Children Worldwide - Blog http://blog.childrenworldwide.co.uk A central blog for the members of Children Worldwide Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:40:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Hello from Dalesdown! http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/hello-from-dalesdown.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/hello-from-dalesdown.html#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:40:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-8085152948472296866 Here we are at Dalesdown with lovely campers and very nice leaders!
Kay's job is easy - everyone is so happy there is very little for her to do in her role as house parent to the leaders, so she's being Steve's beautiful assistant and camp photographer!
Steve is leading worship and doing some puppetry. Jim Bailey has been awesome with the kids - winning the children over instantly - even the boys, and getting some good solid truths over to them in a fun (actually hilarious!) way. The Spicy Camels have made just one appearance and were very politically incorrect - as usual!
Today - Steve Legg is doing a "set" for the kids....and has just arrived, so guess where we're off to now......!
]]> Here we are at Dalesdown with lovely campers and very nice leaders!
Kay's job is easy - everyone is so happy there is very little for her to do in her role as house parent to the leaders, so she's being Steve's beautiful assistant and camp photographer!
Steve is leading worship and doing some puppetry. Jim Bailey has been awesome with the kids - winning the children over instantly - even the boys, and getting some good solid truths over to them in a fun (actually hilarious!) way. The Spicy Camels have made just one appearance and were very politically incorrect - as usual!
Today - Steve Legg is doing a "set" for the kids....and has just arrived, so guess where we're off to now......!
]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/hello-from-dalesdown.html/feed/ Phineas Frog http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/phineas-frog.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/phineas-frog.html#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:32:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-3450558340502648587
We appear to have adopted a frog! A regular visitor to our rather leaky garage he sits by the bucket that catches the drips. We have named him Phineas!
He seems more than happy for us to be around in the garage and has been known to hop up to Kay when she’s been putting the washing in the washing machine.
On the whole he seems a rather friendly frog.
Off to Dalesdown on Saturday for the children’s camp there. Steve will be leading the worship and Kay will be house parent for the leaders. We’ll be letting our house sitters know they need to look out for Phineas]]>
We appear to have adopted a frog! A regular visitor to our rather leaky garage he sits by the bucket that catches the drips. We have named him Phineas!
He seems more than happy for us to be around in the garage and has been known to hop up to Kay when she’s been putting the washing in the washing machine.
On the whole he seems a rather friendly frog.
Off to Dalesdown on Saturday for the children’s camp there. Steve will be leading the worship and Kay will be house parent for the leaders. We’ll be letting our house sitters know they need to look out for Phineas]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/phineas-frog.html/feed/ Hungarton Camp - Weeks one and Two http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-weeks-are-overand-we-survived.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-weeks-are-overand-we-survived.html#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:17:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-409857329783903562 Two weeks are over…and we survived….just!
Week one was the week for our younger campers….even younger than usual as we invited specific 8 year olds (who were nearly nine) to fill some of the gaps we had- it's unusual to have gaps on this camp!
Great fun was had by all, the food was excellent as usual (Thankyou Audrey!) We didn’t drown anyone in the pool, the rope swing was well used, the horses were ridden everyday (Thanks Tina and team) and the zip slide encountered no “incidents”! And the fun didn’t end there.
There was then the addition of “The Log” – no ordinary log…it was huge and provided a focal point for the campers to sit on and chill. (Photo below)
The leaders were fantastic – hardworking and fun, and well as a Godly example to the kids
The teaching went down very well – we taught in the morning and an assortment of folk taught in the evening.
The biggest fun memories from week one…so many to chose from, but one would be Kay getting the giggles half way through the story on the final morning (It was Steve’s fault – his acting was just a little too convincing!)
The other photo below was from the camp fire – it looks huge and the kids look close – but photos can be deceptive…..the children were very safe!

