Bake 'n' Take update & next FBCS Meeting

Thanks to all who bought the rest of the cakes and buns - we raised £100.30 in total.

Don't forget the next FBCS Planning meeting is on Monday 4th April at 7.30 p.m. in school. All are welcome!

So much baking you can come back for more!

Many huge thanks to all who baked for the Chocolate Bake 'n' Take today. We had so much stuff that we will be holding a second Bake 'n' Take tomorrow (Tuesday 29th March), so please bring some cash along for further purchases then!

Here's a look at what we had on offer today:



Thanks to Dave, Paul & Ross who served so capably!


So far, the Bake 'n' Take has raised £80; we hope tomorrow will see this figure rise even further!

Bake 'n' Take

Yes, it's time for the Chocolate Bake 'n' Take tomorrow! - Monday 28th March at 3 p.m. Please bring all your chocolate goodies into school on Monday morning and then come armed with money to buy other goodies at the end of the day.

Here are my contributions, to whet your appetite!
Smartie chocolate cake

Smartie chocolate fudge cake

Paying off our debts...

Thanks to the generous donation of £1500 made to FBCS a couple of weeks ago, we have been able to pay off a large part of the debt we owed to Hope House Church, who kindly underwrote the bill for the Sports Hall flooring. We now owe just over £200.

At the end of the Games evening on Friday, we managed to see the church Treasurer, Neil, and gave him the cheque from us for £1500.

Our thanks go to the church for their generosity in supporting us during the Sports Hall project, to those who gave so generously to FBCS and to God for enabling us to make a difference to the school.

Other games

Apart from the competitive nature of the evening and the desire to keep fit, we also had some board games to help people relax:



And to give you a flavour of the evening, enjoy the video from the Wii dance.

Games night (2)

Apart from the Wii competitions, we also had more traditional games, including table tennis, table football and pool:




There was also plenty of family rivalry!


and some photos that seem people were not entirely serious about the games!

Games night

Thanks to all who came along to the Games night on Friday. I hadn't realised the competitive spirit was so alive and well in school!

We had a number of Wii consoles with different games, including bowling, racing, boxing and dancing:





The real competition was with the bowling, though, with scores mounting up as the baords below show:


The winning score was 213!

... and Angie Wapples received her prize (a family ticket for a swimming session, donated by Dave Wagstaff.)

It was obviously a family affair, as Emily won the dance competition!

Friday night fun!

Friday 11th March will be the FBCS social/ games evening, where we hope to run various competitions for Wii games (tennis and bowling are definitely on the agenda). Starting at 7.30 p.m., with free entry and a hot dog supper provided, we hope many of you will want to come along to get to know people and have a lot of fun.

The only thing you need to bring, apart from a willingness to get involved, are drinks and glasses.

Quite often it seems as though we are always asking people for money, but we do like to provide social events where we can get to know people from the school family a little better... and how better to get to know people than through games? Are you competitive? Do you love Wii games? We hope you'll come along to this free event and really enjoy the evening's fun.

Please fill in the reply slip on the letters sent out today to let us know how many people to cater for, or call in at the office to let us know if you want to come.

God loves a cheerful giver!

The Bible tells us that God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor 9:7), teaching us that generosity is one of the hallmarks of God ("For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich." 2 Cor 8:9) and has always been one of the hallmarks of God's people.

Today at school we were overwhelmed and gladdened by the generosity and kindness of an anonymous benefactor. When I went to my tray in the office, there was a gift for Friends of Barnsley Christian School of £1500!

£1500! One thousand five hundred pounds!! Fifteen hundred pounds! However many times you say that number, in whatever language ("mille cinq cent livres!", "Siebzehnhunderteinundsiebzig Euros!"), that is a huge amount, which will go a long way to paying off the remainder on the Sports Hall flooring and allowing us to think about future projects in school.

We thank the givers for their kindness and generosity and pray God's richest blessings on them. We thank God for the way He uses people to provide for needs. We are so very grateful.

THANK YOU!!