps the church should produce a liturgy for an emergency funeral. Just long enough to last while the cystern reloads!

Fish

stubiedoo — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:08:58 +0000

Many Christians put fish on their cars…

I have two in my study!
‘The boys’ as they are becoming known,
(well they are moody, only eat when they want to eat, are fussy about having the filter on etc…)
are my pastoral fish, they are quite calming actually.
It is a long way from a dog though, maybe next time. I will have to build up to it! Rabbits, Rats, Guinea pigs all meet with approval, so dogs shouldn’t be too much of an adjustment.

On the fishing subject, I visited the library again, (that’s twice in one month now, the gray hair is pushing through now so it’s allowed apparently) ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ was the title of the book that caught my eye … watch this space!