Thursday 18 December 2008

An evening down the pub!

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Here we are in the village pub- The Royal Oak -sharing in BBC Radio Leicester's "Sing Christmas" - which they claim is the largest interactive carol service in England. Interestingly, all the carols were 'trad' - none of the newer ones.

Mike and Jon, our sound engineers were there in good time setting up all the gear.

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They did a brilliant job - very professional.

 

Mark and Sarah at the pub prepared the room for us and provided lovely hot mince pies.

 

 

 

 

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The rain came down quite heavily just before we were due to start, and that kept the numbers down - but we had about 85 folk in total and raised £96 for the local children's hospice.IM003078IM003076

IM003080  There were lots of activities - greet each other, eat a mince pie, raise a toast, in between the carols - and at one point we all signed a huge Christmas card [A3 size]

Here's Tom the Rector - who was our compere - after the event, sharing a pint with Ken from our church.  Putting that picture in especially for my friend Elizabeth in India [Ken's Daughter] because I know she reads the blog to keep up with news of the church and the village!

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I am exhausted now - but very grateful that the demise of tomorrow's Panto means we actually have a free day with no fixed commitments. Time to rest and recuperate. It's sad about Heroes - but I am truly grateful for this unexpected day of rest!

5 comments:

  1. We enjoyed it too. On 20 people in our service - but as I'd only got 21 mugs (from home!) to make tea in maybe God was providing accordingly? Not sure how much we raised from Rainbows - probably about £40 to £50 - but we signed 7 small cards which I will post off tomorrow.

    As we'd ordered a buffet for 40, everyone was sent home with a doggy bag AND we sent a big tray of sandwiches into the bar proper for the folk in there to enjoy.

    Now, rest well, take care of that "sick vic" and enjoy a lighter day tomorrow

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  2. Taking it Very Easy today. Hope you have a good weekend too in Dibley x

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  3. Looks like it was fun! Carol service in the pub, beer and lovely carols - could life get any better, lol? I might suggest it to our Pastor. :)

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  4. Not sure if you can get BBC Radio Leicester up where you are - but they did say last night that a group of people in France [Dordogne] were sharing in the event by way of the internet!

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  5. Thanks for the photo Ang! I've been away so only just seen, 3 weeks later. Glad it went well.

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