Tuesday 28 February 2012

BRUNSWICK STREET MISSION


Recently St. David's UCW made a donation to Brunswick Street Mission and the Mission has asked us to post the following announcement, as a way of sharing their message of appreciation as widely as possible.

BRUNSWICK STREET MISSION

What is the Mission really like?


Few supporters have the opportunity to visit and see what we do. The Annual Report and our website describe the "big picture", but the real heart of Mission is found in the moments of each day.

Now you can share those moments. Meet volunteers and clients, and learn about the different ways that people care for each other.

You only need a Face Book account; then visit our page, and hit the "LIKE" button at the top.
You will then receive updates including pictures, videos and stories;
the next-best thing to being here!

Welcome to our community:

www.facebook.com/BSM.INSPIRE

Note for Congregations and Groups:
Facebook allows us to communicate in a meaningful way at no cost, meaning we don't spend your donations on print and postage!
But Facebook isn't right for everyone.
One congregation solved this by asking a volunteer to print these updates and post them on the main bulletin board--what a great way to share!
Do we have a volunteer who would like to receive news on the Mission via Facebook
--and post it for all to see?


Monday 27 February 2012

WALKING THE LABYRINTH IN LENT



February 26 – March 3, 2012
There is a long tradition of making the Season of Lent a special time for reflection, especially personal reflections on one’s faith journey. Here are some suggestions
for reflecting on your faith journey. If your congregation has created a labyrinth for the season, try using the suggested reflections for the labyrinth journey. Labyrinths are symbolic journeys, a distilled version of the path we walk through life guided by our faith. If you don’t have access to a labyrinth, or would also like to be more intentional about your journey through each day in your normal routine, use the second set of suggestions. This year, Lent is a time of immersing ourselves in God’s promises of presence, love, and guidance – enjoy the journey.

The first week of Lent: Blessed Connections


Reflections for the labyrinth journey
In the focus story for the first week of Lent, God’s promise to Noah and his family is set out amongst the clouds – distant, elusive, beautiful, fleeting but also reliable and regularly present in the right conditions. It is the rainbow, of course, and Noah and his family look to it as sign and symbol of a binding connection forged by God. It is God’s own personal reminder, to them and to God, that the ties between them will not be broken. Picture a sticky note in the sky, “Note to self – do not destroy ties that bind!”Where are the sticky notes in your world – outside signs and symbols that remind you of essential connections?

As you travel the pathway of the labyrinth, think about the external supports that help you maintain the ties that bind you to self, God, and others. For example, keeping a birthday

calendar of people you love and care for reminds you to mark their special days. The daily sunset reminds you that evening is coming when you can relax and reflect on your day. A quilt made by your great-grandmother hangs in the living room to remind you of your responsibilities to generations past and future. The signs and symbols can be natural, manufactured, multi-sensory, regular or sporadic, very personal or universal. What cues in your environment help you maintain respect for and delight in the interdependencies of life? At the centre of the labyrinth, give thanks for these signs and symbols, and for the connections to which they relate. As you move out of the labyrinth, reflect on your most important relationships. What new signs and symbols would you like to carry with you as supports to those connections? For example, putting it into your calendar to Internet chat with a far-away friend once a month.

Reflections for your daily routine

During the course of your normal day, pay attention to the signs and symbols of your primary connections to self, others, and God. How does your environment help you attend to these links? What else can you add to your environment to support these connections? Keep a journal throughout the day as you note various signs and symbols, or write about your reflections at the end of the day.

Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2011 P41 Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Lent • Easter 2012




HYMNS MARCH 4TH, 2012 2ND OF LENT

Liturgical colour - Purple
1. PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND - 670
LENTEN TENEBRAE CANDLE LITURGY - I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME - PRINTED, V. 1 & 2
2. LORD, LISTEN TO YOUR CHILDREN PRAYING - 400
3. GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS - 288
4. LORD OF THE DANCE - 352
PSALM 22, #746, Parts 3 & 4

During the Season after Epiphany and Lent we are reading a section of the most recent United Church affirmation of faith, A Song of Faith, as a part of worship. You are encouraged to reflect on this document as congregations and presbyteries prepare to respond to Remits 6.

