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Friday 02. August • Lighthouse Thame 2013 • www.lighthousethame.org.uk • 01844 390930
Birthdays
today
Sophie Smith (13)
Lampligther in 4’s
Snappy Sharks
Lighthouse Thame is
over for another year!
It’s been again a great year with 904 children registered and 400
voluntary helpers, busy Parents & Toddlers, Parents Café and Silver
Lighthouse, all having a great week!
Congratulations from
all at Lighthouse!
Donations
We hope your children
have had a wonderful
time!
Although there is no
charge for attendance,
over £45,000 will be
required to run the 2013
event.
Local churches contribute
towards the cost and we
rely on donations to meet
the remaining costs of
£10/child per day.
If you are able, please
make donations in the
post box near the
Administration tent.
Please use the provided
envelopes so we can
reclaim the Gift Aid. After
the event please post you
donations to
This year saw a new chairperson take
over at Lighthouse Thame, our Lighthouse roving reporter caught up with
him to find out how it was all going.
LH Martin, the role of chairperson at
Lighthouse Thame is a big undertaking,
when did you decide to take it on, and
why?
MG I have been involved with Lighthouse
here right from the start, I was originally
an Age Group Leader and then got more
involved with the technical side of things,
including the website and the associated
admin, so I had a good idea what was
involved. I was first asked to take on the
role around 18 months ago, I took a
couple of weeks to think about it, and
discuss it with my family, but it felt like
the right thing to do, it felt like something
I was called to do.
LH So what does your average day here
involve?
Cheques should be made
payable to ‘Lighthouse
Thame’.
MG No 2 days are the same. I am here
from 7am until gone 10pm each day,
though I do pop home for half an hour
for something to eat. My day involves
everything from accompanying new
children onto site, to help sort out admin
issues, to working as part of the site
team. It's been busier than I thought it
would be.
LH What has been your favourite part
of your role?
Thank you!
MG At the church, where my whole
The Treasurer
16 Stoke’s End,
Haddenham , HP17 8DX.
family go, we recently baptised a girl who
had first learned about Jesus at Lighthouse last year. It reminds me that
everything I do here is a great chance to
share the love of Jesus with our whole
community in a very real way, and that's
the best bit about it all to me.
LH And what's been your worst bit?
MG On Monday one of the small tents
blew away, it knocked straight into the
fence at the back of the site, and set off
a 'domino effect' as the fence fell over
section by section. It caused a lot of
work, and at the end we had to try and
get the tent back up too. I can see the
funny side of it now though.
LH During your time at Lighthouse how
often have you been in the gunge tank?
MG I've never been in the gunge tank
LH.....
LH yet!
The feedback from parents and kids alike has
been massively positive, and the wider local
community has been very supportive.
We will be starting planning for Lighthouse
2014 from September.
Please, let us have any feedback from you or
your kids, including any ideas to make things
even better next year – emailing the Chairman
Martin Gibson email: [email protected]
Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you next
year!
Welcome all
4pm Friday !
Our endend-ofof-Lighthouse
Celebration is at
4pm today.
Everyone
Welcome !!!
It’s a great
opportunity for
your kids to show you
what they’ve been
doing all week!
PLEASE COLLECT
YOUR CHILDREN
AT THE USUAL
TIME OF 3.30pm
and while the team
is preparing the
celebration…. enjoy
a cup of tea or
coffee and yummy
cakes at the
Parents Café
Lighthouse is run
entirely by
volunteers from
local churches.
Without their support
Lighthouse would not
be able to take place!
Thame Churches:
Grace Church, Barley
Hill Church, St Mary’s
Church, Cornerstone
Baptist Church, Christchurch, St Joseph’s Church
Haddenham
Churches: St Mary’s
Church, Church of the
Good Shepherd, Baptist
Church, Methodist
Church,
Long Crendon
Churches:
Baptist Church, Our Lady
of Light, St Mary’s Church
St Catherine’s Towersey,
St Nicholas Chearsley,
St Nicholas Kingsey,
St Nicholas, Cuddington,
St Giles Tetsworth
Life after
Lighthouse
Believe it or not, fun does
continue after Lighthouse!
