30th July Holiday at Home pt 1


I often find myself telling others to take a leap of faith. Yesterday I found myself doing that very thing myself with the launch of something I wasn't sure was going to work; the concept of running a Holiday at Home club.

For a day a week for the next 4 weeks, we have invited people of a 'certain vintage' who might not be able to get away on a holiday to come to church where we would put on a day of different activities and a lunch thrown in, all for £5 a day.

Yesterday we kicked things off with a morning of board games and a trip down memory lane looking at various aspects of Hucknall past and present. Lunch was a jacket potato with a choice of three fillings and a side salad and then we had 45 minutes of suddenly being made very very aware of just how difficult it is for non dancers to actually dance. 

And when I mean dance I don't mean throwing my usual shapes down at the disco but dancing a la Strictly, although thankfully without the alleged abuse being associated with that BBC flagship program. One of my congregation is a professional dance teacher and she agreed to come in and lead a session appropriate for those gathered. 

And even though I struggled to perfect a simple 'slide in a square' as part of a very sedate tango, it was great fun. Next Tuesday we switch activities and will attempt to bake bread. Whether we 'rise' to the challenge awaits to be seen.

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