9.40am Good morning! I'm on the train on the way to the Chrism service at the Cathedral. This is where oils are blessed and distributed to the parishes for the year to come. The photo above is of the oil stocks that Nathan brough back from Rome for me, and one is for Baptism, one [...]
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Holy Week as a Deacon: Palm Sunday
8.30am Always cue for a song! What's the buzz? Tell me what's a happening! What's the buzz? Tell me what's a happening! When do we ride into Jerusalem? When do we ride into Jerusalem? TODAY! With a late night last night, the clocks going forward and breakfast with the Bible starting at 7.30, my salted [...]
6 months in
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 [...]
Surprise!
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 [...]
Rev Poppy 