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A Mission-filled Week
Having read Robyn’s internlog for last week and realising the incredible rate at which the nine of us are apparently aging, I think we’ve coped with the busy-ness of this week quite well :o) Like any other week we’ve had teaching, community placements and church placements but here’s a few highlights...
Our Thursday church history slot with Melody was as creative as usual, starting with a taster of a monastic service and leading on to a discussion between various nuns and monks who took the Gospel across Europe. I was St Patrick (as in the patron saint of Ireland) and, my word, what a legend! He took the Gospel to Ireland and worked tirelessly, evangelising like crazy, and seeing much of the country converted to Christianity. In addition to Patrick, we also heard from Benedict (Tim Mayo), Boniface (Elena), Francis of Assissi (Joy), Hilde (Lucy), Hildegard (Nicola), Aidan (Tim), