tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post3592465780228844145..comments2023-11-05T04:53:06.124-08:00Comments on SERENDIPITY,RAINDROPS AND ROSES: carole johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-34623316572787825062011-08-19T00:43:24.447-07:002011-08-19T00:43:24.447-07:00Flushed , what a great result, pity that it is the...Flushed , what a great result, pity that it is the proceeds from a lady like yours and op shops that keep some of our older congregations going.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04866179188730523899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-15253492137102955702011-08-18T01:21:44.148-07:002011-08-18T01:21:44.148-07:00I too was raised Church of England and I've ma...I too was raised Church of England and I've married a inactive Jehovah Witness - I recently wen to a Pentecostal service and it was 'nice'Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883597974635141668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-88850262235342152022011-08-16T14:37:28.258-07:002011-08-16T14:37:28.258-07:00Hi Carole, That's wonderful about the new toil...Hi Carole, That's wonderful about the new toilet at church! I do love my 'happy clappy' church. It is a highlight of my week and lifts my spirit. I do think the churches need to become more family friendly. Our Sunday school is called Powerhouse and is full of kids. Jessie loves going to church and is becoming very fussy with what she wears!!!<br />God Bless.<br /><br />Melissa xxVintage Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844669942410942778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-42528593795692948832011-08-16T13:24:13.110-07:002011-08-16T13:24:13.110-07:00Thats right Molly, when I go to our childrens chur...Thats right Molly, when I go to our childrens church which is modern,the music so upbeat and happy clappy, the sermon is very much about todays world it fills you with joy,in our traditional one the Hymns are slow and usually the sermon is either fire and brimstone or very staid.I think like all things we have to move with the times.Our church here no longer has Sunday School as no one came anymore, at our childrens church ,they call it City Kids and it is absolutely packed.carole johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-24211016243385332602011-08-16T13:10:55.973-07:002011-08-16T13:10:55.973-07:00Carole that was a lovely post. Your day out sounde...Carole that was a lovely post. Your day out sounded really nice. My old man won't travel on buses either if he can help it :0) That little pink scarf is so pretty. You were saying about about only older women attending church services. I thought about this a while ago - the thing is, the church still goes on even when the women get so old they eventually peg out. Perhaps it's only as we hit middle age we think 'Yipes!' :0)Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-82696308034599351082011-08-16T12:14:59.116-07:002011-08-16T12:14:59.116-07:00Thanks Joyce I know what you are saying.
Kath I am...Thanks Joyce I know what you are saying.<br />Kath I am going to use them to decorate for a change, watch this space lol it could be a real fizzer!carole johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-71616063470180182922011-08-16T11:50:20.052-07:002011-08-16T11:50:20.052-07:00All that lovely news and photos! I just cannot wai...All that lovely news and photos! I just cannot wait to see what you will do with those yo-yo's! I have a box full upstairs waiting for inspiration...Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300015184443856740.post-36752469395522625052011-08-16T11:32:07.735-07:002011-08-16T11:32:07.735-07:00Lovely to read of your travels too and to hear all...Lovely to read of your travels too and to hear all about your church...indeed non attendance of young women at any women's group is worldwide. There won't be a women's group. Every winter session means less and less members...ok...if you want to change to doing 'secular' things they would flock to it but the evening there is a serious speaker it is just the usual 15-20 folk. It is very sad as the women in any church group are usually felt to be family.Joyce across the Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15265043471522130388noreply@blogger.com