Making Scouse

I am making a couple of large pans of "Scouse" tonight ready for tomorrows dinner ...lots of friends and family around for Laura's birthday and this is the perfect hassle free dish ...

Speaking about Reputation on Sunday ..

Missing her ..

Well Gill has been away for a whole week now and I have to admit that I am really missing her :-) . Roll on Sunday . The girls have been great though and surprisingly grumpy old dad has been remarkably placid this week .Gill had anticipated that world war three would break out whilst she was away but no , peace reigns .... anyway I'm off to do some vacuum cleaning now :-)..

Tired ..

I think the Canadian team have taken it out of me... I am shattered . But then again I have covered a fare few miles today ..Shrewsbury , Birmingham , Liverpool. Anna is home tonight trying to heal a broken heart :-( .

Gill is in Aosta skiing with the school and by all accounts ,via her text messaging ,she is having a great time .

A Day out to Wales & Radio shropshire

All the pics over on facebook click HERE .

More Canadian Capers ..

ALL PHOTOS CLICK HERE

More Canadian Adventure in Wem & Shrewsbury ..

Busy day with the Mounties !!

The Day began with prayer and then on to Newtown school ...Phil and I were a bit naughty with the Headmaster :-)Then it was on To Adcote School for Girls .The group loved the venue ..a typical English public school .

Finally we finished up at Baschurch School ..

Tried to upload the videos but blogger says they are too long ..sorry

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Tabitha & Joanna have come tos stay ;-)

Tabitha and Joanna are part of the Canadian team and they are staying with us for the week ...poor girls they will need therapy at the end of the week ;-)
Anyway Tabitha quickly caught up with her emails ....
Joanna serenaded us with Debussy on the piano ...she is an excellent pianist .

The Canadians have landed in Wem

We are privileged to welcome our Christian friends from Canada this week . They are a group of young people from Venture Teams International and they will be helping us out as we hold various evangelistic activities this week ...welcome guys ...

Preached here this morning ..

Katie Is 17 !!!

Katie celebrated 17 years on Friday with a driving lesson in a mini and a home baked cake :-)

An Engagement love story ..girls you will like this ..

This week we stayed over in Liverpool and witnessed the romantic event of the century ..Rob & Amy's engagement ..

Amy had been waiting and waiting and waiting for months for Rob to get his act together and ask the question ,anyway on Monday the big day finally arrived .
Rob & Amy have just bought our old family home in Liverpool and they are in the middle of ripping it apart !! bringing it into the 21st century , so Amy thought she was coming around on Monday night to do some more work on it ....but our Rob had other ideas !!!!

He had , with a little help from his family prepared one of the rooms for the big question .

The lighting was right , the music was right , the suprise was right and she said yes ... in fact I think she screamed when he got down on one knee !! see I told you that you would like this story girls ....
Later on that night the suprises continued for Amy . The whole family had got together at Amy's family home for an impromtu celebration ... Great day

More photo's over on Facebook click here ..

Take The Love Test ...

In our house group last night we studied the Apostle Paul's definition of Love in 1Corinthians 13 :4-7... He was speaking to a church at Corinth that had its problems ,people falling out with each other etc ... nothing changes there then :-)

Anyway he said if you don't have love then your just a clanging gong ...all noise and no substance , no heart ... So last night my small group took the love test according to the passage . I gave them a working definition ( according to the original Greek) of each of the elements of biblical love in the passage and asked them to score themselves on a scale of 1-9 ..and if they were really brave, get someone they trust who knows them well to also score them and then compare notes !!!

So here they are have fun :-) ...If you are like me then you will feel really beaten up after this exercise especially if your wife does the scoring !!!! :-)

Love is ...

PATIENT …specifically in relationships ..

KIND.. Gentle in behaviour
REJOICES IN THE TRUTH … Takes delight in God's truth , delights in seeing and doing good .
ALWAYS PROTECTIVE … Covers over the faults of others .. 1 Peter 4:8.
ALWAYS TRUSTING .. Puts their faith in other men /women
ALWAYS HOPEFUL .. Sees the bright side of things ..doesn't despair .
ALWAYS PERSEVERES.. Doesn’t give up on something or someone ,particularly when the tough times come.

