Family service

Well we had our Family Service on Sunday and then went and said goodbye to Jason. It was a great time of worship and wonderful to be together across all ages.

It began as we entered the sanctuary. We were met at the door by some of the members of our Children's Church who handed out notices and also gave each person a small gift. In the photo you see some of our young people who were the "Door Stewards" - a Methodist term for welcomers, for the day happily making all feel most welcome.

At 9.30 am the service began as we were led in worship by the young folk. They are all regularly involved with worship on Friday nights, at Youth, on Sunday mornings, at Children's Church, and on Sunday nights, at the evening worship service. In this photo you see some of those who participate in these services.

Finally, we moved over to the hall and said our goodbyes to Jason. He and Eileen joined us and we were able to wish them well in their future and will hopefully still see them in the future as they worship with us.

Here you see the happy couple as Jason makes his speech!

The lamp was a gift that related to a sermon where Jason once used a lamp as an illustration, but the lamp did not burn - hence the gift - a working lamp!