Busy Bees

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waiting for the bus

We've had a busy week at SPPC. After two years of avoiding the virus and each other, we moved back to normal with a vengeance.

On Friday, to celebrate our first no mask trip since the outbreak of Covid, the Fellowship Committee organized a bus trip on Friday to the Imax to see the movie "Ireland."

Fourteen people indicated their intention to come but the day before four people cancelled because of Covid!
Any how, nine of us caught the bus to the Imax.
Once there we were joined by another 5 people and so we were up at fourteen people again! 
The movie was wonderful and enjoyed by us all.

Following the movie, 10 of us went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for lunch before returning to the bus back to Sidney.

                                                                        -- Janet S

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On Saturday, there was a cleaning bee in the morning. Again, fourteen people showed up to "sweep the Lord's House clean." We did more than sweep! We dusted and vacuumed and moved furniture and scrubbed the Venetian blinds. Rev. Irwin cleared all the excess from the pulpit and gave it a scrub with Murphy's Wood Soap. 

The storage area in the Molloy Hall was emptied so the spider webs hiding in corners were cleaned out. Tore filled gouges in the walls and touched up the repairs with a bit of paint. Door knobs, light switches and baseboard heaters got extra attention. Pam did yeoman's duty in the washrooms.

For a small space, the quiet room sure has a lot of hidden corners. This shot of the space behind the couch is an example. 

To be fair, that couch weighs a ton. It took four people to push it around. On the other hand, we found a dime so the church's coffers were enriched by ten cents.

With so many helping hands the work was accomplished by lunch time. And there was plenty of laughter to go with the coffee and cookies set out to fortify the labourers. 

Huge thanks to all who toiled. A volunteer effort only works if there are volunteers! If you weren't able to come this time, I'm sure there will be other opportunities.😀

 Ed. Note: thanks to Janet for her pictures and write up of the Friday excursion. Contributions to the blog are always welcome.