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6 months in

January 1, 2018November 1, 2023 revpoppy2 Comments

We were ordained in June and started work the next day, 6 months ago to be exact! I look back and think about how far I've come in that time, and I'm amazed! I've been doing some reflecting and here are some of the things I've learned so far. Loving people happens much faster than [...]

Posted in MinistryTagged Christian, church, Church of england, curate, deacon, formation, Formby

Waiting and Transforming: Advent

December 24, 2017November 1, 2023 revpoppyLeave a comment

I've been thinking about writing a blog about advent for a couple of weeks, but there's just been so much to do with very little spare time! So now I find myself on Christmas Eve, with tomorrow's talk written, most things sorted in the house for The Big Day and a couple of moments to [...]

Posted in MinistryTagged Christian, Christmas, church, faith, God, Jesus

Musical Memories

November 30, 2017November 1, 2023 revpoppyLeave a comment

I recently attended the 25th anniversary concert of the Youth Amateur Dramatics group that I was a part of in my teens. I have felt a blog about music coming for some time, since I wrote about some of the people who have helped to form me over the years in my old blog, Ordinand Adventures. [...]

Posted in Everything Else!, MinistryTagged Christian, church, faith, memories, music, Musicals

Surprise!

August 5, 2017November 1, 2023 revpoppy1 Comment

So, I'm nearly a month in and I've been making a list of all surprising things/surprising moments! I find myself with 10 minutes to spare at New Wine and so I've written a list of my top 10 surprises of curacy so far. 1. When we left Durham on 10th June the first thing that [...]

Posted in MinistryTagged Church of england, curate, deacon, Formby, Surprise

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