Well, things seem to be coming together well. Had an official letter of blessing from the PCC for my project (!?), fingers crossed for my funding applications to be looked on favourably and I've designed and made the fliers.

Fliers are funny things, aren't they? Everything seems so much more official when you've got a flier which is weird because it's really only a bit of paper that people may or may not look at, let alone decide to do anything about it. I'm aware of the collusive role a flier can play in the whole trap of mounting an "event-based" project - the "build it and they will come" mentality (Field of Dreams film) that just expects people to crawl out of the woodwork rather than invest in personal relationships/invitations. And then people wonder why their mission isn't effective. Anyway, I'm sure you get my drift...

It was good to read John Young's article in the Church Times this week about their fresh expression for children. (p.12) After 6 years, he reflects good connections have less to do with events and more to do with long-term friendship, hospitality and consistancy. Not rocket science but good to have it in print nonetheless.

Guess what? Just to make this whole project thing even more challenging, I've agreed to do a school assembly to advertise my project to the kids!? Am I mad? Any advice from anyone with experience in this kind of thing?