Fun at the family service

All this talk of holidays included advice on where to build your house (not on the sandy shore!): It also explained Garry’s attire and the go-for-it attitude of the musicians: We also had a birthday to celebrate:

Where is our real home?

Garry spoke on the theme of ‘Home & Away’ at the family service. Holidays are generally loved by most people, often because being ‘away’ seems more exciting than being at home, where mundane, dull routines often seem boring in comparison....

Packing for holidays

Packing can be one of the most stressful things about holidays, especially if, like me, you like to be prepared for every eventuality. So we played a packing game where two teams had to pack an assortment of items into a box. The items included typical (and not so...

Home & Away

Tonight’s family service looked at the holiday theme of ‘Home & Away’. We started with a treasure hunt for luggage labels on which were 24 facts about holiday destinations. (We aim to inform!)1. Germans are the second largest beer consumers in...

Traa dy liooar

Traa dy liooar? What’s she on about? Has she hit the wrong keys on the keyboard and produced gobbledegook for a blog post?!’Traa dy liooar’ is a Manx phrase meaning ‘Time enough’. It rather sums up life on the Isle of Man, I’ve...