This morning we arrived at the hotel to disocver that there had been such cofuision with our bookings that our room was unavailable and we had hastily been transferred to a HUGE suite, set ready for a banquet of some sort.

With their now familiar adaptability, everyone simply got on with it, and we made the space work for us as best we could.

Lots of songs, lots of stars, some candles and communion... and the babble of children doing craft at the back of the room, it had a very family feel.

Next week we will hopefully be back in our familiar spaces, but it was good to be somewhere unexpected to reflect on being led by a star to unexpected places...

Here are some folk gathering in readiness before the service (for which we needed to pull in extra seats) began...