Parties and fun days

Following the previous comments on the family fun day and Simon's suggestion about parties, we thought it might be useful to do some brainstorming...

Perhaps we could try again some of the things that worked well in the past, eg barn dances/Scottish dancing, sports days (held in the past at the Vincents' place in Downe and at Bullers Wood School playing field), even the missionary sale which was successful in bringing people in.

People make careers out of organising events - do we know if there are people in our church with such a gift?

On a smaller scale, what about barbecues, coffee mornings, house to house meals, picnics (in gardens or High Elms, Library Gardens), mince pies (at Christmas!), etc.

All these could be useful both as a tool for mission and to help create a sense of belonging.

At the family fun day, Robin found the football and the Scalextric particularly good talking points. Don't know whether you'd get the dads to come on their own?

Please let us know your ideas!