February 8th
Our first meeting of the year began with coffee [or tea], delicious homemade Shrewsbury biscuits, and a chance to meet with friends or talk with someone new; a most welcome interlude for those who felt able to join in.
Alex called us together to celebrate with songs of praise led by our musicians and we began with:
The light that shines is the light of love.
Lights the darkness from above.
This introduced the theme of “Light in our Darkness”. Readings and prayer helped us to be reflective, as we considered how God shone His light in our lives. Soon we were ready for a chance to express ourselves in art, craft or model making.
The Lego table was surrounded with enthusiasts in their eagerness to build a lighthouse! – proving a little more challenging than expected. The result was an unusually colourful structure but complete with an amazing revolving light.
The craft activity using black and white allowed free expression by cutting out shapes within a black square and displaying these on white paper.
There was a table with pastels for blending and also brightly coloured paper to make a picture.
These were all displayed at the end of the morning around a circle representing darkness into light.
There was a chance to talk about our work and how we felt. Sharing experiences with each other is a valuable part of each session and where we are able to show appreciation of skills and ideas.
The idea of a special Jubilee recipe book was discussed so watch this space!
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Our next meeting is planned to be on Tuesday March 8th from 9.30.
Please come and join us, but do check this site or our Facebook page before your journey to make sure the session is not cancelled!
It is our aim to return to longer meetings including lunch as soon as we can.