first church meeting?

So eventually, in October, I took the bull by the horms and grasped the nettle and got going. I was looking for a suitable location for the new church. We had had the holiday club in the Scout Hall - nice and big but lacking in character and a bit cold. I tried the local pensioners 'complex' which is accommodation for some of the older residents ion the village and has a good size communal space. A number had come from there to the holiday club so I thought it possible. In the end, the warden reluctantly decided that the residents couldnt be expected to give up a bingo session so we had to look elsewhere.

I then tried a local chapel, but they also couldnt help. they were worried about insurance and such like. So in desperation we began meeting in my living room which is quite large anyway.

At the first meeting just 5 people came - all regular church members. However, I turned this into a planning meeting. They didnt know it but these lovely people were my leadership team.

When I moved into the vicarage, I discovered a lot of old memorabelia that included a lot of old slides of the old church and different activities. I also had a very ancient slide projector, and the new leadership team agreed that it would be good to begin with looking back at what the village and church used to be like - something they all like doing anyway. We also decided on trips out to which lots of people could be invitied. We could also use the scout hall for things like watching a film or doing some line dancing. We would meet fortnightly, and continue to ask a donation of £3 that could be used towards trips out or paying for equipment in the future and we could also give money to causes. Everything seemed to be going well. Every time we met we would always have a time of prayer and maybe look at Bible verses. After all, most people who would be coming would be familiar with such things. I felt very encouraged until someone enthusiastically commented 'it will be just like The Ladies Guild'.