Laying the Table: August 2008

Sunday 31 August 2008

PCC Meetings (1)

September and PCC meetings start again.

I love going to PCC's. In fact, when the agenda comes, I am excited and looking forward to how we are going to discuss and work with God's big plan for our small church. We get on well, we have fun - in fact they are a really important time of fellowship for me, because we pray together and study the bible each meeting and helps us. We have made some key decisions recently, which we have communicated to the rest of the church and most people - after all, you can't please everyone - are happy and encouraged. But then again we only want to discern what is God's way forward for our church.

hmmm.... we can do things better and we have to be able to adapt and be flexible. The PCC is not the best aspect of the life of the church but it could be. We need to consult together and that means consult God and then discuss with each other.
Do we really need to discuss the Summer Fayre in January?
Do we need to look at our agenda's? Can you see God at work in your agenda?
Do we need to understand the PCC primary roles?

Pastoral - The PCC is responsible and accountable for the pastoral work of the church.
Evangelistic - The PCC is responsible for the local churches emphasis on how we tell people the good news.
Social - It's not the role of the PCC to arrange socials but having a responsibility to the sustaining of churches.
Ecumenical - Working together developing mission opportunities

Workbench - Never mind the workbench

These are still in the cupboard and will be done as and when time permits :o)

Saturday 30 August 2008

Workbench - 6066 French Infantry

Plastic Soldier Review: http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.asp?manu=ITA&code=6066

Napoleon Bonaparte, (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821)

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18th June 1815 between the British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians against the French Grande Armée.

The Duke of Wellington marshalled the british with Marshal Blucher (Prussians) and the Prince of Orange against the Emperor Napoleon. There were 23,000 British troops with 44,000 allied troops and 160 guns against 74,000 French troops and 250 guns. The British, Germans, Belgians, Dutch and Prussians were the eventual winners.

Recreating this battle scene is a favourite past time. I use 1/72 models currently the French Infantry, French Artillery have been painted and mounted and the Austrian Infantry are a work in progress.