18 May 2012
10,000 cream teas welcome Olympic Flame to Cornwall
Tomorrow (19 May) around 10,000 people will enjoy free cream
teas in almost every church in every village and town in Cornwall
to celebrate the start of the Olympic Torch Relay.
Churches
Together in Cornwall has organised the Great Cream Tea
Challenge, which expects to see a record number of cream teas
hosted in a single day. The cream for the event is being provided
by Rhodda's and local
farmers around Cornwall.
"It's great that the churches are working together in this way,"
said Methodist minister the Revd Doreen Sparey-Delacassa, who was
on the organising committee. "We will be holding the event
alongside a day of prayer for Cornwall. Everyone who takes part in
the cream tea will be prayed for. There will also be sporting
events happening in the grounds of many of the churches taking
part."
The Olympic Flame will leave Lands End tomorrow morning to begin
its journey through Cornwall. It will leave just a couple of hours
behind a double-decker Praise
Bus from Escalls Methodist Chapel, carrying the first of many
musicians who will sing their faith from the top deck as the
vehicle tours around the country.
On Sunday 20 May there will be a day of prayer across the Duchy,
with special church services and prayer for a revival of faith in
Cornwall. Some congregations may devote themselves to a week of
24/7 prayer, leading up to a celebration
at Gwennap Pit on Sunday 27 May, when the preacher will be the
Revd Leo Osborn, President of the Methodist Conference.