So, here’s what happened… We drove up to Gateshead! Do you know how far away that is from Birmingham? It’s not as far as places that are further away from it than Birmingham, but it’s far. So, we arrived late, and went to our host homes where we got a good night’s sleep… Well, actually I can’t speak for everyone else and I can’t be bothered to phone them all at this precise moment in time to check if they had a good night’s sleep… Basically, I had a good night’s sleep.The following morning we travelled to the school where ECG North East was taking place. There were various workshops and meetings happening simultaneously throughout the day. However, I can only tell you what we did as I didn’t pay much attention to everything else. [I now sit here writing the blog attempting to remember what we did] So, here’s what we did:
- A BIG party
- A rhythm workshop (led by the charismatic Stephen Alexander)
- A craft workshop (We made fireworks… but ones that didn’t work)
- A drama workshop (We managed to transform ourselves into a washing machine)
- A games workshop (Family team games aplenty)
- An all-age celebration
I know what you’re thinking… That’s a reasonable amount of stuff to do over a weekend. Well let me tell you something, that was just the Saturday! As you can imagine, we were tired. Getting back to our host homes at about 9:30pm we all relaxed and a lovely home made curry and and a nice cold beverage whilst watching various sitcoms on TV. It was lovely… Oh wait, that was just myself and Paul that did that. I can’t speak for everyone else when I say that I had the best time out of everyone at my host home!
The next morning we arrived at a local church to lead the all-age service. We looked at the story of Samson and the faithfulness of God to him, as well as to us.
Over-all it was a jam-packed but very good weekend. We then packed up and drove back to Birmingham, arriving in time to watch the X factor (only because it was on TV, not because we wanted to watch it or anything…) and we ate a curry. My second of the weekend… which confirmed to me all the more that it had, in fact, been a very good weekend indeed.
Also, make sure you check out ECG 2012 in Scarborough. We’ve been the last few years (Although not in Scarborough) and have had a great time.
Blog written by: Baz
Exciting Moment: Aside from the curry situation, I would have to say that doing the workshops was the exciting moment as this is what we’re looking at doing more of in the future. It was good to see that they worked.
Comedy Moment: A small child was handed a water pistol in order to squirt everybody in one of the stories. That was fairly funny.
Team: Jo, Steve, Baz, Ellen, Stephen, Rach, Paul
