Well, we made it!  Our first COMPASS pub-based event happened (despite numerous near misses along the way) and we attracted one person from outside our church (a Seventh Day Adventist whose daughter has converted to Islam) and half a dozen or so eavesdroppers for our discussion around 'faith and faiths.'  The discussion took a while to get going but the Adventist joined in and was very knowledgeable and interesting to listen to.

So, a 'congregation' of 12 plus 6 for a first attempt was pretty good.  It still all feels pretty vulnerable and I'm still doing a swan impression behind the scenes to keep it roughly on track but all in all a good first effort.

I hope the speaker felt it was worthwhile, and that the young trainee PC he brought with him found it helpful.

Now I need to wash the smoke from my lungs before I head to Brighton tomorrow (roll on July and the smoking ban!).