The Gospel of John

On Sunday April 23-06 we took a look at the movie, The Gospel of John. Our little home church group watched the first hour together and then followed it up with discussion about the movie, We concluded the evening with prayers followed by a pot-luck dinner together. Next week, the 30th, we plan to finish the remainder of the movie and break bread together again.
The reason I post this is to let you know that this DVD format is very good, beautifully filmed, very well acted with a narration read by Christopher Plummer. The text of the film is straight from John's Gospel. It is well worth seeing and the film extras are good too.

On Easter Monday we had twelve guests for dinner. There was the usual group of family members from Comox... Ben and Josée, Tim, Andi and Charlotte, Jean and Ron. Claire, Ron and Jean's grand-daughter was visiting from England, while Roland and Leisau were here from Vancouver after spending a wet weekend break on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.
Cynthia had made a marvellous meal for us, mostly of cold foods as we weren't quite sure what time Leisau and Roland would arrive from their jaunt. We had Melton Mowbray ham and egg pie, various salads, and cheese-cake and trifle for desserts. It was delicious!
It was great having everyone here for the meal, but especially to have Claire, Roland and Leisau, who we don't get to see too often.
Unfortunately, we forgot to get out the camera until some of the party had left. Roland opted to take this picture, so unfortunately he didn't make it into the shot. Ah well, we'll get him next time. It was great to be together with other members of the family and to be able to remember at this time of the year just how much the good Lord has done for us. Christ has risen! Hallelujah! 

Nice Evening Out

Saturday April 1st Cynthia and I managed to round up the family and get us all in one place at one time. We had invited Tim, Andi, Charlotte, Ben and Josée out for a meal. We managed to get into the new restaurant in town called Fluid, which is located in the old Mc.Donalds building on Cliffe Avenue. We had a good meal together and Charlotte had a great time after she got over the intial shock of hearing the noise and laughter in the restaurant. When the meal was over, Tim, Andi and Charlotte headed for home and bed for the babe. Ben, Josée, Cynthia and I went on to the Sid Williams Theatre to see the second night of the play called Maggie's Getting Married. It was a comedy and a good one. We knew two of the actresses, Gail Limber and Anne-Marie Lewis, both of whom worked with us in the school system. The two ladies were great as were the rest of the cast which numbered six in total. It was a lovely night out