Guestbook

B.C.F. & T.C.C.
'COME ABOARD'
2007

Where do I start?
September, Polesworth. That's where for me it all started. But for others it was the culmination of eight months of planning and hard work.

The Boaters Christian Fellowship in partnership with Tamworth Covenanting Churches was to stop at seven places in and around the Tamworth area on the canals. I decided to go down to Polesworth on the first night where Polesworth Christian Fellowship were providing a barbeque for B.C.F.. Complete with two camcorders and lights I started videoing when approached by Hui-yen (one of the B.C.F. team), and asked to help in videoing and perhaps producing a DVD. So over that weekend up to three camcorders were in use, two in widescreen mode as you can see when viewing the DVD.

Hui-yen videoed the remaining 'Come Aboard'. Shooting almost two hours of footage. Together with footage from Polesworth which in itself amounted to one and a half hours and about five hundred photos from other B.C.F. team members I had been asked to produce a DVD to be given away with the magazine.

It was finally decided to make a DVD complete with case and sold for £6.00 each with half the cost going to support work done by B.C.F...

This gives the opportunity of members and friends alike to contribute to the cost of supporting B.C.F. and also to help finance next years Mission. Also hopefully the DVD will be valued more by those who purchase it.

The production of the DVD has been fraught with difficulties. With a very tight deadline of just a few weeks and not knowing where a host of the pictures were taken. This was just one of the problems faced. Other difficulties were the computer crashing due to one of the hard drives slowly going down, with it finally packing up altogether along with all the video and photos on it. PANIC. Forty DVDs to produce with all video and pictures lost on the computer and just one week to have it complete.

Fortunately a few of the DVDs had already been made and from these production was started again. OPPS. Printer now not working. After a new round of ink cartridges and priming we were back in business. Finally the last DVD completed just forty eight hours before the deadline.

On the DVD you will see for yourself the tremendous hard work and effort all the team and the Churches involved put in over the two week period spent in Tamworth. The effect on Churches contacted for the first time, the impact made to all those who in one way or another came in contact with the B.C.F...

The long term effect the B.C.F. and T.C.C. 'Come Aboard' will have on the all the thousands of school children, many who have never been on a Narrow boat is only to be dreamed of. The time men and women who perhaps have come into contact for the first time with something concrete in other peoples lives.

So this DVD tries to encapsulate in just over twenty minutes the wonderful time when together B.C.F. and T.C.C. reached out to those in the Tamworth area who are spiritually impoverished and now have seen a new light.

Ian Reed.

HELLO!!!
When's the next frog team event??!!

The next Frog Team event is 'X:site Birmingham' on Saturday 14 July. It's in Birmingham (you may have guessed that), it starts at 6pm and you need to have completed a registration form to be able to go. David

Hi everybody
Just to say I am looking foward to tomorrow (Band competion)
I HOPE WE WIN SOMETHING!!!
See some of you tomorrow and some of you on sunday at church
Mom,Andy and the girls are coming tomorrow to watch and support us
Mom said hi
Shawn.

hi everybody
just to say thanks for putting my message on the website
shawn

hello everybody just to let you know i have had a really great time with my family and i cant believe how much aiden as grown up i am glad i have a son.He is six months today
see you all tomorrow
christina

hi everybody
just to say andys having a nice time in gran canaria and he is coming back on tuesday
how are you all doing
me,mom and the girls are having a really nice time with christina and aiden
see you all tomorrow
shawn

Hi everybody
Just to say Christina and Aiden are coming over on Thursday so they will becoming to chruch
Also I am exited about Saturday.I just can not wait.
Andy is also going away on Saturday to Gran Canaria
see you all on Sunday
Shawn

Hi eveyone just been browsing the site, what agood job you are doing. It's taken a while to make contact again as I had a new computor and the technology well and truly defeated me to begin with! Am just about coming to terms with it now. Hope everyone at the Fellowship are in good health. Life in the wilds of Wales is just as hectic but enjoying every minute.
Love and God Bless to all. Would love to hear from you.
Sylvia and Michael

Hi guys, have a MerryChristmas and a Happy NewYear. Keep up the good work.
from all of us down here in the sunny hemephere.God bless.

Hello everybody
Like to wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year have a good one.
Hope to see you all soon
love from sarah

hello everybody
hope your all having fun
just to remind you Christinas had a baby boy on the 5th of october and she called him Aiden.the christening is on the 7th of january at 3oclock and your all invited.

BY SHAWN.

What plans have you got for Chistmas? (anyone can answer)

hi .aint it great the polesworth pioneers have got 5 new members.so we will be back in comps soon.

Thanks for putting are message up on screen.

Shawn

Hi everybody, how are you all.
Just want to say thanks for praying for my nan.
Christina and Aiden are very well.They also say thankyou for the food from the harvest service.
Shawn and Sarah.

hi! its only me phantom are going in to d2

Hi you are still all in my thoughts, living in Hove now but don't have anyone's address. Thanks for all the friendship, fellowship and caring I received during my time at the fellowship.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE MEN THAT HELPED PREPARE OUR MOTHERS DAY MEAL AT CHURCH TODAY. I FOR ONE OR SHOULD I SAY ALL OF US ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH A BIG THANK YOU.

Who are you? Where do you live? Do you go to church?

Hi, I've just been introduced to your website by Chris Harris. It looks great and has all the info you need. Our church is in the process of launching a website and yours just goes to show that it's well worth doing. Keep sharing the word and God Bless to all.

I liked it very much Charlotte. See you on Sunday at Church.

I am Charlotte Hughes.Hello Bethanie, did you enjoy the New Years Eve party at the hilltop? I thought it was fab.

