Wednesday 30 August 2017

Volunteering Opportunities


MEDWAY CHAPLAINCY
VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
The new academic year is just around the corner and there are several events coming up, at which I would appreciate some extra helping hands, especially those who can tell new students about TABLEtalk and our World Cafe.
If you can help - please volunteer SOON!!!

Wednesday - Sept 13th
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Discussion Groups as part of Greenwich International Orientation Day
...  to help lead 30 minute discussion
groups with new students, promoting
TABLEtalk, World Cafe, etc and
helping to answer questions.
4-6 volunteers needed

Saturday - Sept 16th
9:30am - 4:30pm
Accommodations Welcome Café
...  to assist Frank in serving refreshments
to new students & their families,
outside Merlin accommodation block.
2 volunteers (or 4 if people
only want to do a half day)

Saturday - Sept 16th
9:30am - 4:30pm
Faith Space
...  to help man the Faith Space in Pilkington
as part of campus tours. Telling people how
the space is used and helping to promote
chaplaincy activities, such as TABLEtalk,
World Cafe, etc
2 volunteers (or 4 if people
only want to do a half day)

Saturday - Sept 16th
9:30am - 4:30pm
Bric-a-Brac Shop
...  to assist in having our Bric-a-Brac shop
open for most of the day, so that students can
either begin shopping or simply find out more
about what's available.
1-2 volunteers (or 3-4 if people
only what to do part of the day)

PLEASE NOTE
that I will be on campus all day on
Saturday, Sept 16th but will need to
circulate around all the above activities.

Friday, Sept 29th
3:30pm - 6pm
Tea & Scones & Games
with the Chaplain
...  a time of welcome with refreshments
for new students. An opportunity to tell
more about TABLEtalk, World Cafe,
Bric-a-Brac, etc
4-5 volunteers

Tuesday, Oct 10th
10:30am - 2pm
World Mental Health Day
...  helping wherever required to interact with
students and point them in the direction
of the various activities.
4 volunteers

Monday 21 August 2017

Bring & Share

Our Bring & Share lunch yesterday was a small affair but sometimes that's really nice. 

As always, we had 
a table full of scrumptious food  ... 



We had lentil soup, bombay potatoes, daal, roti, several types of chicken, Russian salad. 

Is your mouth watering yet??!!






Well, if that's not enough  ...  try chocolate cake and ice-cream!!!

Can you feel the love!!!!


Monday 14 August 2017

On a personal note ...

Enjoyed a wonderful day out with some of 'the girls' on Saturday.  Our first port of call was the Stade Hotel in Hythe for a wonderful and very filling afternoon tea ...




This was the most marvellously, 
scrumptious lemon tart ever!!! Shame it was only the size of a 50p piece :-(





We then went to the Hythe Imperial Hotel to be entertained by the contemporary opera group IDA.  Opera may not be your 'thing' but the evening included songs from several of the major westend theatre shows, a few Disney classics, as well as their own take on Adele's Skyfall.
IDA were accompanied by tenor Zac Hamilton




It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening made all the nicer by the scrumptious canapes, several glasses of bubbly and some truly glorious sunshine.
Oh, yes, we mustn't forget  ...  Nana came too!!

Only one thing left to do  ...  a walk along the promenade and a further opportunity to take a million selfies (that might be a very slight exaggeration)


Monday 7 August 2017

Beach Picnic

Planning ahead for a beach picnic in England is a risky thing to do as our weather is soooooooooo unreliable.  At the start of last week the forecast was for sunshine, then it went
downhill and by Friday it was supposed to be a day of drizzly rain.  BUT we woke on Saturday morning to blue sky and sunshine. Yes, we were off to a good start so we headed straight for Joss Bay. 

The sun was shining, we had a whole section of beach to ourselves. What more could anyone need, other than to expend some energy and play games (some of which I truly didn't understand) ...
 
Whilst others of us were simply happy to soak up the sunshine and relax ...
 


... or collected rocks for my garden.






Finally, it was time to eat. There was so much food we could've feed everyone at the beach!!!





YES ... the sun is still shining!!!
Aiste, Basim, Maureen & Leke braved the waters
and went in for a swim.


L to R: Basel, Aiste, Lien, Maureen, Lynne, Basim,
Jon, Awad, Pauline, Pesila, Sue, Leke & Omar
(oh dear ... we're missing Ahmad)
 

With the tide on it's way out it was time for the students to go exploring (whilst the 'old folk' looked after all the bags) ...






But  ... it was all about to change, as the black clouds rolled over. In true British-style though Jon declared, "We'll just ride it out, it'll soon pass." And so we sat, through thunder and lightning and torrential rain  ...  wondering if our umbrellas might act as lightning conductors!

  

"Thank you for continuously bringing fun to us. It was an amazing beach trip (company, food and everything) ^_^"  Ahmad




After taking shelter for a while the students braved the rain and returned to Joss, all looking like the proverbial 'drowned rats'. It was a case of everyone grab a bag and head for the cars!!

 
"The trip to the beach was awesome.
I really enjoyed the day even the rain.
It was marvelous!! 😃
Thanks for organizing a trip like this."  Awad

But we weren't ready to head home, not just yet, so in to Broadstairs we went and the sun came out again. Let's face it - there's always time for coffee and cake.