Week two was very different – especially for us. We didn’t have a specific role, so spent a lot of time praying, chatting to kids and leaders and generally trying to care and support where needed.
Again – much fun was had by all, and most of the info above is again true! These older campers also have two trips out – one to Rutland water to do team building water activities, and one to Drayton Manor.
As week one, the campers made the most of all the facilities and had a lot of fun (looking at some of their face book comments, they had a LOT of fun!)
The teaching was from Philippians in the morning and looked at some of the subjects kids wrestle with in the evening.
Memorable fun moments were – a strong gust of wind lifting the bouncy castle complete with blower – Audrey saved the day by unplugging it very quickly! (For those worried about health and safety - It was lunchtime and no kids on it – if kids had been on it, it wouldn’t have lifted!)
The other moment was waking up to sheep in the field – opening the caravan door and finding them blocking the way!
Thanks for praying





]]> Two weeks are over…and we survived….just!
Week one was the week for our younger campers….even younger than usual as we invited specific 8 year olds (who were nearly nine) to fill some of the gaps we had- it's unusual to have gaps on this camp!
Great fun was had by all, the food was excellent as usual (Thankyou Audrey!) We didn’t drown anyone in the pool, the rope swing was well used, the horses were ridden everyday (Thanks Tina and team) and the zip slide encountered no “incidents”! And the fun didn’t end there.
There was then the addition of “The Log” – no ordinary log…it was huge and provided a focal point for the campers to sit on and chill. (Photo below)
The leaders were fantastic – hardworking and fun, and well as a Godly example to the kids
The teaching went down very well – we taught in the morning and an assortment of folk taught in the evening.
The biggest fun memories from week one…so many to chose from, but one would be Kay getting the giggles half way through the story on the final morning (It was Steve’s fault – his acting was just a little too convincing!)
The other photo below was from the camp fire – it looks huge and the kids look close – but photos can be deceptive…..the children were very safe!

Week two was very different – especially for us. We didn’t have a specific role, so spent a lot of time praying, chatting to kids and leaders and generally trying to care and support where needed.
Again – much fun was had by all, and most of the info above is again true! These older campers also have two trips out – one to Rutland water to do team building water activities, and one to Drayton Manor.
As week one, the campers made the most of all the facilities and had a lot of fun (looking at some of their face book comments, they had a LOT of fun!)
The teaching was from Philippians in the morning and looked at some of the subjects kids wrestle with in the evening.
Memorable fun moments were – a strong gust of wind lifting the bouncy castle complete with blower – Audrey saved the day by unplugging it very quickly! (For those worried about health and safety - It was lunchtime and no kids on it – if kids had been on it, it wouldn’t have lifted!)
The other moment was waking up to sheep in the field – opening the caravan door and finding them blocking the way!
Thanks for praying





]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-weeks-are-overand-we-survived.html/feed/ Preparation for camp http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/07/preparation-for-camp.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/07/preparation-for-camp.html#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:02:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-3778944960468457323 Wow - it's a long time since the last update!
We've had lots of meetings, paperwork and planning over the last few weeks. Most of the meetings were just too complicated to report on!Yesterday Kay was at a meeting in London with Spring Harvest looking at the way we help children with Special needs - it was a good meeting!

The rest of this week is a mix of things.....risk assessment and special needs care plans ready for the camps, along with preparing the teaching for week one. We are helping with the "impact" week on the Hamilton Estate here in Leicester, organised by Hope Hamilton Church. We are helping with the Kids Zone mornings by doing the story/meeting bit at the end of each morning on Thursday and Friday.


This evening was the final set up for camp - which starts on Sunday. All the tents went up in record time....photos below! We had a huge team of people from the church there working really hard to make the site habitable and safe. It was getting dark when we left and people were still there cleaning and clearing - amazing!


Nearly finished....!

The "walls" being built
for the dining room


Tea break time!]]> Wow - it's a long time since the last update!
We've had lots of meetings, paperwork and planning over the last few weeks. Most of the meetings were just too complicated to report on!Yesterday Kay was at a meeting in London with Spring Harvest looking at the way we help children with Special needs - it was a good meeting!

