22 September 2024
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Towards the end of yesterday afternoon, it rained a lot, to the accompaniment of thunder and lightning. In fact, it came down so hard and heavy (weather reports suggest a month’s worth of rain in one sitting) that I thought … Continue reading
19 October 2019
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This evening I was helping with Overflow, the St Clement’s youth group, and surprised myself by winning the balloon game (each person ties a balloon to each ankle and tries to burst other people’s balloons by stamping on them while … Continue reading
14 October 2017
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I was helping out with the youth group again tonight and one of the things we did was play a game called ‘Secret Hitler’, although we played the ‘Secret Trump’ version. Pick any political leader you would think of as … Continue reading
27 April 2013
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Out to South Park tonight with the St Clement’s Overflow youth. This is my favourite photo from my group’s scavenger hunt photos. It represents “camouflage” but reminds me, as someone of a slightly older generation, of the Monty Python motif, … Continue reading
15 December 2012
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I’m full of sugar now, having been helping at a party for the youth of our church. Fizzy drinks and Krispy Kreme donuts definitely leave a saccharine aftertaste in my mouth although, dietary considerations aside, it was great fun. It … Continue reading
27 October 2012
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Clint, Penny and I took a gang of the St Clement’s youth down to Watford this afternoon for the Soul Survivor Celebration event. It is a similar set up to the main celebrations at the summer camps but at a … Continue reading
20 October 2012
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Tonight I am contributing a segment the Overflow youth evening at church involving some ideas inspired by 1980s TV Series The Adventure Game. As always I have been getting carried away with the details. Hopefully it will work in practice … Continue reading
20 May 2012
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That is what someone wrote on my back at church this evening. Fortunately they added a footnote to clarify that this is using the modern sense of the word. I suppose cool and groovy wore out some time ago and … Continue reading
13 May 2012
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I was down wid da youth last night playing dodgeball down at the St Clement’s Mish. It’s a shame the game wasn’t “blunder into balls flying in your direction” as I might have done a little better on the scoring … Continue reading
30 April 2012
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On Saturday night I was helping out at the Overflow youth event at our church. This month it was a chocolate party and, in one of the warm up games (chocolate smudge: put a square of chocolate on your forehead … Continue reading