God's Will Be Done.

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 - work rudely putting a sudden halt to my

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I continue to be bowled over by the kindness, encouragement and support of those I meet on this journey.

Just short of an hour's drive there got me all 'wound up', and the journey home allowed for me to reflect and review. This resulted in a bit of a jumble:

1) Our meeting was totally dominated by what must have come across as a rather fragmented and somewhat chaotic download from my mind!  My uncurbed enthusiasm and excitement about what may be next (and the opportunity to secure time in a packed diary) ran away from me. Silly boy.

2) I missed an incredible opportunity to hear more from someone else about their call and journey.  We didn't really touch on it.  I particularly reflected upon the family / school-aged children elements of their journey - to hear from others about this side of things will be so valuable going forward for Margie and I, and I must make space in conversations going forward to allow for this to happen.

Part of the meeting, but thankfully by no means the most dominant, was the C2 form admin:

C2...

I received a somewhat mysterious email from our Superintendent re: C2. I think there’s been a misunderstanding along the way with what I mean by ‘local context’. I’m thinking this. I’ve sent the draft form to a few folk (as suggested in the guidance) and wait to hear...will nudge

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We concluded that we would allow the processes to take their course but more importantly God's will to be done.

The draft form in itself is useful as a 'position' statement but really little more than that. I have repeatedly remarked of the benefits I and my family see of itinerant methodist ministry and any context that would need to be factored in come the appropriate time would be part of established processes. I am so relieved to have such clarity and shared insight from this meeting. It no longer needs to be...'a thing'...at this stage and I can now focus on the final meeting with Mark in preparation for the DOV 1 retreat. A massive ✅.