The rest of this week is a mix of things.....risk assessment and special needs care plans ready for the camps, along with preparing the teaching for week one. We are helping with the "impact" week on the Hamilton Estate here in Leicester, organised by Hope Hamilton Church. We are helping with the Kids Zone mornings by doing the story/meeting bit at the end of each morning on Thursday and Friday.


This evening was the final set up for camp - which starts on Sunday. All the tents went up in record time....photos below! We had a huge team of people from the church there working really hard to make the site habitable and safe. It was getting dark when we left and people were still there cleaning and clearing - amazing!


Nearly finished....!

The "walls" being built
for the dining room


Tea break time!]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/07/preparation-for-camp.html/feed/ Back home… http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-home.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-home.html#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:18:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-2970522514458443031 We had a lovely time with the children at Pilgrim Hall this weekend - the photos are their attempt to "create" using playdough as we looked at how God created the world and everything in it.






On Monday we went to the launch of the new ‘Children and Schools Work’ option for those studying for a BA at Moorlands College (Christchurch). It was great to share with them in that. Do go to the Moorlands web site and scroll to the bottom of the page for more information

Yesterday was our management meeting - a good time of discussion, planning, praying, drinking tea and coffee and eating!

This week brings more paperwork and meetings, including our council of Reference meeting tonight!
On Saturday Kay will be at a Training day in Kings Lynn doing a session on children with special needs in the church.]]> We had a lovely time with the children at Pilgrim Hall this weekend - the photos are their attempt to "create" using playdough as we looked at how God created the world and everything in it.






On Monday we went to the launch of the new ‘Children and Schools Work’ option for those studying for a BA at Moorlands College (Christchurch). It was great to share with them in that. Do go to the Moorlands web site and scroll to the bottom of the page for more information

Yesterday was our management meeting - a good time of discussion, planning, praying, drinking tea and coffee and eating!

This week brings more paperwork and meetings, including our council of Reference meeting tonight!
On Saturday Kay will be at a Training day in Kings Lynn doing a session on children with special needs in the church.]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-home.html/feed/ Another update… http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/another-update.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/another-update.html#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:01:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-437155859912214073 Today we were at St.John's school in Leicester for two assemblies. It was a surprise to be greeted with a round of applause when we walked in - and we hadn't even done anything! Both assemblies were well received, with lots of laughter (As Steve mimed being the begger at the Beautiful gate - VERY funny!) and good point was made.
Over the past week we have been at a club at Enderby Free Church, In Leicester; training the Future Builder Students in Birmingham and doing lots of paperwork!
This weekend we will be doing the children's work at Pilgrim Hall (Uckfield) for a church from Tulse Hill, and then on Monday onto the launch of Moorlands college's new applied theology course - Children and youth work option....very exciting. And then on Tuesday we have the Children Worldwide management group meeting in Birmingham. So life is busy again for a while!
A change around with medication for Kay means she's in a bit of pain - muscle spasm in the shoulder today meant she could only manage one crutch...and made walking and sneezing interesting! But we still managed the assemblies!]]> Today we were at St.John's school in Leicester for two assemblies. It was a surprise to be greeted with a round of applause when we walked in - and we hadn't even done anything! Both assemblies were well received, with lots of laughter (As Steve mimed being the begger at the Beautiful gate - VERY funny!) and good point was made.
Over the past week we have been at a club at Enderby Free Church, In Leicester; training the Future Builder Students in Birmingham and doing lots of paperwork!
This weekend we will be doing the children's work at Pilgrim Hall (Uckfield) for a church from Tulse Hill, and then on Monday onto the launch of Moorlands college's new applied theology course - Children and youth work option....very exciting. And then on Tuesday we have the Children Worldwide management group meeting in Birmingham. So life is busy again for a while!
A change around with medication for Kay means she's in a bit of pain - muscle spasm in the shoulder today meant she could only manage one crutch...and made walking and sneezing interesting! But we still managed the assemblies!]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/another-update.html/feed/ And the Work Goes On… http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-work-goes-on.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-work-goes-on.html#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:30:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-1059915549074163551 This week is a schools work week - mixed with a lot of paperwork that needed catching up on!
We started the week stopping with our lovely friends Mike and Judi down in Hassocks, ready for a Family Foundations Trust directors meeting on Monday evening - a good and positive meeting looking to the future and praying through plans and ideas.
We have done 3 assemblies this week, and we are looking forward to an after school club at a local primary school, Launde in Oadby this afternoon. This school is new to us as children's workers. We were invited by fellow church member Heather, who teaches there.
The assembly run this time is the healing at "The Beautiful Gate" in Acts 3.
Tomorrow is The Whizz Kids re-union in Birmingham.....Kay's making the salads for the lunch......!]]> This week is a schools work week - mixed with a lot of paperwork that needed catching up on!
We started the week stopping with our lovely friends Mike and Judi down in Hassocks, ready for a Family Foundations Trust directors meeting on Monday evening - a good and positive meeting looking to the future and praying through plans and ideas.
We have done 3 assemblies this week, and we are looking forward to an after school club at a local primary school, Launde in Oadby this afternoon. This school is new to us as children's workers. We were invited by fellow church member Heather, who teaches there.
The assembly run this time is the healing at "The Beautiful Gate" in Acts 3.
Tomorrow is The Whizz Kids re-union in Birmingham.....Kay's making the salads for the lunch......!]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-work-goes-on.html/feed/ All change! http://blog.childrenworldwide.co.uk/walls/2008/06/04/all-change/ http://blog.childrenworldwide.co.uk/walls/2008/06/04/all-change/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:33:42 +0000 Dave and Sue http://blog.childrenworldwide.co.uk/walls/?p=4 From September everything will be changing for The Walls….

