Roll up, roll up for the great parish summer fayre in SE23.
Old-fashioned fun, throw a sponge at the vicar in the stocks, buy some jam, win a bottle in the tombola, jump on the bouncy castle...
It's a great laugh and also it's vital funds to keep our church alive. Please join us.
The Big Year Six Event. Just got bigger.
This two day event is when children in Year Six (that's the last year of primary school if you aren't familiar with modern school lingo) come from different skills to learn completely new things (like circus skills above) and simulate in a tiny way, what will happen to them when they join a new school next year.
(going to a new place, meeting new people, doing new things...
They also have a chance to share their hopes and fears in a special workshop.
This year, we're doing two events in a row! Four schools on Monday and Tuesday and four more schools on Wednesday and Thursday.
Three hundred children in all.
Fabulous.
And this Sunday, we've Alfie's baptism in the afternoon. He's a lovely baby, but he's not going to sleep early enough right now, his parents told me. His routine got upset by a holiday and now he's enjoying the long summer evenings while he should really be asleep. The joys of parenting...
Father Robert