Question for Reflection: Today’s section of A Song of Faith deals with what it means to be “church”. What does “church” mean to you?

Responsive Reading from A Song of Faith

Sung Response: To You, O God VU752 Refrain 2 (stand)

We sing of a church

seeking to continue the story of Jesus

by embodying Christ’s presence in the world.

We are called together by Christ

as a community of broken but hopeful believers,

loving what he loved,

living what he taught,

striving to be faithful servants of God

in our time and place.

Our ancestors in faith

bequeath to us experiences of their faithful living;

upon their lives our lives are built.

Our living of the gospel makes us a part of this communion of saints, experiencing the fulfillment of God’s reign

even as we actively anticipate a new heaven and a new earth.

The church has not always lived up to its vision.

It requires the Spirit to reorient it,

helping it to live an emerging faith while honouring tradition,

challenging it to live by grace rather than entitlement,

for we are called to be a blessing to the earth.

We sing of God’s good news lived out,

a church with purpose:

faith nurtured and hearts comforted,

gifts shared for the good of all,

resistance to the forces that exploit and marginalize,

fierce love in the face of violence,

human dignity defended,

members of a community held and inspired by God,

corrected and comforted,

instrument of the loving Spirit of Christ,

creation’s mending.

We sing of God’s mission.

Responsive Reading excerpted from A Song of Faith: A Statement of Faith of the United Church of Canada


The word “Tenebrae” is Latin for “shadows,” but liturgically it has meant more particularly a service during which light fades into darkness. Its origins are set as far back as the eighth century, and its observance spread over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights of Holy Week. The diminishing light symbolizes the declining loyalty of the disciples and the waning of the light of the world as Jesus was departing from it. The form of “Tenebrae” we are using has been adapted as a candle ritual for successive use on the 6 Sundays of Lent.

Friday 24 February 2012

WALKING THE LABYRINTH IN LENT





About Weekly Reflections during Lent
As the Season of Lent progresses over these next five weeks, the promises of God in the stories we share move from the external to the internal – from the rainbow in the sky to right inside our hearts. This journey inward, along with the journey towards Jerusalem and the events of Holy Week and Easter, is mirrored in the ancient pathway of the labyrinth. Nan is creating a labyrinth on the floor of St. Mark's hall for your use during Lent.


The labyrinth is a symbol that predates Christianity and can be found in many cultures. During the Middle Ages, it was incorporated into the floors of many of the great cathedrals of Europe. Pilgrims who were unable to make the entire journey to Jerusalem to mark their faith journey would go to their regional cathedral and walk this pathway inside the church building as a substitute. In recent years, labyrinths have become quite popular as a meditation tool, and many churches, parks and retreat centres feature them in gardens and indoors.


What distinguishes a labyrinth from a maze is that there is no trick or trap to a labyrinth, as there often is with a maze. The maze is like a puzzle, and the labyrinth like a mystery – meant to be followed rather than solved. There are many styles of labyrinth designs, but what they all have in common is a path that leads into a centre and back out again. The path is usually not direct, but rather comes in and expands out again before finally making its way to the centre. One is free to focus on the journey rather than the destination, often moving away from what seems to be the goal in order to gain greater perspective or more experience before approaching or achieving it.


Use our labyrinth each week during the Season of Lent to mark the journey of God’s promises and the pathway to Jerusalem. A printed weekly reflection will be provided on a stand in St. Mark's hall. Our labyrinth will be in place on Sunday February 26th. Nan will continue a guided contemplative practice--now with the labyrinth--on Tuesday mornings at 9:30. Please join her during that time to walk the labyrinth--or walk the labyrinth at your convenience at other times the hall is not being used for other purposes.


Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Lent • Easter 2012 Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2011 Adapted

LENT--THE SPIRAL JOURNEY




WEEKLY LENTEN REFLECTION FOR 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT

February 26 Genesis 9:8–17 "I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth."

Nature is full of promise – rainbows in the midst of clouds promise the sun has emerged, buds promise new life, every morning is full of the promise of new beginnings. This week, imagine yourself surrounded by promise and look for signs of it in the world around you.

