A service of thanksgiving this evening to mark the 50th anniversary of the Church Sharing Agreement between the Anglicans and Catholics and their joint use of the building. It was combined with a service visiting the Stations of the Cross. Elements were taken from the service marking the agreement in
I continue to be somewhat overwhelmed at the privilege of preaching and today was no exception. I was welcomed at Striklandgate like a well known friend. They were looking forward to the service and I was looking forward to leading them in worship. What I hadn't quite expected
Q: When’s a party, not a party? A: When it’s at your house. It’s one of my favourite quips from the outrageously sweary political ‘fly on the wall’ comedy, The Thick of It. (NOT for the faint hearted or easily offended) But I had one of those
What an inspirational person. I’m in the Diary!The District Lead for all things vocation and ministries and I are meeting tomorrow evening. I’m looking forward to sharing in fellowship and getting to know each other a little more. It’s been a challenge getting into his diary
The District Lead for all things vocation and ministries and I are meeting tomorrow evening. I’m looking forward to sharing in fellowship and getting to know each other a little more. It’s been a challenge getting into his diary - work rudely putting a sudden halt to my
I've just applied for this course. The intensive version takes place 14th-16th July as a residential (instead of 10/15 weeks online). The dates seem to fit really well with everything else. Let's see what happens. Applying for the course I have realised my passport has
A superb resource from 'Thy Kingdom Come' Thy Kingdom Come is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus. What started in 2016 as an invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the
A mini reflection on the use of Paul's writings* as a directing challenge at the end of some of my sermons. My pattern lends itself to: Old Testament > Gospel > Then... Anyway, Paul's books* are featuring a lot. He's like a biblical Churchill.
In a call with Janice there was some anecdotal feedback that the reason I didn't get a recent role I had applied for was because the panel had concluded that my future was in ministry. Erm. What!? We also discussed holidays and courses at Cliff College. Her pastoral
Interesting conversation with Margie who highlighted the broad type and quality of preaching and how as I become more exposed to it, it may be difficult to worship as I used to. I said that: ...those preaching are responding to God’s call - we should probably start there and
Incredible meeting with Mark. I went well prepared after he suggested the topics for conversation in advance. We went through the competencies framework, (G.6) we were both surprised/encouraged by the evidence against most. There was some conversation about my ‘tigger’ like mood. That's not to say
Lots of comparisons of LP training and holding down jobs at the same time...Yes, but 20 years ago without 13 hour days and 160 emails? I am tired. There’s been a lot of over sharing of todo lists and busyness today (not in this meeting, just generally and