The case of the unwashed sprout

We had a hilariously chaotic family service at church this morning.  The minister decided to offer the children a 'Lindor chocolate' each.  Except they weren't chocolates, but sprouts!  He hadn't reckoned with one child delightedly eating it and apologised to the mother that he hadn't actually washed it!  They were given the proper chocolates after and it was supposed to illustrate that, for some people, Christmas can be like unwrapping a sprout when they expect a chocolate...then we were all given a Malteser which we had to eat slowly and savour the chocolate on while thinking about the blessings of the season.  Didn't work all that well as they melted too fast!  The next hilarious thing was he decided to get people icing raw cookies - then thought of the fact that the icing would melt in the oven!  Someone was dispatched to the kitchen to cook them and we don't actually know how disgusting they turned out as we had already left!

We absolutely love the informality of our church and the total acceptance of everyone!