HYMNS FEBRUARY 26TH, 2012 1ST OF LENT

Sacrament of Communion

Liturgical Colour-White

INTROIT - TO YOU, O GOD - 752, REF.2
1. THROUGHOUT THESE LENTEN DAYS AND NIGHTS - 108, V. 1 & 6
2. LENTEN CANDLE LITURGY RESPONSE - I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME - V.1 PRINTED
3. PREPARATION HYMN - AS WE GATHER AT YOUR TABLE - 457
4. DISTRIBUTION HYMN - ONE BREAD, ONE BODY - 467
5. SENT FORTH BY GOD'S BLESSING - 481
6. CHORAL AMEN - 967

PSALM 25, 752, REF.2

HOLY HOLY, MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION AND GREAT AMEN - 942
Communion Preface: A Responsive Reading from A Song of Faith
Because his witness to love was threatening,
those exercising power sought to silence Jesus.
He suffered abandonment and betrayal,
state-sanctioned torture and execution.
He was crucified.
But death was not the last word.
God raised Jesus from death,
turning sorrow into joy,
despair into hope.
We sing of Jesus raised from the dead.
We sing hallelujah.
By becoming flesh in Jesus,
God makes all things new.
In Jesus’ life, teaching, and self-offering,
God empowers us to live in love.
In Jesus’ crucifixion,
God bears the sin, grief, and suffering of the world.
In Jesus’ resurrection,
God overcomes death.
Nothing separates us from the love of God.
The Risen Christ lives today,
present to us and the source of our hope.
In response to who Jesus was
and to all he did and taught,
to his life, death, and resurrection,
and to his continuing presence with us through the Spirit,
we celebrate him
as the Word made flesh,
the one in whom God and humanity are perfectly joined,
the transformation of our lives,
the Christ.

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26TH, 2012

This is Food Bank Sunday--thank you for your donations
of non-perishable food items today!
Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of each month.


MINISTER’S OFFICE HOURS:

Monday 9-12 noon
Tuesday 9-12 noon
Wednesday 9-12 noon at St. David’s
Thursday 9 – 12 noon
Friday – Minister’s Day Off
The Manse telephone number is 625-0407
Nan is at St. David’s Wednesday mornings from 9:00 to 12:00. Drop by for a coffee.
Feb. 29th – 10:30 p.m.

Nan will be leading Worship Service at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home.


April 5th – 6:30 p.m.; Maundy Thursday Potluck Supper and Service at St. Mark’s.


April 6th – Good Friday Service at St. David’s.

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

COURTESY CAR

If you need a ride to church during the month of March,
call Dave Chapman at 787-2610

Please make your Courtesy Car request well in advance if possible.
Sunday Worship requests should be made by the evening before
or by 8 a.m. Sunday morning at latest.
Youth Group meeting for youth 10 and up on the first Sunday of every month

at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church Hall.


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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 1st – Official Board Meeting following the Worship Service.

Church Hall Cleaners for March are Maxine Smith & Diane Mac Kinnon.

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Tuesday 21 February 2012

LENT--THE SPIRAL JOURNEY

For Reflection:
■Lent is traditionally a time of giving something up as an act of reflection and devotion. What unhelpful attitude or way of thinking would you like to give up during this season?
■In this season of rainbow promises, be on the lookout for signs of the presence and promises of God in nature.
■How would you like to feel and think differently about yourself and the world by Easter?

Ash Wednesday, February 22

Psalm 51 "Create in me a clean heart, O God."

Touching the ashes is a way of touching base with our mortality – "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" – that can prompt reflections about what’s really important to us. This week, take time to reflect on the things that fill your days and how they connect to what you value in life. What faith practice – meditation, prayer, reading scripture, contemplating, or making art – might you engage during Lent to help you deepen these connections?

