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First Friday at Wimbledon

On Friday afternoon I had a whacky idea to go down to Wimbledon around 5pm and see if we could get in. Zara's God Parents Bird and Jo kindly stepped in to baby sit and off we went. We got to the ground and the queue for evening tickets looked humungous but it actually only took us an hour and a quarter. On getting to the gate I asked on the off chance for ticket returns for centre court and believe it or not they had two tickets. We got to se a thrilling game between Ancic and Ferrer and it went on well in to the evening with Ancic eventually winning. I think next year we will manage a whole day. Check some of our Wimbledon picks on Flickr.

Home groups weekend away

This weekend several home groups from Holy Trinity Clapham went to West Haddon near Northampton for a weekend away. We studied the themes of Faith, Hope and Love and in between played Wii, Karate and Crockett. On Saturday we visited Coventry Cathedral and you can see that the doors were opened for Zara. In the evening we got a taste of Flamenco dance and Bollywood. It all finished after a good Sunday lunch thanks to June before departing again for London. Check out the Flickr pics to see more.

Back from Skiathos

Just got back from a picture postcard island off the coast of Greece, Skiathos. There  were so many lovely sandy beaches and coves and although the weather was hot -30 degrees, it wasn't too hot. Zara enjoyed her first taste of sand and sea water and on one day we managed a round the island boat trip while my Dad and Step Mum (who are still there as I write) baby sat for us. The picture on the right is our boat stopping off to see a ruin of the old Skiathos town, while the picture on the right shows that Skiathos was so beautiful that even old shoes produce flowers. I hope to upload more pics to flickr in the next few days.

Does virtual worship count as church?

At our home group last Tuesday a discussion ensued as to whether virtual worship counts as church. Unfortunately we were not there but my friend Joanne Burdette has kindly looked up some links to help the group come to some kind of a decision.
www.holyspace.org
www.theconfessor.co.uk
www.vurch.com
www.embody.co.uk
www.jesuit.ie/prayer
www.godweb.org

Also listening to the great Jonny Baker on ABC radio in Australia might shed some light on this as he talks about emerging church and how the church is being challenged to connect with post modern culture and interact with new technology.

Seagull Theatre takes flight

After nearly 30 years of Theatre in Education our Mum's Theatre company Seagull has moved out all it's sets, costumes and props from it Shropshire wharehouse. We had the painfull choices of what to dump and what to take with us to London. Big Intent Theatre has managed to acquire a home in Brixton for it all and we will be putting a lot of it to use at various times throughout the year on our CMS World To Rights tour. It was a family removal affair with our cousin Guy working the nooks and crannies, Dan, Sian and I lifting and Marg the chief orchestrator. Check out more picks here