É domingo de manhã e fui congregar na ICOC Manchester!
Rua Derby, 9.
Da estação Victoria é pertinho, dá para ir a pé pela Avenida Cheetham Hill.
Deixe-me contar algo que aconteceu no tram que peguei até a estação Victoria: Sentei-me num dos assentos e, atrás de mim estavam um pai e seu filhinho. Eles estavam conversando bem animadamente (pelo menos o garotinho estava bem animado). O pai foi bem paciente com o seu filho. Eles conversaram até saírem e eu fiquei muito encantada pelo fato do pai interagir com seu filho de modo tão concentrado. Penso que isso está rareando e é triste porque deveria ser normal um pai conversar com seu filho de 3 ou 4 anos, corrigindo-o quando necessário.
It is Sunday morning and I went to the service at ICOC Manchester!
9 Derby Street
From Victoria Station is a brief walk through Cheetham Hill Road.
Let me tell what happened when I took the tram to Victoria Station: I sat and nearby there are a dad and his little boy that are talking to each other very lively (at least the little boy were very lively). His dad was very patient with him. They talked until they got their destination and I was so awed by their interaction. I think that it is becoming very rare and it is sad because it should be normal, a dad talking to his 3 or 4 years old little boy, correcting when necessary.
O que eu mais gostei na comunidade é que ela é igualzinha à comunidade das igrejas brasileiras: multiétnica e acolhedora. Senti-me em casa desde o primeiro culto (este foi o último em que comunguei) e saí de lá convencida de que o mesmo Espírito Santo que anima as igrejas de São Paulo e Guarulhos anima a igreja de Manchester. Glória a Deus!
What I liked most in ICOC Manchester community is that it is equal, the same as São Paulo and Guarulhos communities: multethnic and cozy. I felt at home there since the first service. I said goodbye convinced that the same Holy Spirit that enlives the churches of Sao Paulo and Guarulhos enlives the church of Manchester. Soli Deo gloria!
Depois do culto eu almocei num restaurante bem tradicional perto do Albert Square que serve o assado de domingo. Eu queria experimentar o famoso Yorkshire pudding.
After the service I had lunch in a very traditional restaurant near Albert Square which serves the Sunday Roast. I wanted to know personally the famous Yorkshire pudding.
Assado de domingo com Yorkshire pudding / Sunday roast with Yorkshire pudding
A sobremesa: bolinho com calda de caramelo e custard. / The dessert: a little cake with toffle sauce and custard
Depois do almoço pegamos o ônibus em direção ao Parque Platt Fields em busca da Festa da Maçã.
After lunch we took a bus to Platt Fields Park in search to Apple Party.
Festa da maçã / Apple party
Sounds like a perfect Sunday to me! Very nice that you could attend the church service and feel welcome and connected by the same spirit. And that roast beef and Yorkshire pudding - it looks so fabulous!
ResponderExcluirHi Sheila, thanks for writing!
ExcluirYes, it was a very perfect Sunday: it was my second (and last) attendance to the service and people already had seen me and they were very amiable and solicitous. I saw... I guess... 4 birthday cakes been sliced and distributed after the service! I thought to myself... like in the church I belong! I talked with an older lady and shared much similar experiences in this 2 decades of being Christian and some experiences are very similar, although the differences between language and culture.
Ah, the lunch... one of our greatest extravagances... The restaurant was a bit posh, but the meal was superb. It valued each pound it costed.
A immersion in English culture, you could say! He he!!
Thanks again!