Monday 20 February 2012

WALKING THE LABYRINTH DURING LENT & EASTER

FIVE CIRCUIT LABYRINTH

The labyrinth is a path that leads inward to a centre point, and back out again...but not directly. The circuits, or pathways, of a classic labyrinth like the one at Chartres cathedral in France draw close to the centre and then move out to the edges all along the way. Moving on the path, at one moment you find yourself close enough to touch the inner core and in the next moment you are in the outer orbit. Neither position is more valuable – there is no "goal" at the centre, it is simply another place on the journey. Each spot has its particular perspective, its point of view and its truth.

The stories we encounter in this Lent and Easter take us on a labyrinth journey, moving us into the heart and out to the universe. God’s promises of presence, grace, peace, friendship, and joy are viewed from every perspective. There are rainbow reminders way out in the sky. An old man and an old woman hold their hopes as closely as a baby to the breast. Cosmic unity sparkles in the dew of the field and the stars above. Peace enters the room, and the Spirit enters the gathered community. Truth whispers, "Come closer," and then turns us outward to engage each other on the margins. Through it all we are invited to know that God can and does meet us where we are and is our constant companion along the way.

Like a labyrinth journey, Lent and Easter is a time of allowing ourselves to be guided towards new insight and transformation. Following the lead of these stories, we are free to open ourselves to promises particular to us as individuals and communities of faith. By grace, may we emerge on Pentecost empowered and renewed, a People of the Way.

Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2011 Seasons of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Lent • Easter 2012

Friday 17 February 2012

ANNOUNCEMENTS, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19TH, 2012

Transfiguration Sunday

MINISTER’S OFFICE HOURS:
Monday 9-12 noon
Tuesday 9-12 noon
Wednesday 9-12 noon at St. David’s
Thursday 9 – 12 noon
Friday – Minister’s Day Off
The Manse telephone number is 625-0407
Nan is at St. David’s Wednesday mornings from 9:00 to 12:00. Drop by for a coffee.

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of each month.

Our Contemplative Corner continues--and has moved! Seasons of the Spirit continues to encourage congregations to set up and use a Contemplative Corner throughout the Season after Epiphany and Lent. So that our small space for prayer might be accessible to everyone, Nan has moved the space to the front left corner of the sanctuary at St. Mark's. The space is available for prayer at any time. You are also invited to a time of guided prayer with Nan on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Would you like your congregation to pray for you or a member of your family? Contact the church office to let us know of your request for prayer. With your permission, your prayer request will be brought to the Prayer Circle.

Feb. 22nd - 10:00 am.. Ash Wednesday Service at St. David’s
Feb. 26th – 1st Sunday in Lent. Communion
Feb. 29th – 10:30 p.m. Nan will be leading Service at the Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home.
April 5th – 6:30 p.m.; Maundy Thursday Service at St. Mark’s.
April 6th – Good Friday Service at St. David’s.


ST. MARK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS





COURTESY CAR

If you need a ride to church during the month of February,
call Angus MacRae at 625-2424
Please make your Courtesy Car request well in advance if possible.
Sunday Worship requests should be made by the evening before or by 8 a.m.
Sunday morning at latest.

Lenten Cards are available. Anyone who may have been missed and wishes to have one, please contact Connie Fowlie at 625-1417.

Feb. 21st – Congregational Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Executive; 7:00 p.m. Committees; 8:00 p.m. Combined Board

Youth Group meeting for youth 10 and up on the first Sunday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church Hall

ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS


St. David's Annual Pancake Supper

will be held on

Tuesday, February 21 at 5 pm.

Free will offering

with the proceeds going to the Mission and Service fund.

April 1st – Official Board Meeting following the Worship Service.

Church Hall Cleaners for Feb. are Irene Wheaton & Beryl Mac Leod

Wednesday 15 February 2012

February 19th, 2012 Transfiguration Sunday--Thin Places



(The Transfiguration of Jesus)

We read of the “mountaintop moment” experienced by Jesus and three of the disciples. This week’s scriptures reveal varied visible manifestations of God and “thin places” (in Celtic spirituality) where the veil between the holy and the ordinary is thin or lifted and earth and heaven seem to meet. The challenge is to be present in those thin place moments that are given to us. Here is one person's account of one.

