Our two boys, well they are grown men really, both standing 6 foot 5 inches tall, did the Green family shop yesterday at Tesco. I think it was a seminal experience for them! They joined a long queue to get in and headed straight for the loo roll section to claim their one packet. So elated were they at this achievement that they immediately Whatsapped me with a picture of the afore mentioned item safely in the trolly!
These are strange days, yet in many ways they are also days in which we are re-evaluating what's really important to us, and the ability to go and do the weekly shop succesfully is one 'ordinary' thing that now feels quite 'special'.
Today, on our website and through your emails and letter boxes, we have posted a Minister's Letter. This, amongst other things, will contain some of the issues we discuss at our regular Wednesday Church Officers Meeting - which, I'll have you know, we successfully (well almost) held via Zoom yesterday! We are going to get better at this.
It's been heartening to hear of so many people signing up to be volunteers as a result of the Government's appeal. We have our own band of volunteers here at AFC and yesterday one of them helped one of our older folk with a prescription delivery. Do contact me if you, or someone known to you, needs practical help.
And a lovely thing to finish with. We did a broadcast service on Sunday and one member of our congregation realised not everyone has access to the internet. So, he made some CDs of the service and gave them out to three church friends who don't have a computer. Hearing that news yesterday made my heart glad - small acts of kindness - that's what I call living Lent well!
May you, today, know the blessing and presence of God in all you do.
Ian
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