Is Not

ENVIOUS … in the context of other people gifts
BOASTFUL … Of what you are and what you can do .
PROUD … arrogant
RUDE.. , course in language and indecent or crude in behaviour .
SELF -SEEKING …self centred , selfish . Seeking your own interests .
EASILY ANGERED … easily provoked , don't easily fly off the handle ! Touchy ..
KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS .. Unforgiving attitude .. Doesn’t forgive and move on .
DELIGHTING IN EVIL… takes pleasure in what is wrong .

For all you mums ..this should strike a chord !!

Snow again and loud screams !!

Well it snowed again and yes the girl's wish came true ...no School today !! When radio Shropshire announced the good news Katie & Laura screamed with delight :-) ...and then it was off out with their mates for snow frolics ..

Meanwhile I was in mourning after last nights football result ;-( ..I cant even type it out I am that upset .. As you can see from the picture of Chester taken during the game , it wasn't exactly a thrill a minute and then the result was even less thrilling !! But I suppose life goes on :-)

Snowtime !!

Snow descended and changed the landscape ..wonderful but cold ...bring on the Spring and the summer ... more winter photos here This is where Chester and I walk and pray ... Glorious in the snow ..

Laura & Gill created this ..might win a turner prize :-)

Snow ...

Well the snow was forecast and it dutifully arrived last night but sadly not in the bucket fulls that Gill & the kids were hoping for . So they had to go to School :-) There is hope though , more snow is forecast so the headmaster might send them home early .

Listening to Fernando Ortega as I write this . If you are a Christian and you listen to devotional music then download this mans work . He is very gifted .

Sorry for the relapse in blogging

Sorry to those one or two who stop by this blog on a regular basis , I have been very remiss in my pounding of the keyboard . I will however try to put that right this coming week .

Last week was extremely busy so time was of a premium I'm afraid . Having said that I managed to get away for a couple of days with Alistair ( Pastor of Emmanuel in Northwich ) and Phil for a time of prayer and study and curry !! lots of curry ... Being the senile one that I am I forgot to pack the camera so we are picture less . But if you want to take a look at where we stayed then click here .

ABQ begins again....

Answering the Big Questions kicked off again tonight ... an interactive discussion about the questions you may have about God .
If you are in the Wem area then its not too late to come along next Monday night . Email me if you want more details ...
If you are not in the Wem area and you have questions about God and religion then feel free to email them to me and I will do my best with the answer .

whiteway@supanet.com

Miserable Monday

Are you suffering from the Winter blues today . Well if you are then you are in good company. I heard on the news this morning that today has been officially designated miserable Monday . On this one day of the year you are more likely to feel depressed more than on any other day of the year :-( Read about it here ....

So if you are feeling a bit down today remember that there is always a brighter tomorrow ... So I have designated tomorrow to be Tip-Top Tuesday :-)

Church New years Get together tonight

Rachels team were the victors in tonights New Years Gathering at the church ...Edward and the team organised a great event ... lots of folk turned out for a fun evening :-)

More pictures over on Facebook ..click here

THe Old Man of Wem ...Norman

Norman on Tuesday reached the grand old age of 80 !!! Only thing is is coincided with our day of prayer and fasting ...so I missed out on the Birthday cake . So I hope you saved me a slice Norm !!

Routine ..Routine

It has been nice to get back into business as usual this week .

Whilst I love the Christmas and New year period and the relaxation and expanding waistline that that brings , I am always glad when I can get back into the my daily routines .

Just being able to go into the study and not be disturbed is a big bonus :-) ..

It all begins again.....

I dont know about you but I always look forward to a new year . For me its good to ponder the many opportunities that the Lord is going to put before me, my family and the church here at Wem .

Today as a church we are praying and fasting about this year , seeking the Lord's will for individuals and the fellowship ... Join us if you like :-)

50 Years for John & Barbara ..

It was good today to go and celebrate 50 years of married bliss with John & Barbara Kirkham today. They are a great couple and it was a privilege to be there with them and their friends and family this afternoon .

More Photo's Here