well now that marking etc is out of the way, it is time for final year evaluation and planning for the year ahead. I am really looking forward to the coming academic year as Rich will be back but also because of new ideas which I am looking to implement.
A time for community building across the three years right at the beginning of semester, opportunity for students to go further afield in their 2nd year placement and also for a building on the work we did last year on the new level 3.
It is also a good time for reflecting on my 1st year as an ordinand and how hard I found it to settle into the new church as well as how much I actually enjoy preaching - although it is hard work!
It doesn't matter what church you go to, the more you get to know the church, the more you see the issues coming out and having to be dealt with. It is not easy being a parish priest and yet people seem to think that priests don't do much, but they have to put up with an awful lot of rubbish! This is something I have known about for years and still it surprises me as I guess I tend to be a bit of an optimist when it comes to 'church' or rather hopeful!!
'This beautiful mess' by Rick McKinley and 'The Irresistible Revolution' are two books I am encouraging people to read as they are both talking about kingdom values - in my opinion...this is what I long for... people being aware of others and their needs and trying to meet those needs because of the Love that God has for each of us.
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