Just a quick message to say "Hello!" to all the lovely people who've come up for air from their studying just long enough to tap away here on the forums.

I also have another agenda too. I just wondered if anyone had given any thought to doing the "Ministry Within Christian Community" module in college on December 4th? It's an optional module from Level 5 but can only be done through face to face teaching at college. You can find out more about here if you click here

It's a bit of a long story (which if you really want to hear it you can do so here) but God's opened the door for me to do this course but when I last checked with Emma George, she wasn't quite up to the minimum number nessesary for the day to go ahead. She suggested I post here on the forum encouraging you other lovely people to come study in London for the day too. Obviously distance is an issue for some people but having checked out the trains from South Wales to London that day, I can reliably inform you that anyone along the M4 corridor can make it up and back in one day (one very long day, but still just in one day!)

The teaching is from 10am to 6pm, includes all the teaching material as well as lunch, cup of tea etc. The cost for the day in December is £80 and you need to book in with Emma George by November 4th. Her email address is here and she has the booking form available to email to you.

There is a second day which will take place some 3 months after the first but the date for that will be discussed and agreed between everyone in December.

I've only just started the assignments for module 1 of level 4 so if you're a level 4 student, please don't be put off. The first thing I asked Emma was if this can be banked (it can!) and if there is a time limit to when it needs to be used (there isn't!) She recommended getting as much studying of the 'Pastoral Theory and Practice' module done as possible before December (that's a compulsory level 4 module anyway, just means doing it a little earlier than normal) but recognised that there would not be enough time to get this completed prior to December's teaching day.

OK, advert over! I'm just really, really excited about coming to college in December (yes OK, I always was one of the girls who loved school!) and would love to meet as many of you as possible.

Have a great day,

Eleanor

Hi

I noticed some said they were 36 and felt 56 well I'm 59 and feel 18 again. Ok well not quite, but I can dream.

I'm waiting to get THE BOOK for the Access module. Its good to go back to study as its a fair few years since I did some serious stuff. And the course I did only had 3 essays in it over 5 years !! but three exams every term.

I'm married to Kerry with two children and alas no grandchildren yet. I'm retired, so have a lot of time to do this (actually a lot of people keep me quite busy - for those of you looking forward to retirement - you'll probably be as busy as you are now. Sorry about that)

I have lived in rural sunny Dorset for 30 years which just about makes me a local.

Best wishes to you all - I hope you all get your certicate,diploma or first, whichever you're going for.

Chris