The mountain I was standing on was completely surrounded by a plane of fluffy, corrugated clouds stretching dozens of kilometres off into the distance. Above and beyond was clear, but all below was obscured by the cloud that started about 5 meters or so beneath me. Standing on the edge of the precipice, I had no land reference points. It was as if I was standing on the clouds themselves, an angel in heaven. I watched the setting sun cast colors onto my clouds – pinks, then golds with purples out on the far edges. It was so beautiful I held my breath so as to capture the consummate peace of this exquisite moment.

There was no great voice, no burning bush, but internally something “clicked.” I had a deep sense, a fragment of awareness, that all before me had been created, and that this creation somehow accommodated me… I, what lay before me, and its creator, were part of the same entity. A warm feeling grew inside me, a knowing that I was enjoyed as much as I was enjoying the moment… I knew this moment had been very special. I had been touched by something that was much more than a great view. It was deeper and more encompassing than anything I had ever encountered.

~ Paul Hawker, from Secret Affairs of the Soul: Ordinary People’s Extraordinary Experiences of the Sacred (p.20)

Monday 13 February 2012

HYMNS FEBRUARY 19TH, 2012 Transfiguration Sunday

Liturgical color - White

Introit - Sing A New Song printed

During the Season after Epiphany and Lent we are reading a section of the most recent United Church affirmation of faith, A Song of Faith, as a part of worship. You are encouraged to reflect on this document as congregations and presbyteries prepare to respond to Remits 6.

Responsive Reading from A Song of Faith:

Sung Response: Refrain of “Sing a New Song”
We find God made known in Jesus of Nazareth,
and so we sing of God the Christ, the Holy One embodied.

We sing of Jesus,
a Jew,
born to a woman in poverty
in a time of social upheaval
and political oppression.
He knew human joy and sorrow.
So filled with the Holy Spirit was he
that in him people experienced the presence of God among them.
We sing praise to God incarnate.

Jesus announced the coming of God’s reign—
a commonwealth not of domination
but of peace, justice, and reconciliation.
He healed the sick and fed the hungry.
He forgave sins and freed those held captive
by all manner of demonic powers.
He crossed barriers of race, class, culture, and gender.
He preached and practised unconditional love—
love of God, love of neighbour,
love of friend, love of enemy—
and he commanded his followers to love one another
as he had loved them.
Sung Response: Refrain of “Sing a New Song”

Hymns
1. Joyful, Joyful - 232
2. Holy Spirit Hear Us - 377
3. Holy Ground (printed)
4. Come And Find the Quiet Centre - 374
Psalm 50 The heavens proclaim your justice - 775
Offering Prayer/Song Grant Us, God, the Grace - 540

Friday 10 February 2012

ANNOUNCEMENTS, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12TH, 2012

ST. MARK'S/ST. DAVID'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

MINISTER’S OFFICE HOURS:
Monday 9-12 noon
Tuesday 9-12 noon
Wednesday 9-12 noon at St. David’s
Thursday 9 – 12 noon
Friday – Minister’s Day Off
The Manse telephone number is 625-0407
Nan is at St. David’s Wednesday mornings from 9:00 to 12:00. Drop by for a coffee.

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of each month.

Our Contemplative Corner continues--and has moved! Seasons of the Spirit continues to encourage congregations to set up and use a Contemplative Corner throughout the Season after Epiphany and Lent. So that our small space for prayer might be accessible to everyone, Nan has moved the space to the front left corner of the sanctuary at St. Mark's. The space is available for prayer at any time. You are also invited to a time of guided prayer with Nan on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Would you like your congregation to pray for you or a member of your family? Contact the church office to let us know of your request for prayer. With your permission, your prayer request will be brought to the Prayer Circle.

Copies of the “UPPER ROOM” for March-April are available.

Feb. 26th – 1st Sunday in Lent. Communion.


ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

COURTESY CAR

If you need a ride to church during the month of February,

call Angus MacRae at 625-2424

Please make your Courtesy Car request well in advance if possible.

Sunday Worship requests should be made

by the evening before or by 8 a.m. Sunday morning at latest.

Feb. 21st – Congregational Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Executive; 7:00 p.m. Committees; 8:00 p.m. Combined Board


Youth Group meeting for youth 10 and up on the first Sunday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church Hall.


