Youth Christmas Service

 Join us on Sunday 10 December at 10am for our very special Christmas Service, led by the Chapel Street Youth. All welcome!

Free Ukulele Lessons!

 

Join Monica after church on Sundays for a FREE ukulele lesson. All ages, from beginners to experienced.

Baby Shower

We are all so excited about the upcoming arrival of Mele & Samuela's precious child. It was great to all be together at the Chapel Street Centre on Sunday and have something so wonderful to celebrate. Thank you to everyone who made the baby shower so special!

Drumroll please...

Announcing the WINNERS of this week's Challenges...

Our Awesome Kid of the Week

for doing not just one, but TWO fabulous interviews for the Journalist Challenge is...

Our Awesome Adult of the Week Award goes to...

The winner of this week's CHYPS Chalk Your Walk Challenge...

Chocolate bars are on their way to you soon!

Interview with Kathy Thorpe

Our very intrepid reporter, Bella Prince, has interviewed Mrs Kathy Thorpe, who is a 93 year-old-Awesome Kid, in the Christchurch North Methodist Parish. 

Bella: What are your favourite things to do?
Kathy: Playing scrabble, watching t.v. and shopping.

Bella: What did you do for a job, before you retired?
Kathy: I was a Land Army Girl, looking after the animals.

Bella: What was the naughtiest thing you did at school?
Kathy: I can't quite remember... but I didn't like sewing at school. I think I was quite naughty in that class!

Bella: What did you do for fun as a teenager?
Kathy: I can't remember that far back!

Bella: What is the most interesting place you've visited?
Kathy: New Zealand! I love it here. I grew up in England and went on cruises every year, but I love New Zealand best.

Bella: Who do you admire most, and why?
Kathy: Jacinda Adern, for her leadership.

Bella: What do you do best?
Kathy: Play scrabble. I'm very good at it! And I used to love cooking, a long time ago.

Bella: What is your favourite word?
Kathy: Love and thankyou.

Bella: What was your favourite book when you were a child?
Kathy: I'm not sure... as I wasn't a great reader then.

Bella: What is the most difficult thing for you now?
Kathy: Not being able to shop.

Bella: What lessons do you think the world can learn from the past?
Kathy: I think we could all be kinder today.


Thank you Bella and Kathy, for a wonderful interview! 

Interview with Hazel Eilken

Our intrepid reporter, Bella Prince, interviewed the lovely Hazel Eilken today, and discovered some very interesting facts about this rather awesome adult in our parish.

Bella: What are your favourite things to do?

Hazel: Weaving and pottery.

Bella: What did you do for a job before you retired?

Hazel: I was a Cook at Lincoln Hospital and also worked for the Land Army during the war tending the land/ farming etc.

Bella: What was the naughtiest thing you did at school?

Hazel: I stole some pretty paper when I was very young and got into big trouble for it.

Bella: What did you do for fun as a teenager?

Hazel: Dance mainly – tap and ballet.

Bella: Where is the most interesting place you’ve visited?

Hazel: I’ve been to China twice.

Bella: Who do you admire most and why?

Hazel: Charles F Goldie – Artist. I met him once in person when out walking.

Bella: What do you do best?

Hazel: Weaving.

Bella: What is your favourite word?

Hazel: Blessed.

Bella: What was your favourite book when you were a child?

Hazel: Anne of Green Gables.

Bella: What has been one of your most memorable moments in your life?

Hazel: A good one - the freedom of running around in the paddocks on the farm when I was young. A bad memory was when my daughter died in a car accident.

Bella: What is the most difficult thing for you right now?

Hazel: Briskly walking to keep up with my children who walk fast! And vacuuming.

Bella: What lessons do you think the world can learn from the past?

Hazel: To be patient and kind.

1. Hazel (R) with Merilyn  2. Poster for Women's Land Army in WW2
3. Modern cover of Anne of Green Gables  4. Photo of artist Charles F Goldie in his studio

Awesome Adults take up the Challenge!

Check out the cool egg-carton poppies, made by Phil Parton and his daughter, Catherine. They are definitely in the running for a chocolate prize, having taken up the Make a Poppy Challenge, Decorate Your Letterbox/Stand at Dawn and baked Anzac biscuits... not to mention leaving lovely comments on the blog! Go Team Parton!!!

Phil lives just down the road from us, and here is a lovely message we received from them this morning:

Thank you for the beautiful version of the Last Post during Stand At Dawn - we heard you from further down the street. All our immediate neighbours were also at our letter boxes and we all loved hearing it echo across. Dad (Phil) and I made egg crate poppies which are strung up between our letter box and our immediate next door neighbours.

Our ANZAC biscuits were not entirely successful (too crumbly) but pretty tasty. Not as flash as Dylan's chocolate ones. They look amazing!!

Loving reading the journalist reports on interviewing their grandparents too - please keep those coming :-)