Dave has now officially resigned from The Bridge in Salisbury and will be available to work more locally in schools and churches, some dates are already in the diary; he’s also hoping to enable links and exchanges with Latvia, particularly as Riga & Salisbury cathedrals are twinned.

Sue’s childminding will be full time from September taking care of a total of six children during each week….but not all at the same time!

Tim hopes to have reached the dizzy heights of 6th form….as long as all the GCSE study has been successful.

And finally, Pete hopes to have Bass guitar lessons in preference to trumpet - though we hope he’ll manage to keep up both….no not at the same time!!

BUT….Praise God that He never changes - He is the same yesterday, today and forever - He is mighty and awesome!

]]> http://blog.childrenworldwide.co.uk/walls/2008/06/04/all-change/feed/ Thankyou http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/05/thankyou.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/05/thankyou.html#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 19:04:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-2559975578930173934 Thankyou to everyone who has been praying for us after the death of Kay's father.

The funeral was last Friday.

Kay's mum coped very well and says she felt as though God was carrying her through the day. Her testimony of how God has helped her and comforted her is wonderful.  There is a lot of adjusting to do for all of us, but obviously, more so for mum. Please do continue to pray for her – much of her life was devoted to caring for dad in the last few years, so the change for her is huge.

Dave – Kay's big brother has been brilliant – do continue to pray for him and his partner Vicky.

Kay's mum asked her to sing at the crematorium service, but she ended up singing at the main service too. It wasn't easy, but with a lot of prayer and determination she managed it. Mum had chosen the Stuart Townend version of Psalm 23 – it's in two parts, so Steve, as well as accompanying, had to help sing the two part chorus, and joined in when Kay's voice threatened to falter – which really helped

It's hard to believe that life goes on – we have assemblies and an after school club to do next week, and a church weekend coming up later in the month – all of which need preparing, but inspiration is difficult to come by, so please pray for supernatural inspiration for teaching for both the schools and the church weekend.

