Friday morning dawns, and the team gathers in St Peter’s Church for prayer, according to the Book of Common Prayer, and many good conversations over breakfast. Then Bishop Stephen, Becky [Childrens and Families Worker] John and I went to St Peter’s school next door for collective worship. The theme – Staying Healthy – was well demonstrated by the team being asked by the Bishop to take exercises in sprinting, egg and spoon racing, and careful use of dieting – especially avoiding sugary foods. The children were engaging and we spent a happy time there – especially when they showed us some of their X-Factor acts, as part of their Wake and Shake activity.
Afterwards we headed out to Hayden’s Bakery where we had been invited to tour the factory, and see how millions of pies, tarts and cakes were produced, and most importantly meet the staff and managers. We could blog this even for weeks to come – with photos, and text about the amazing facts and products we were confronted with. Facts such as 19 nationalities are represented on the workforce; 1.5 million mince pies will be made there before Christmas; when we visited the “high risk” dairy product department, we wore two layers of protective clothing, and washed our hand four times before we could enter the inner sanctum, where cream and other delicious desserts were assembled. It was very impressive!!
As the photos showed, my beard was considered a risk, and the hospitality extended by all we met was just wonderful, and we listened to a vision for developing the workplace into a healthy and happy environment, where the football team analogy, was well understood, and every member of the team strives to be “match fit”. +Stephen’s interest in doughnuts and jam seemed to be matched by Justin Bradbury’s weakness for custard tarts!
Afterwards we headed out to Hayden’s Bakery where we had been invited to tour the factory, and see how millions of pies, tarts and cakes were produced, and most importantly meet the staff and managers. We could blog this even for weeks to come – with photos, and text about the amazing facts and products we were confronted with. Facts such as 19 nationalities are represented on the workforce; 1.5 million mince pies will be made there before Christmas; when we visited the “high risk” dairy product department, we wore two layers of protective clothing, and washed our hand four times before we could enter the inner sanctum, where cream and other delicious desserts were assembled. It was very impressive!!
As the photos showed, my beard was considered a risk, and the hospitality extended by all we met was just wonderful, and we listened to a vision for developing the workplace into a healthy and happy environment, where the football team analogy, was well understood, and every member of the team strives to be “match fit”. +Stephen’s interest in doughnuts and jam seemed to be matched by Justin Bradbury’s weakness for custard tarts!
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