There is a variety of different
local churches that would
welcome you with a smile.
Please see Lighthouse website
for more details.
Tonight at Halo:gen:
7-9pm
BBQ
and many other
activities!
Parents ponderings…
The Kiss…………...
What you believe in is really
important.!
In my early teens I went to a
youth club disco with the firm
belief that that night would be
the night when I would get my
first kiss. What had I based this
belief on? Well it was rock solid:
A friend of a friend of the girl’s
sister had told my friend that if I
asked this girl (Emily) for a kiss
she would be very willing to give
it.
At the disco I waited for my
moment. I nearly waited too
l o n g ! T h e D J su d de n l y
announced it was the last song!
Encouraged by my mates I
slithered across the dance floor
and put my hands on Emily’s
shoulders.
“Um… Kiss?” I said like a
caveman speaking for the first
time.
“NO way!!! You’re gross!” Emily
said slapping me on the kisser.
You see belief is important but
what it’s placed in matters
more. I was sincere in my belief,
it even made me a better
person for a while (I’d showered
AND used my Dad’s Brut spray
for the dance), but ultimately it
didn’t get me anywhere.
Believing in Jesus has a good
foundation: He taught with
authority like no one before or
since. His actions; raising the
dead, healing a paralysed man
and claiming to forgive sin make
his claim to be God credible.
Today’s story helps us see why
he came. He asked Zacchaeus,
a crooked rich tax collector who
everyone thought was pretty
gross, to follow him. Zacchaeus
went on to discover that there
was more to life than he had
thought. He found that putting
his trust in Jesus gave him
forgiveness, purpose,
transformation and joy, life like
that is what God wants for us.
Jesus makes the same invitation
to you. Whatever your past or
your situation He invites you to
follow him to live life with him.
Don’t let your kids have all the
fun… Go along to one of the local
churches and find out how all
this good stuff is available to you
too. Worst case, you’ll get a
decent cup of tea. Best case you
might find something way better
than your first kiss!
Daily ‘parents ponderings’ written by
the Lighthouse team, unpack the daily
theme to parents, explaining what
their child has been learning about and
giving parents something to ponder
too.
Vital stats
More stats
We are very grateful to many
people, churches and other
groups for their support. These
stats help you understand the
scale of the operation and the
impact on individual lives!
-180 Youth at Halogen
(evening Youth event) on Monday evening for Inflatables
-30 big bags of clay used in
craft today
-500 cones in use in the sports
field
-150 pints of milk used at
Lighthouse this week accompanied with hundreds of
yummy cakes
-millions of flies attracted by
the green t-shirts of the sports
team
A total of 904 children
registered this week,
more than 700
children attending
daily,
400 voluntary
Helpers and an
average of 250
parents a day at
Parents & Toddlers.
Lighten up!
For all ages
Coming to Thame
on Friday the
25th October 2013.
What happens if you
cross
the
eating
challenges of ‘I’m a
celebrity’, the physical
challenge of ‘The Cube’,
the inflatables of ‘Total
Wipeout’,
the
mental
challenge of ‘Mastermind’
and
th e
f oo d
of
‘Masterchef’?
The Lighten Up ultimate
family quiz is the answer!
Kick off the October Half
Term with this great
event run jointly by
Churches in Thame.
4:30pm – 6:30pm
at St. Mary’s Church in
Thame.
Come as a family, join
with others to make a
team and compete to see
who will win the coveted
Family Challenge trophy.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
lightenupfamilyquiz
@yahoo.co.uk
Hundreds of smiling
faces on site at
Lighthouse Thame
this week!
Visit us online
www.lighthousethame.org.uk
www. facebook.com/lighthousethame
Photos and newsletters are now uploaded!
Watch out for more photos and information over
the next week!
Lighthouse
Thame
28. July01. August
2014