You'll probably gather now that it is Kay writing this……Steve has been fantastic in supporting both myself and my family through what has been a difficult couple of weeks – mum said quite rightly what an amazingly supportive and dependable man he is (part of the exact phrase was – "you've got a good 'un there…."). With my health still not good and being in a lot of pain – especially with the stress of the last week, he has been great, never complaining and constantly finding new ways to help – including bringing ice cream to help keep me smiling.  Please do pray for him as he continues being a "good 'un"! Words cannot describe just how great he's been.

Once again, thankyou for your prayers. xx

]]> Thankyou to everyone who has been praying for us after the death of Kay's father.

The funeral was last Friday.

Kay's mum coped very well and says she felt as though God was carrying her through the day. Her testimony of how God has helped her and comforted her is wonderful.  There is a lot of adjusting to do for all of us, but obviously, more so for mum. Please do continue to pray for her – much of her life was devoted to caring for dad in the last few years, so the change for her is huge.

Dave – Kay's big brother has been brilliant – do continue to pray for him and his partner Vicky.

Kay's mum asked her to sing at the crematorium service, but she ended up singing at the main service too. It wasn't easy, but with a lot of prayer and determination she managed it. Mum had chosen the Stuart Townend version of Psalm 23 – it's in two parts, so Steve, as well as accompanying, had to help sing the two part chorus, and joined in when Kay's voice threatened to falter – which really helped

It's hard to believe that life goes on – we have assemblies and an after school club to do next week, and a church weekend coming up later in the month – all of which need preparing, but inspiration is difficult to come by, so please pray for supernatural inspiration for teaching for both the schools and the church weekend.

You'll probably gather now that it is Kay writing this……Steve has been fantastic in supporting both myself and my family through what has been a difficult couple of weeks – mum said quite rightly what an amazingly supportive and dependable man he is (part of the exact phrase was – "you've got a good 'un there…."). With my health still not good and being in a lot of pain – especially with the stress of the last week, he has been great, never complaining and constantly finding new ways to help – including bringing ice cream to help keep me smiling.  Please do pray for him as he continues being a "good 'un"! Words cannot describe just how great he's been.

Once again, thankyou for your prayers. xx

]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/05/thankyou.html/feed/ Prayer please http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/05/prayer-please.html http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/05/prayer-please.html#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 15:20:00 +0000 The Morgan-Gurrs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541782913189120427.post-523657027498883344 We have something else we need prayer for:
After many months of poor health, Kay's dad passed away this afternoon.
The events that led up to this were so obviously in God's hands. Firstly we were here and able to rush dad to the hospital in the early hours of this morning. At this point we were unaware what the problem was - and thought the issue to be one that could be sorted.
The events that followed showed that getting him to hospital was timed very well, as mum would not have been able to cope with what happened.
In the end he died peacefully, we were able to read from the Bible and talk with Him about God's love. It felt as though he needed our permission to go with the assurance (for both he and us) that God was in control and would welcome him no matter what. With that assurance, he peacefully slipped away with mum holding his hand and Kay by his side.
Do pray for Kay's mum (Pauline) and brother (Dave) and his other half (Vicky), as well as Kay and Steve.
Thanks.]]> We have something else we need prayer for:
After many months of poor health, Kay's dad passed away this afternoon.
The events that led up to this were so obviously in God's hands. Firstly we were here and able to rush dad to the hospital in the early hours of this morning. At this point we were unaware what the problem was - and thought the issue to be one that could be sorted.
The events that followed showed that getting him to hospital was timed very well, as mum would not have been able to cope with what happened.
In the end he died peacefully, we were able to read from the Bible and talk with Him about God's love. It felt as though he needed our permission to go with the assurance (for both he and us) that God was in control and would welcome him no matter what. With that assurance, he peacefully slipped away with mum holding his hand and Kay by his side.
Do pray for Kay's mum (Pauline) and brother (Dave) and his other half (Vicky), as well as Kay and Steve.
Thanks.]]> http://themorgan-gurrs.blogspot.com/2008/05/prayer-please.html/feed/