The Morgan-Gurrs

Yesterday we were at Camp Hill Primary School for an after school club called “J team”
There were about 15 children there – two of whom hadn’t been for a while, so it was lovely they stayed when they saw the giant rabbit had come!
We frightened the head and deputy head when we walked in, because we often do assemblies for the school, and as it was also assembly time, they thought they had forgotten us! One quick explanation, and a check on how they were after the death of one of their pupils (Mentioned in a previous blog) and we moved on to the other side of the school to set up ready for the children. We had a great time with this lively bunch of children, talking about making the right choices. One hour, 3 tricks, 3 puppet sketches, one story and three songs later we said goodbye and packed up the car to come home again! Thanks to Wendy for inviting us – the kids are great….and so are you!

Tonight was KKC (Knighton Kids Club) at our home church in Leicester. What a lively group of children they are! And what patient and caring leaders!!!! It is such a huge encouragement seeing some of our young people throwing themselves into the work there and getting alongside the children with such ease. With games and craft, the kids are never still – and each leader knows exactly what they are to do next! Our brief was “puppets”. With the help of Albert, Juan, Starsky and the story of Jonah we had great fun talking about going the way God wants us to go, or going in the wrong direction. Thanks to all the leaders there….you have our respect…..big time!

Here’s a little tale about our lovely two year old God daughter Caitlin (Actually we’re her prayer parents…..but it’s easier to explain a God parent!) Caitlin is into counting everything at the moment, and yesterday she was sitting in her car seat trying to count her hair!!!. Her mum told her that she had too much hair to count and that only God knew how much hair she had. Her answer…”I ask God!!!!” She’s catching on fast!

We are at Camp Hill Primary School doing an after school club on Tuesday.
Last week one of their pupils drowned in a tragic accident. Please pray for wisdom for us and comfort for those struggling with the loss. The school have been badly shaken by this – we need wise words!
We will be doing the story of Jonah – making the right choices and going in the right direction. It will have quite a gospel edge, but we are both acutely aware that we don’t want to take advantage of raw emotions.
We will let you know how we get on.

Sorry for the delay in updates….Kay wasn’t very well on Friday/Saturday….but feeling a little better today! That means you have three updates in a day:

We had a lovely day at the Mill (Green Hill Centre) in Shipston on Stour last Thursday.
This lovely retreat is run by Green Hill Outreach – every few months they run a retreat for children’s leaders and their spouses (Steve and myself take it in turns to be the kids worker or the spouse!!!) They also do retreats for Ministers and their spouses. There is a leader for the day, and someone to lead worship. There is also an amazing lunch provided…..you are well and truly spoilt for the day! If you fit into either category of children’s worker or minister, why not email Fran on GreenHillCentre@aol.com
You’ll love it!

I sometimes wish the last assembly could be the first….the last of the assembly run is always the best! Usually because we have done it 10 times by the end of the run! This terms run was Peter walking on Water, with Starsky helping us to summarise whilst wearing Steve’s snorkel and goggles (!)
So our assemblies at St.Johns in Leicester on Wednesday ended up being the best ones of the term….especially the junior assembly!
The next assembly at Glenmere Primary School has to be the first of a new run though….they have managed to sneak in an extra assembly this term!

June
8th – 10th: St. Luke’s Weekend away – Kids work at Hothorpe Hall
11th: FFT Board Meeting at Dalesdown (Nr Horsham)
12th: Children Worldwide Management Meeting in Ringwood.
13th: Assembly – Hope Hamilton School in Leicester
14th: Future Builders – Training at Birmingham Christian College
15th – 17th: St John & St Philip, The Hague. Church W/E in the Netherlands
20th: Am: Assembly – St John’s in Leicester
Pm: Council of reference meeting in Wigston
21st: Retreat for children’s leaders (take in day!!) in Shipston on Stour
26th: J-team after school club in Nuneaton
27th: Knighton Kids Club in Leicester
28th: Assembly – Glemere Primary School in Wigston

This week has been a busy week – on Monday we went to Worthing for an FFT Board meeting – and then stayed with our good friends Mike and Judy overnight before driving to Ringwood for a Children Worldwide management group meeting on Tuesday! Both meetings went really well. (We also rushed back on Tuesday evening to make sure we didn’t miss our home group meeting….mad or what!)

We are curently at Hothorpe hall in Leicestershire, with St.Lukes church from Thurnby (Also in Leicestershire!)
We’ve been having a great time with the children – aged 3 up to 9, learning about King David.
The kids here are great fun, lots of chat – no cheek, and all such great friends with each other.
Tomorrow we will be learning about Jonah….and a very large fish!
On Monday we drive down to Worthing for a Trustees meeting at Dalesdown…staying overnight, ready for a Children Worldwide managemnet meeting in Ringwood (Also in the South!)

We have been away for a few days! We needed a rest before we hit a very busy summer, so we went to Wales. It was great, and all too short!
The photos are either from a butterfly farm, or from the garden of the lovely home we stayed in! (Kay likes taking photos!)