I wanted to see what you are like

Loved the website and look forward to working with you through the Faith Communities Regeneration Support Project.
Kay Aldersley
Regeneration Support Officer
Coventry Diocese

i love the place

Just to say hello to everyone and congratulate you on a woderful web site.
It was good to see familiar names and places and also that the fellowship appears to be growing in strength. Our best wishes to everyone concerned.
Bob & Joyce Neale (formerly of Polesworth Congregational Chapel)

Party in the Park, this Sunday 25th September at Atherstone Cricket Club.

Parade starts from the town at 10.30am

'Summit Good' AYMB's Rock Band will perform at 12.30pm

AYMB, Atherstones Show Band will be performing a arena performance at 1.30pm

Plus with all sorts of different work shops and other activities, for all ages!!!

Come along and have a great day

For more information please email: aymb@btinternet.com

I've just done a google search on Polesworth and this site is slowly climbing the ladder. Tell your friends, aquaintancies, etc. and get them on...mind you...if you're reading this you probably already are spreading the word... for those that are...good work...and for those that aren't...need I say more.

Big Hi to all at The Fellowship.

hi, hope you dont mind me using this for a Q.?
What size is your youth group, and what ages? We are returning to the area with a teenage son in October.
Thanks
Dawn

great web site

hi from guernsey .realy enjoyed reading all about your church.

hi just ay good web site mr harris and good at the church

Hi, I've just been introduced to the website by Chris! V good website, I'm v impressed, keep up the good work..! Fran. x

Hello! Bill and I live in Oklahoma and I have been tracing his ancestors. The search has brought me to Polesworth though I can't seem to find any graves for them. That's how I came to your lovely website! It sounds like you have a wonderful fellowship there. If we ever get to come over we will surely plan to visit your church, along with St. Edith's.
God Bless You All, your friends, Bill and Robin

Hi again...just a quick suggestion to make the site even better...it's only a small thing cause such a good job has already been done...in the 'Services and Activities' section it would be good to have a link to the National websites of the Girls' and Boys' Brigades, BYBA and D of E Awards. It'll give new readers more of an insight into what they are and do. (Try clicking on 'Web Links' - Dad)

Hi to all at PCF. All is well here in Australia. I'm sure my mom has been keeping you informed of what I've been up to...all good I hope! I will be returning at the beginning of October to Polesworth for a short while, two weeks, so I will catch up with you all then.

Andy

Just read about Ken's award as well. CONGRATULATIONS Ken! Well deserved! You make me proud knowing you!

hi everyone just want to say good web site like what shane said - thank you

Hi Dave, finally managed to grab a couple of minutes to view your website and i am very impressed. You definitely have hidden talents! Its a well layed out site - good use of colour and easy to move around. Its a very friendly site. Well done!

Hi, we have finally got around to visiting the website and we are very impressed! Lots of great info and news and the colours and icons are fab too! Thanks for everything - We all look foreward to joining you all at the service on Sunday 6th June. Bye for now, lots xxx

Hi there. Just to let you know that the photo and DVD project is coming along. Hopfully the photos of the fellowship from the last 14 years will be ready for September.
Also it's nice to see the website

Nice to see you get reports on events like D of E , I try to extract reports or comments from Band members and the word blood from a stone comes to mind . I hope I am inundated with reports when we go to France.
I like your pyscodelic background. Well done

Bob

Just returned from the Bronze DofE trip. It was just alittle muddy in places.
The kids survived ok with only a few blisters. Again they cooked sausages and bacon - blackened pans once more.

WEB site looks good.


Bye for now
Pete

At last my pc is well again-had a very nasty virus!. The website is fab, you are my best student! I like the background but it doesn't fit my screen.I love the icons-especially Noah's Ark-may have to pinch that one! The different coloured text is effective too. Keep up the good work- I have put a link on the district website which I am rebuilding.

Chris - as you can see I'm now on the net - your site is very good - see you Monday - Irene

Hi Chris, David & everyone at Polesworth Christian Fellowship. Have just visited your website for the first time and thought we would just say hello to everyone. It,s a great way to keep in touch and find out what is going on. Life in Wales continues to be pretty wonderful, you even get used to the seagulls. I have made contact with the local Baptist Church through working with some of their members and now attend when I,m not working!!

Well done. I do like the prayer huddle. Keep up the good work.

great site, very impressed!!!!!!!

well done .we are impressed.just decided to have a look while i was looking at bands webb site.i have put you in my favorites so i don't loose your webb address.

Just popped in to say 'HELLO'.
Will keep passing the web address round so that we get more visitors, then hopefully we'll get more people leaving messages in this fantastic guestbook - no smileys though (ask Bob how he got his!!!)

Well...I'm impressed dad. You got your head round the wonderful world of websites. And it's looking and sounding pretty good. I was thinking that another part you could add to it was links to similar organisations as yourself making it a forum type contact throughout Britain and the world. World-wide communication - the beauty of the web!
It is also worth chatting to Duggie about 'spam' comments which may appear on your site from various unknown places which could deface the integrity of the site. This may well be offered by your website provider IK.com.

One other suggestion would be to put more pictures of people on the site...particularly on the opening page and their initial links. I'm sure that you are intending to put events etc on there but I mean more as a background. On this note, I do like the way that you haven't put any religious iconography as the background. It means that people stumbling across the site by accident will read a little before making their choice to read on or go to a different site.

It will also be worth checking with IK.com if they are associated with google...the world's biggest web search engine. Or you could just check by typing into google PCF and see what comes up.

Hope all these are helpful and not too premature.

Keep up the good work!