Hello and happy Sunday. We made it to the end of the week - phew! After harvest last weekend, I definitely struggled with my energy levels, but a double day off this week has made up for it. This week has involved; a funeral visit, prayer with a colleague, nursing home visits, the Start course, [...]
Tag: Ministry
Weekly Check-in 151
Hi and welcome to another check-in! My week involved: time in our Community Hub, prayer with colleagues, a meeting with somebody training for reader ministry, going to an afternoon conference, leaving an afternoon conference to crack on with some work, trying a new style of communion service, a one year old birthday party with a [...]
Back to Whalley
Wind back nearly three years, and I was away with Clergy Chapter (group of local vicars) at Whalley Abbey just as the PM announced that lockdown was coming. It was useful to be together as we thought through the implications of this, but the next day, the retreat centre pretty much locked the doors behind [...]
Three months at ASSF
I can hardly believe it, but I've been vicar of All Saints with St Frideswyde for three months and five days! In the past three months, there has been an advent study, Toy Service, Christingle, carols to the elderly, carol singing outside school, Christmas itself, trips into school, trips from schools into church, an Open [...]