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We've been asking questions in Senior Link

How could we help to attract senior people to new events?

What are the things that everyone tends to get enthusiastic about?

We struck on two – food and holidays – and have now begun to expand our activities in these areas since Spring 2003.

On 3^rd April we held a lunch in Church for the ‘young at heart’ aiming to bring in people from the café, other churches and by publicity.  Julia agreed to provide the lunch using her professional skills, so we had no fears on that score and we arranged for Joyce Sefton, a well-known speaker from the Outlook organisation to come and give an after-lunch talk.  We put a maximum number of 50 on the event and were delighted when 52 sat down for lunch in a warm and friendly environment.  The lunch was superb, the talk excellent and both Joyce and ourselves were greatly encouraged by over 20 people asking for the tracts she had said were available.  The other responses were people saying, “can we have a lunch like this every week or every month”.  A bit overwhelming that would be, but our next one is planned for November 13^th.

In early August when the temperatures were in the 80’s we held a weeklong ‘ Holiday at Home’.  The idea again came from Outlook and involved a programme of entertainment in the form of games, crafts, demonstrations, quizzes, light lunches and a strawberry tea. The cool Church building proved ideal during the hot days and the tea in Tricia’s delightful garden was especially popular.  The atmosphere during the whole week was really special with a good mix of church and non-church people sharing in the fun and the chat. Andy did a magnificent job in keeping the atmosphere relaxed and the fun going so well and giving and telling a gospel epilogue each day.  It was wonderful to welcome folk we had never seen in church before and it encourages us to see some now coming to Sunday and Twelve on Tuesday services and seeking to know more about what it really means to be a Christian.

Our Twelve on Tuesday services continue each month with an increasing number of people from café who do not come to Sunday services. We have been greatly helped by those who have willingly come to speak or sing.

All these events have been supported by many of our Church people who are too numerous to list and many of whom already give a lot of time and effort to their Christian work.  They know who we mean and we extend to them our thanks for their help and encouragement.