I woke up to George, Matt and Rachel’s Jack Russell Terrier, jumping into my bed. But it was a pleasant surprise. I grabbed some breakfast and killed a little time before I had to head into town. I was meeting some people at the Sheffield Center at 10:30. So I got on a bus and headed into town and actually found it very easily. The Sheffield Center is a part of the Church Army and does research on different emerging/fresh expression/mission-shaped churches all around the country.
I walked in and talked with two of the people on their 7 member team. And they were all very nice and it was very interesting to interview people that are not on the practicing side of things as much as they are on the research side of things. After a very lengthy and lively chat, it was lunchtime and I was invited to share lunch with them. Everyone ate together in a cafeteria, which was very nice. I stayed a little while longer leafing through some of the Sheffield Center’s publications, which I am interested to read through more thoroughly.
Then I headed out. I met a little cat on my way to town. I had most the rest of the afternoon free, so I decided I would try to get a better feel of the city. So I just wandered around. It was actually really helpful, and I wish I would have done that before I had to make my way to the train station the other day. Sheffield is a really nice city and I had no problem spending a couple of hours walking around.
I eventually made my way back to Matt’s house and just read some until everyone got back. It got to be dinner time, so we decided to go check out a Turkish restaurant. But before that, Matt’s friend Jack called up and said he was in town. So, we went and picked him up and all had a delicious dinner together. Then we came back and tried to decide what to do for the rest of the evening. Eventually we decided to go to the pub and check out the pub quiz that was on tonight. After we got there we realized how tired we all were and how terrible we would all be at the quiz, so we just went back to Matt’s and watched through all of RocknRolla.
What I learned:
Some of the basics of rugby.
Turkish food is very good.
Where the free public restrooms in the center of Sheffield are. (It took me a while though)
I said, thought, and heard the phrase “When in Rome…” three times today. That doesn’t really sound like a lot, but since it usually comes up 0 times, and since I am not in Rome, it was kind of funny.
I don't really think the heart of the city of Sheffield can be found in the center of town (at least not solely).
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