St Mary's Church

8 GoodGymers have supported St Mary's Church with 9 tasks.


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Jane

Water you talking about?

Tuesday 26th November

Written by Jane

This was a beautiful, thoughtful show with an evocative soundtrack.

I helped welcome visitors and give them a leaflet which listed future events. Then at the end, we set up the chairs in a semi circle for the school children who are coming tomorrow. The winner of the chair-moving competition was impressive, sliding 6 in one-go! 🏆

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Dave M

"Warrior 2?" "No, just a steward"

Monday 25th November

Written by Dave M

A much calmer evening today, greeting people and making sure they were OK as they enjoyed the installation.

After a while, folks began arriving for the yoga session 🕉 due to take place. After guiding them to the sign in, I then directed them to the area where they could set up their mats.

Joining the breathing sessions and marvelling at people's flexibility! I bid farewell to the sea 🌊

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Dave M

Sea but don't touch!

Saturday 23rd November

Written by Dave M

I arrived at the church and said hello to Father Bob whilst watching some of the show.

First job was to take a place next to the giant screen installation to keep watch on any querying hands getting too close!

After a number of interventions i was replaced and went to spend time at the front entrance to greet and wave goodbye to those who were loving the art.

After tagging Tracey in, I headed home to a warming bowl of soup homemade by our wonderful leader.

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Samantha BelfrageJen StonehamKatie LondonWilsonDave MAlondra

Raising the Roof!

Wednesday 15th May

Written by Jen Stoneham

This evening we welcomed Alondra to her first ever GoodGym session! It was lovely to meet you, and hope to see you at another task soon.

We had possibly the shortest run we've had on a Wednesday evening for a while as we were visiting St Mary's Church, just the other side of the alley from Fratton Community Centre. We mixed it up a bit by zig-zagging across the church yard and throwing in some side-steps, high knees and a sprint finish to the church doors.

We started off with the challenge of matching the correct panels of four separate gazebos from a massive bundle, then folding and stashing them away. Some military precision was needed to get all of the elements in their bags, but we achieved it with style!

We then got some proper GoodGym weight-work in, with myself, Sam and Katie up on the vestry roof, receiving tables passed up a ladder by the rest of the team.

We even found another task whilst up on the roof, sorting through all of the church's panto gear ready for Christmas. Rosie from St Mary's has offered an exclusive trip up the Bell Tower in return for our help with this, so keep your eyes peeled for the task listing!

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