ST. GEORGE’S LADIES’ GUILD
report written by Dorothy Thistlethwaite
Our last speaker in September was Jean Grainger and whatever the topic
is Jean can always make it interesting!
This time it was on Teddy Bears—once what every child wanted and still
popular today; you only have to watch the Antiques Roadshow to
appreciate their value, despite often being tattered. Many thanks to Jean,
we look forward to her next visit.
Nurse Ruth from Emmanuel Church was our speaker on 2nd October.
This was an interesting meeting with a difference. Ruth brought some
music with her to which we did gentle exercises sitting in our chairs. As
her visit coincided with our Harvest, she spoke about this and explained
how the original name was ‘Lammas’. She then told us that she had been
to a conference in America, in Memphis and about her visit to the home
of Elvis Presley during free time. She said that the conference had been
interesting, not least in meeting nurses from across the world - it made
her realise how fortunate she was to live in Barrow and how easy it is to
get about. She then spoke about a male nurse in Pakistan who didn’t have
the luxury of a surgery and had to attend to the patients on the street!
ST. GEORGE’S MOTHERS’ UNION
report by Sylvia Groves
On 8th October our Team Rector, Gary, was due to do a slide
presentation, ‘Letter from Laos’ - however, due to a hiccup with the
equipment he did an ‘off-the cuff’ talk about his experience of Prison
Chaplaincy on the Isle of Wight.
Gary shared some of the stories of characters whom he’d met in Camp
Hill and Albany Prisons 쁡