Hands-on
I’m a little embarrassed to note that this picture is not from either of the last two times we iced biscuits at St. C’s, but the time before that. The children are becoming very accomplished at this popular activity. We did it most recently last week, for Valentine’s Day, which is also Congenital Heart Disease Day, and we raised over £100 for Little Hearts Matter, which supports families where a child has a heart problem like Michael’s. Several members of the congregation brought in plain love-heart biscuits, and they were plentifully iced and sprinkled by the children and bought and eaten by the congregation.
It’s been a hands-on few weeks, as the week that we were in church before that (we were at Greyfriar’s for a joint service in between) we did our annual candlemaking in honour of Candlemass. Wax, water, wipe. and lots of elegant candles produced. Unfortunately the adults in charge of the service upstairs were too distracted to bless the candles, but after a little hustling the children brought them up individually when they went for communion or a blessing and they received a nice blessing then.
The Secret Garden was one of my favorite books as a child. I tried reading it to my sons when they were small…had to skip all the descriptive bits. Would it be a good idea to organise a showing of the film (the one with Maggie Smith) with a pot-luck lunch sometime in the hall after church? Does anyone have a copy?