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Synod Committee Meeting Dates in 2018
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IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS…
Simon Loveitt has been a Church Related Community Work Minister (CRCWm) since 1989. Here he recalls four stories of when things didn’t quite go according to plan….. ‘Friendly Club’ Pensioners Trip To the Lake District This group met weekly for entertainment and fellowship in the church in Hulme in Manchester. As the CRCW, I was invited to go along. The trip, to Keswick for lunch and Windermere for afternoon tea was an offer too good to miss. We arrived at lunchtime in Keswick at the coach park and dispersed to find a place to eat. After a good lunch and a wander around the market town, everyone returned to the coach park – except one person. After an hour, no sign of Raymond, (an elderly gentleman on crutches) everyone else in the coach was becoming restless. After two hours, no sign of Raymond, people were becoming concerned. It was decided to phone the police. To everyone’s surprise, the police came straight around in a police car. (photo in Reform at the time) I jumped in and we searched for the ‘lost sheep’ of the Friendly Club around the town of Keswick. No luck. Now three hours late, it was decided to make our way home. The police had my home telephone number and I spent a sleepless night expecting the phone call to say they had found Raymond. The phone call eventually came at 6am. The police had found Raymond several miles from Keswick walking down the A66 (on crutches) thumbing a lift home. He had apparently been in a pub, had too much to drink and had spent the night under a bridge sleeping it off. He eventually made his own way back by coach later that same day. […]
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