1st Bletchley Amicus

This week was TV Quiz week, and we got so engrossed that we only played one game: Family Fortunes. James did a great job organising the questions and managing the whiteboard (no electronic display here!), and at the end of the evening there were tears of uncontrollable laughter.

Here are some of the funniest/most stupid, yet genuine, answers from the show:

• An item of clothing worn by the Three Musketeers – A horse
• Something people might be allergic to – Skiing
• Something red – My cardigan
• Something you beat – An apple
• A number you have to memorize – Seven
• Something a blind man might use – A sword
• A method of securing your home – Put the kettle on
• A song with ‘Moon’ in the title – “Blue Suede Moon”
• Something with a red light on it – A Dalek
• Something you open other than a door – Your bowels
• A bird with a long neck – Naomi Campbell
• [full list here]

Here’s a classic stupid answer on the original Family Fortunes:

We had a few of our own tonight too:

• ‘Name a Blue Peter dog…’ – ‘Anthea Turner?’ – Lex Bradley
• ‘Name something husbands borrow from their wives’ – ‘Underwear’ – Yolanda Potter
• ‘Name something you would dread to see from an aeroplane window’ – ‘Is this the Lesbian one?’ – David Putman
• ‘Name something you might like to have straightened’ – ‘John Barrowman’ – Lex Bradley

And another great Amicus quote:

‘Do we dong any more, or are we done donging?’ – Nick Lingard

Important Information
The Amicus programme has been updated up to the end of April. Please check the calendar and make a note of when you’re organising, assisting or leading devotions (some details have changed since Wednesday). Reminder emails will be sent 6 days before an event, and the day before an event, but you may need a little longer to prepare for your session. When you check for your name against an activity, please check the description in the calendar. If you would like to change the description, email the updated text to me and I’ll update the calendar. If you have any questions or problems, let me know. Also, when planning your evening please make sure you complete the Planning & Evaluation Sheet, and Ricky or Nick will evaluate the session at the end of the evening. You can find printed sheets in the Amicus pigeon-hole in the office at the Church, or download them from here and print them yourself (depending on how organised you are). Also coming soon: guidance notes for preparing devotions.

Don’t forget to vote and help us decide the theme for our Soapbox Derby Racers!

Next Week: It’s time to crack on with the planning and practical arrangements for this year’s fund-raising effort: Heaven’s Kitchen. Organiser: Ricky Rew, Assistant: Simon Bradley, Devotions: Yolanda Potter

What happens when you have two teams, a couple of wigs, hairdressing scissors, a few products, and some of example hairstyles…

See for yourself!

Don’t forget to vote and help us decide the theme for our Soapbox Derby Racers!

This week: TV Quiz Night – organised by James with devotions by Nick Bosdet.

In the next few months we’ll be starting to make our Soapbox Derby Racers, but before we can do that, we need to decide on a theme for the two vehicles. During our planning session we brainstormed a number of ideas, then voted for the best. We’ve taken the top two and are offering them for a public vote. The vote will close on Wednesday 3rd February. Get voting…

After last week’s unfortunate cancellation due to the snow, this week we decided to go for it and brave the elements. In fact, the elements decided to lay off for a while, so there wasn’t much bravery required. But we made it back which is the main thing, and enjoyed a great planning session.  Often the planning is seen as the dull, tedious but neccessary part of the programme, but last night’s session was great.  We managed to review the planning done so far for our next fund raising event, and for our Soapbox Derby challenge.

Then we had a brainstorm cranial weather anomaly and shared ideas for possible future sessions, then explained them to the group and removed a couple and refined a few more before were happy that we have a great session coming up. The result of our cranial weather anomaly can be seen below (click to enlarge) and will be translated and uploaded into the Amicus Calendar shortly. You will receive an email notifying you of which sessions you’re leading, assisting with or leading devotions for.

In devotions we reflected on the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:13 and it’s application during our current weather challenges. We also reflected on the fact that the coldest winter for years has been no match for the warmth of human excrement – hence the images in this update – and for which I apologise.

In other news, in an attempt to keep you all better informed and engaged, there is now a 1st Bletchley Amicus page on Facebook. There is a preview below. Become a ‘fan’ of the page and keep up to date with the latest events, quotes, web updates and news. Lots of old pictures have been uploaded, feel free to add your own if you have any, and add any tags which are missing.

Next Week: Hair-dressing by Steph Dungate & Nick Bosdet, Devotions by Simon Bradley