Stretchy sausages needed at WOT

Nearly got caught out this week at WOT (Worship On Thursdays at Raunds Methodist Church). We had record numbers of 37 (which is 3 more than at last years Christmas Party which was previously our largest turnout).

That was despite a few regulars not being there, at this rate we will be breaking the 40 barrier real soon now (maybe next week for the party). Great to have several who came for the first time this school term and are now regulars and starting to bring their friends.

But my sausage casserole needed a bit of stretching initially with smaller portions followed by seconds for those with clean plates. After all I only used 80 sausages. We could really do with a catering pack of Colemans casserole mix next time :-)

Some things do take a lot more work as the numbers rise but the older kids are getting really helpful with the younger ones (tonight plenty of team work making Christingles as well as finishing some Christmas decorations made from bread, oh and a colouring in nativity set).

We were thinking about what we know of the real story of Christmas so we had three quizzes starting with some triva (eg which year was Mr Blobby at no 1 in the charts) and finishing with a quiz to help separate the Biblical narrative from the folklore versions.

Now got to get sorted in advance for next week to make sure we have enough food and games for everyone. .

Space is starting to become an issue as we have a single multi-purpose room (used for everything from Sunday Worship to Scouts). Today we needed 5 tables laid for the meal and the crafts spread out onto 3 tables. We have an area used mostly by the adults drinking tea and coffee and doing the more gentle activities, that needed more tables this week and they ended up a bit cramped against the wall. Then of course we have the Wii which we use with projector and big screen, the normal place for that is taken by the Christmas tree. Fortunately we had not planned any active games cos there was no space left.

All in all lovely problems to have, please feel free to come along and make our problems bigger as we would love to see you.

Comments

[Rachel]

It's when you have a turn out of several thousand and only a few loaves and fish that you need to worry..... though, come to think of it, perhaps you don't even need to worry then! Great news about WOT.

[Dave]

:-)

[Debbie]

I'm just glad we've got a dishwasher now with all these extras !