A wedding and an AGM

Wedding
Mandy and Rob were married at Christ Church on Saturday.  The church had been tidied up the previous week and looked good as did the extra decoration for the occasion. This is the first wedding of a regular member of the congregation for quite a while.  We were therefore all looking forward to it. Personally I have known Mandy for a long time - from youth groups, through to the visit to Tanzania in 2002, and to her recent role as worship leader.  Our ex-vicar Paul gave an excellent talk.  The service ran very smoothly and the bride and groom performed their vows loudly enough to be heard.  There are pictures of the wedding on Facebook, so if you're reading this on Facebook, take a look.
Then off to Five Lakes, a local(ish) golf club for the reception. 
The speeches were very good, very entertaining without getting nasty or abusive, as I have heard sometimes.  The meal was very nice, but I did get a little shock.  Trying to cut a piece of butter and pick it up on the end of the knife with my right arm extended to its maximum reach proved to be both painful and near impossible.  That shows the limits of the healing process much better than digging the garden, which went without incident. Then on to the cake cutting - see the picture for that - it was an unusual cake. 
Altogether a very good day for us, but more importantly a life changing day for Mandy and Rob. We wish them rich blessing as they live out their married life.

Annual General Meeting
For a few years now the Christ Church AGM has taken place after a shortened communion service.  Today's meeting was convened at the end of the service, but unlike others we have had recently was inconclusive.  A number of the people who volunteer to server the church had gone away for Easter holidays and had not returned due to the problems with flying through volcanic ash.  So more posts than usual are unfilled and we will require a special meeting later to agree the final appointments, as is the legal requirement.