Last week, on October 18, I attended the Christian Resource Exhibition at Esher along with Brian and Pat. It was kind of them to inform and invite me to join them for this trip.
More than anything else, I was keen and interested in the way it is organised and planned. Unlike most of what I have seen, there is more confusion and disorder and last minute rushing in most of such events involving hundreds of people. None of it here!! Honestly I could not find one single person who was part of the organising team - or perhaps I was too dumb to identify them among the crowd. But no one running around, trying to fix things, or arrange things or sort out confusion. Not one in the whole crowd with a worried face!! Wish I could reach that stage of tranquility and organisational capacity!
So besides the usual stalls from the various denominations of the Church there were talks (some spontaneous, some serious and lengthy), prayer sessions, interviews, performances, sale, and possibility for one-to-one chats with individuals for various Church related themes... all of these going on simultaneously without one causing interference with anything else! Luckily I had gone through their website earlier and had picked and chosen where I wanted to be and when. That way, I made the most of the day. So I attended two talks, one on the 'Green Church' - which was really good - and another on the Celtic tradition in modern Christianity - wasn't what I thought it would be. Then a couple of youth speakers sharing (in short duration of 5-10 mins) their experience and learning in running youth groups.
Also sat through a Ukrainian dance troupe performance titled, Zozulenka. I liked it very much. A team of 8 youngsters (all aged between 14-20) led by their music and arts teacher. A 45-minute performance of song and dance, perfectly synchornised, without even a minute of delay or confusion.
Walked around viewing every stall, their exhibits, seeing how each stall had the little space arranged, decorated, designed... really amazing! The exhibition was held at Sandown park, the racecourse of Surrey. That way got to see a racecourse in person too!
More than anything else, I was keen and interested in the way it is organised and planned. Unlike most of what I have seen, there is more confusion and disorder and last minute rushing in most of such events involving hundreds of people. None of it here!! Honestly I could not find one single person who was part of the organising team - or perhaps I was too dumb to identify them among the crowd. But no one running around, trying to fix things, or arrange things or sort out confusion. Not one in the whole crowd with a worried face!! Wish I could reach that stage of tranquility and organisational capacity!
So besides the usual stalls from the various denominations of the Church there were talks (some spontaneous, some serious and lengthy), prayer sessions, interviews, performances, sale, and possibility for one-to-one chats with individuals for various Church related themes... all of these going on simultaneously without one causing interference with anything else! Luckily I had gone through their website earlier and had picked and chosen where I wanted to be and when. That way, I made the most of the day. So I attended two talks, one on the 'Green Church' - which was really good - and another on the Celtic tradition in modern Christianity - wasn't what I thought it would be. Then a couple of youth speakers sharing (in short duration of 5-10 mins) their experience and learning in running youth groups.
Also sat through a Ukrainian dance troupe performance titled, Zozulenka. I liked it very much. A team of 8 youngsters (all aged between 14-20) led by their music and arts teacher. A 45-minute performance of song and dance, perfectly synchornised, without even a minute of delay or confusion.
Walked around viewing every stall, their exhibits, seeing how each stall had the little space arranged, decorated, designed... really amazing! The exhibition was held at Sandown park, the racecourse of Surrey. That way got to see a racecourse in person too!
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