Friday 27 November 2020

Week Six Winner

Photo Caption Competition Winner

week 6 of 10


This image lends itself to so much caption creativity 😉😊😁

Here are my runners up for this week ...

"What do you mean lockdown haircut ... 
this is my usual style."
David (Drill Hall Library)

"Second lockdown and only 50 toilet rolls left."
Alex (UoG)

"Matt Hancock promises new Covid-19 vaccine
will have no side effects!!"
Alison (UoK)

Our winner this week was chosen by Kirsten Wynn, UoG Associate Chaplain:

"Margaret was on her 5th coffee and starting to see parallel dimensions."

Charlotte (UoG)

Photo Caption Competition - week 7

 

OPEN to all Medway Campus students and staff.

Your chance to win a £10 Amazon voucher.

Submit your name, university email address
and caption suggestion to:
medwaycampuschaplain@gre.ac.uk
before midnight on Thursday, Dec 3rd 2020.

Wednesday 25 November 2020

Upcoming Christmas Events

Sunday, December 6th
from 6pm
Christmas Connect

Youtube Christmas Connect
Instagram @christmasconnect
Twitter @christmasconne2

Sunday, December 13th
from 3pm
Music Man Project
online Christmas Concert

Please support the Music Man Project (Kent)
This excellent charity helps those with physical and learning disability through the medium of music and singing.
The concert will be 'broadcast' on YouTube and Facebook. A link will be sent out nearer the time so that you can join us on YouTube, or if you are on Facebook, keep an eye out for more details on The Music Man Project Kent page.
Please click on the link to find out more and make a donation.
I will definitely be logging on for this 😁😁

Wednesday, December 16th
from 6pm
Do0rstep Carols

Carols on your Doorstep
When? December 16th from 6pm
Where? Your doorstep!
How? Sing along with the Radio!
Fir more information

Sunday, December 20th
from 5:30pm
Christmas Concert

I will definitely be logging on for this 😁😁
A group of musicians, including several alumni of the University of Kent (Medway) have come together as the KSL Music Collective (comprising musicians from Kent, Surrey and London) to bring Christmas cheer to audiences far and wide through a Virtual Christmas Concert – The Spirit of Christmas. The concert is organised by Arun Silva, an organist and singer and alumnus of the University of Kent at Medway.

Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/32MCooVls


Raising funds to support the excellent work of
Medway Street Angels

Tuesday 24 November 2020

Take Ten - What is Prayer?

Prayer is expressed in different ways for different faiths. For me personally, as a Christian, the essence of prayer is this - it’s about dialogue and relationship with a living God. We are all different – our own prayer-style will come as an expression of the personality God has given us; the pattern or style of prayer that fosters my own walk with God may not look the same as yours.

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Take Take - What is Prayer?

Friday 20 November 2020

Photo Caption Competition - week 6

 

OPEN to all Medway Campus students and staff.

Your chance to win a £10 Amazon voucher.

Submit your name, university email address
and caption suggestion to:
medwaycampuschaplain@gre.ac.uk
before midnight on Thursday, Nov 26th 2020.

Week Five Winner

Photo Caption Competition Winner

week 5 of 10

I've really enjoyed receiving this week's responses 😆 Many thanks to all those who participated.

Runners up this week are:

"Strictly Christmas Special to feature
Anne Widdicombe paired with John Sargent."
Bruce (UoG)

"Buck's new 'horse' was a bit bull-ish."
Charlotte (UoG)

"Take up a hobby during lockdown they said.
It’ll be fun they said.”
Caroline (UoG)

"That worked better in rehearsals"
Hayley (UoG)

And the winner, chosen by Sue Plummer (Christ Church Canterbury University) is ...

"If 2020 was an animal!"

Claire (GKSU)

Tuesday 17 November 2020

Take Ten - World Toilet Day


62.5% of people around the world don’t have access to safe sanitation … that equates to over 4.5 billion people. Every day 6,000 children die from diseases caused by contaminated water. YOU can do something about this by twinning your toilet!!

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Friday 13 November 2020

Happy Diwali

Wishing all of my Hindu friends ...


Diwali, otherwise known as the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair. 

I am sure that all people of faith, and those of none, can echo the need for these things in such challenging times.

Caption Comp - week 4 results


Well, this proved to be a tough one!  We only had a small number of entries, several of which were quite political in nature  ...  not sure if you can make the political connections with kissing a frog - but Mel T featured highly!!

Sadly, the competition adjudicator has decided that no prize is being awarded this week.  Let's hope for better in week 5 😀😀

Photo Caption Competition - week 5

 

OPEN to all Medway Campus students and staff.

Your chance to win a £10 Amazon voucher.

Submit your name, university email address
and caption suggestion to:
medwaycampuschaplain@gre.ac.uk
before midnight on Thursday, Nov 19th 2020.

Tuesday 10 November 2020

Take Ten - Roots & Wings

 Sudanese Proverb:
"There are two things a parent desires
to give to their children; the first is roots
and the second is wings."

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Take Ten - Roots & Wings

Sunday 8 November 2020

Remembrance Day 2020

 
Remembrance Sunday is the second Sunday in November and is a day for the nation to remember and honour those who have sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom.

November 11th itself marks Armistice Day, remembering the end of the hostilities of the First World War at 11am, November 11th 1918.

As a university campus we are unable to gather together, as we would normally do outside the Drill Hall Library where 130 men lost their lives on September 3rd, 1917.

We have however prepared a video of this important service:

Remembrance Day Video 2020

Around this time of year you will see many people wearing red poppies on their coats.  This symbol was inspired by the famous World War One poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.  Flanders was one of the great battle sites of the war and the poem begins …

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row

“My abundant thanks go to all those who took part in the making of this Remembrance Day 2020 video and to the staff of the Drill Hall Library for all their help. Special thanks go to Susantha (Jeff) Dissanayake (UoG PhD) for his technical skills and gracious attitude."

Lynne Martin (Medway Campus Chaplain)

Friday 6 November 2020

Week Three Winner

      Photo Caption Competition Winner

week 3 of 10

Another fun week, awaiting all your creative responses 😆

Runners up this week are:

"Who threw that?!"  
Toby (UoG)

"Is this how you wear a face shield?" 
"No Bruce, for the 100th time, that is not how you wear a face shield! Now stop playing with your food!"
Manuela (NRI)

"That does NOT count as a face covering Bernard."
Deborah (UoG)

"Online teaching: Lecturer vs Student."
Luke  (UoG)

And the winner, chosen by Barbara Sheehy,
University of Kent, is ...

"Panic 'shopping' before lockdown - 
I will take it, just in case."
Aiste (UoK)

Photo Caption Competition - week 4

 

OPEN to all Medway Campus students and staff.

Your chance to win a £10 Amazon voucher.

Submit your name, university email address
and caption suggestion to:
medwaycampuschaplain@gre.ac.uk
before midnight on Thursday, Nov 12th 2020.

Tuesday 3 November 2020

Take Ten - Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone?

What do we do with the dirt life throws at us? Well, we have a choice - to view it as a stumbling block or a stepping stone? Dirt does not have to be destructive ... shake it off and rise above it.

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Take Ten - Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone