Friday, 17 July 2009

Four Croissants and a Funeral

The title seems to be a fairly accurate summary of the last seven days. The final week of my summer placement seems to have been mainly one of food, although there have been other highlights:

Monday - Deanery Synod (yawn) - cup of tea and a plate of biscuits
Tuesday - a pre-funeral visit, preceded by a McDonalds lunch (offering value for money!), and a 'Council of Churches' meeting where the refreshments were notable by their total absence.
Wednesday - 'Essence' - a cafe church where at least 2 if not 3 of the aforementioned croissants were consumed.
Thursday - Men's Group, with a cup of tea (but no biscuits), and a Marriage Preparation Review Meeting (with Dot's 'Lavender Cake')
Friday - 'Thirst' - another cafe church (technically not part of my placement, but my stomach doesn't care), followed by the funeral, followed by an interesting combination of crumpets and baked beans.
And tomorrow morning I round it all off with a prayer breakfast.

More tea vicar?

EDIT: Saturday morning - the prayer breakfast brought the tally to 5 croissants!

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