Today in the market...

We tried to raise awareness in our market regarding Make Poverty History... so we rented a stall and together with other churches were there in Crisp Street Market all day.

I was quite good ...only two arguements .

To one old lady who said that her church had been sending stuff to Africa since she was a child and it hasn't made a jot of difference in 50 years I said "perhaps we should just give up and let them die a bit quicker, then it wouldn't be a problem any more...!"

To another who said he wasn't interested as it wasn't his thing I said "well that would be easy for you as you have a full stomach...!"

Even though I said it with a smile on my face and a cheeky glint in my eye - I know it was not big nor clever and certainly not becoming of the kingdom!

;0)

If anyone is in Edinburgh for the G8 next week - look out for me and a few guys from our youth club - should be easy to spot I'll be wearing white!

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Pictured (thanks to the nice new feature on blogger allowing you to upload pictures simply):-

Kate adding a woman's touch to the Make Poverty History stall! Patrick adding... well ...a Patrick touch to the stall - (thinking we could sell two panda pops he'd found).

Comments

Timothy Thompson said…
Funny. It seems to me that what you said could well have been said by Jesus Himself. I think He did once say something to someone with a full everything, "Go and sell all you have and then come back and follow me."

Just a thought. Keep up the good work.
10:22 PM
Gordon said…
thanks Tim - you've helped me with my guilt!! :o)
9:35 AM
Anonymous said…
See you at Edinburgh. Coincidence - I'll be in white too!
5:36 PM
Gordon said…
Both in white - how embarassing!
9:53 PM
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