Recipe Book goes to press tomorrow! Members of St. Mark’s Congregation have formed a committee to compile a cookbook and we want your “tried and true” favorite recipes. If you want to share your recipes, please type them up and forward to Ruth MacRae at angus.macrae@sympatico.ca or write them up and put on the collection plate and I will type them up. We’re looking for recipes in all categories. This cookbook will be an excellent fundraiser for our church, so pass on your recipes. Any anecdotes re the origin of your recipe(s) or any other comments are most welcome.”


ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS


Feb. 12th – TODAY Annual Congregational Meeting following Worship Service.

Everyone is invited to attend.


Church Hall Cleaners for Feb. are Irene Wheaton & Beryl Mac Leod

Tuesday 7 February 2012

HYMNS FEBRUARY 12TH, 2012 - 6th after Epiphany

INTROIT
Responsive Reading from A Song of Faith
Sung Response: Refrain of “Sing a New Song”

Scripture is our song for the journey, the living word
passed on from generation to generation
to guide and inspire,
that we might wrestle a holy revelation for our time and place
from the human experiences
and cultural assumptions of another era.
God calls us to be doers of the word and not hearers only.

The Spirit breathes revelatory power into scripture,
bestowing upon it a unique and normative place
in the life of the community.
The Spirit judges us critically when we abuse scripture
by interpreting it narrow-mindedly,
using it as a tool of oppression, exclusion, or hatred.


The wholeness of scripture testifies
to the oneness and faithfulness of God.
The multiplicity of scripture testifies to its depth:
two testaments, four gospels,
contrasting points of view held in tension—
all a faithful witness to the One and Triune God,
the Holy Mystery that is Wholly Love.


Sung Response: Refrain of “Sing a New Song
Responsive Reading excerpted from A Song of Faith:
A Statement of Faith of the United Church of Canada


1. COME IN, COME IN AND SIT DOWN - 395
2. JESUS LOVES ME - 365
3. COME, YOU HUNGRY ONES - printed
4. GO TO THE WORLD - 420
PSALM 30 - 757 You turned my mourning into dancing.
OFFERING PRAYER/SONG - 541 PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW

Saturday 4 February 2012

St. Mark's Men's Group Buffet Supper


St. Mark's Men's Group 
12th Annual Buffet Supper was the best ever!


The Men's Group buffet supper continues to be a popular event in its twelfth year. At least 157 diners attended, and most enjoyed a splendid variety of salads, entrees and desserts prepared by the members, their partners, and many friends. Although the range of choice diminished sharply for the last few diners, we did not have to turn anyone away, but we were very close to that point. The weather was kind to us, and the tea and a chance to visit were a great antidote to cabin fever.
It's 4:31!
The opening rush is past. Time to look up.
Lots of choices!
The marinaded carrots didn't last long.
nor the broccoli salad.
Warning: they're hot!
The lasagna went quickly too.
Maybe that spoon should have been smaller.
It's a good thing there were other salads to follow.
Small plate but big dessert.
a dash of lemon
They were supposed to save that one for last (the men's group)
We're ready for another!
200 cups of tea--gone?
Empty dishes came by ones and twos, then tens and twenties, then more!
Boil some more water-the tea is getting low!
Sure you may have a cup of hot water. Whoops! I guess we should plug in the kettle!
The dishwasher and the dishwashers were hard pressed to keep up.
A turnabout is fair play.
Keeping those desserts coming.
That tune reminds me of John Allen.
The big picture - it was a great time for socializing over a cup of tea. No need to rush off.
Empty chairs were at at premium.
Time to visit after supper.
You're not going to catch me with my mouth full!
A time to visit with old friends.
Don't look now, but there's a wolf looking over your shoulder.
There is a lull at the serving table, but now it is time to visit.
A sure cure for the winter blahs, and a break from cooking.
And if we talk Food Bank business, that is o.k.
Taking a break from the books.
Tea, and satisfaction.
Eat and talk, not eat and run.
Not many pass up a cup of tea.
Mmmm good!
The warm glow from the heat lamps soften the cool white of the fluorescents.
Worth travelling from Newtown for.