Holiday Sadness...

Whilst on Holiday last week we received the news that mum passed away on the Wednesday . I will miss me mum as I miss me dad .... :-(

The funeral is planned for Next Thursday the 27th

Going away for a few days....

Going on holiday for a week or so . Blog posts may well dry up a little ... But God willing I will return revitalised and ready to keep on blogging .

Another final thank you before I go to all the team involved in HBC this year . I have to say it was one of the best if not the best . The worship this morning in church was wonderful . Thank you to all involved . The Lord bless you all :-)

Day 5 and the end of an era :-(

Today was a happy/sad day . I rejoiced in the work of HBC which as ever was brilliant but it was all tinged with sadness as Phil and I brought to an end what is probably going to be our last Holiday Bible Club together ... I will really miss working with the little fella ;-)

All the days pics can be seen by clicking HERE

Day 4 .....

Don't mess with the Judge ....

Pete Looked handsome for once !!

Motley crew of good looking guys ...

Can you remember the memory verse ?

More Shreks

Matt Monster Everett

Surfing HBC

Come in

Fun in the park

Dangerous Dan & Surfer Sam

The Beach Babes won the Challenge with this Dance

The Big Dance off ..Beach Babes vs Boys :-)

Revolution at Rebellion 09

Some of the girls got together and put a great routine starring Jacob Minton ...sadly I managed to miss Jacob's bit ...sorry jacob :-(

Live from Rebellion 09.

More Pics HERE

Day 3 ..The sun came out ...

Auntie Shell dishin out the details .....

Mark brought a smaller packed lunch today !!

Friends

Are they water pistols ...no cant be ;-)

The big Picture !!

Meta kept her teath in :-)

Rachel was as always tuneful !

Shell was missing the Aussy beaches ;-(

Jacob the ringmaster !!

Bit woriied about the seagull worship :-)

Day 2 ...they had their revenge

The Water Board !

Intense Concentration ..

The Beach Babes !!

The Silver fox in full flow !

Suckers !!

Oh I Do Like To Shout and Sing of Jesus

Oh I do like to come to HBC .......

Follow Da Leader ...Stormin Norman

Tee all lost at Sea ....

The Chuckle brothers in a Mr Wet T shirt Comp !

Phil and I got a bit wet today ...thanks the Grannie Page !! Another great day and the rain kept off . The power of prayer :-)

HBC 09 .. A trip to the beach

HBC 09 got off to a great start today . 130 kids enjoyed the madness & the mission . It's a great theme this year "Bible by the Beach" and we have adapted the words of that catchy seaside tune " Oh I do like to be beside the seaside " to be our theme tune ...great stuff

More pics to follow tomorrow ...unfortunately my battery ran out !! So just got this one of tweedle dee and tweeddle dumb...

Mission and Madness on the beach. HBC 2009

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Sounds like HBC is a coming .....

The memory verse for this year at Bible on the beach is .....

Jesus said " Do not be afraid from now on I will make you fishers of men ". So they left their boats and followed him ... Luke 5 ;10& 11 ...

Monday is all about following the leader :-)

BRING ON HBC ;-)

Laura's bumper crop of sweet peas.

Laura has had a real result with her sweet peas this year. Those in the know say they are competition standard :-) You see how much she has learnt whilst living in Wem the home of the sweet pea.
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Chester will miss his river walks :-(

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Home safe

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Still waiting

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Waiting in the Airport.

Laura did this welcome home poster. We are all here waiting in terminal 2. Eating some very expensive sandwiches!
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They baked a cake!

Laura and Katie baked a cake tonight for Anna's return tomorrow

She loves kinder eggs and anything pink. Looking forward to sampling this delight tomorrow :-)
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Two out of three home :-)

Katie and Laura arrived back from their week of mission in Spain last night. They had lots of stories to tell. A wonderful experience for them all.
The whole story is told here. www.spain.wbcyoungpeople.co.uk

Thanks to Rich,Sarah and Tee for leading the team so well.

Anna next. We pick her up from Manchester airport tomorrow :-)
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Rev Rob !

People often wonder what I look like when I wear my dog collar(which only ever goes on for out of hours hospital visits)

So for here you go, one time only. If you see me in it again you're likely to be on your last legs :-).
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Shropshire Life. Late evening walk :-)

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Caddy has come to stay.

We have Phil and Tee's dog 'Caddy' keeping Chester company this week whilst the Wrights are in Spain.
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The intrepid Biker Pastor.

Phil sent me this pic from Spain today. He is biking down to meet with our team of young people who are on a mission in Spain.

If you want to check out their exploits. Then click this address

www.spain.wbcyoungpeople.co.uk
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Hospital visits.

Have been spending a lot of time over the last three weeks travelling back and forwards to Arrowe Park hospital near Birkenhead. Mum has been quite poorly with heart problems but is thankfully now a little more stable. This does mean lots of time spent in the car which is a blessing in many ways as it gives you plenty of opportunity to drink in some good preaching via podcasts.

Its true every cloud does have a silver lining.
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A bit of Perspective from Anna

This is a text I received from Anna. These are kids with a real daily need. If you want to feed and clothe and shelter one of them then you can. Anna is bringing back with her a list of kids that need sponsoring. It will cost you 25 quid a month. If you want to commit then drop me a mail
'Hey mum and dad! Could i give my sleeping bag and roll mat to a child here please? You should see what they live in, and they must be frozen at night, plus i want to give them something soft to lie on. These poor kids have nothin and its breakin my heart, i just want to bring them home!! So just wondering? Love you Xx...here is a pic of a tin shack that these children have to live in x'

Moving Times.

Last Monday the Lord confirmed a calling back to Liverpool for both myself and my family. I am to take up a post as part of the pastoral team at the Bridge Chapel in Garston Liverpool.

It will be sad to leave behind so many good friends and so many faithful brothers and sisters here in Wem. Our five years here have been a tremendous blessing to all us Whiteways and Wem will always hold a special place in our hearts.

But as we pray every day 'Thy will be done ' and the Lord has made it clear that we should go.

So its back to the city I left in 1985 in the days of Duran Duran and when Liverpool FC dominated the league! Let's hope with my return the reds will do the same by winning the premiership next season :-)
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Coffee morning.

One of the delights of ministering in Wem is the Thursday morning coffee morning at the church. You can't beat a good cup of tea/coffee and a chat and the odd cake or two :-)
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