The Narnia Experience has been nearly a year in the making, with the original idea coming from an apparently throwaway comment from a friend of mine, Pat Moore, who said, ‘I have an idea about a Narnia event for Christmas…’ Pat has been heavily involved in the planning of this fun day, buying beautiful props in the January sales and singing and reading on the day itself. It’s wonderful to have someone to bounce ideas off and who shares your crazy creative desire to do things on a grand scale!
Volunteers from local churches and our ‘Mindful Moments’ sessions have made props for the event, including a cardboard wardrobe, swords and shields for children to decorate (thanks, Stan!), flower table decorations (thanks for the design, Clair!) and snowflakes in abundance (thanks, Kathy, for leading us in that.) Thanks to Janet, Karen and Garry for making the wonderful banners for both rooms, spending hours cutting out felt letters, sticking them onto banners, creating silhouettes and hemming fabric.
Volunteers from local churches and the community helped to hang snowflakes in the community room (which took 6.5 hours in total!) and to set up for the event on Friday as well as serving tirelessly yesterday. Our thanks to all who helped and served so willingly.
Our thanks to Dearne Ward Alliances for their funding of £520 for the event which paid for Christmas crafts and the snow machine which was so popular with the children. Thanks also to local churches and individuals who baked and financed various aspects of the fun day once the funding was spent up but the project continued to develop! Thanks also to the Salvation Army and to Lianne Pritchard Birdsall and Greggs, Rotherham Onyx Park for donating food for the amazing buffet.
