Brief church observations.

[wildeabandon]

I slept very badly last night, so I think I'm going to wait until I've got a bit more brain before I try to post about the opera. I've also got an unusually full day of meetings today, which is a bit tedious, but possibly in some ways better than trying to solve tricky technical problems on minimal brain...

One of the things keeping me busy at the moment is that Mthr Alice has just gone on maternity leave, this time for a full year, although on the enormously positive side, the diocese are providing full time cover from the end of July, so it's only a fairly brief period of having to keep things going with a series of visiting priests. I don't think it's going to be an enormous burden, as Mthr has done a tremendous job of getting things set up and organised to run smoothly, but inevitably there are going to be a few things that need picking up in the coming weeks.

I did have a plan that I would step down as churchwarden at this year's APCM*, but despite continuing to claim that as my intention all the way up to the meeting, no-one else had stood forward as a potential candidate, so I agreed to stay on for another year. This really is my last year though, as there are term limits.

This week also marks a year since I started worshiping at St Luke's - although it really doesn't feel that long. I wasn't actually expecting to stay there for as long as I have, but since St John's moved our Mass to 9.00am I can in theory attend both churches, so it seems worth continuing. The relationship feels like one in which I am both receiving and giving in important ways, even if it occasionally feels a bit fraught - not because of anything I experience there, but because of how it interrelates with the way I react to changes in the wider church and world.

*Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Comments

[zz]

no-one else had stood forward as a potential candidate

i had that problem being departmental union rep in my last job :D

[ludy]

All the best to Mthr Alice - and to you and everyone who has to keep things going while she's busy with other things

[smhwpf]

Uurrrrggghh, commiserations on another year of Churchwardenship!

When is Mthr Alice's baby due? Great that you're getting the full time cover at any rate.

[wildeabandon]

I'm not actually certain of the due date, but I'd guess in a fortnight or so?

Yes - I think Alice was quite firm with the diocese about the necessity :) I haven't met the priest in question, but he did some bits of cover at St Thomas during their interregnum, so he's a know quantity :)

[hairyears]

I wish you well in your worship at St Luke's: I hope that it is working.

[wildeabandon]

Thank you. I'm pretty sure it is working, or at least that God is working through it, in God's own ways, which may or may not be exactly what I originally intended.

[bunnypip]

'neither are your ways my ways' etc.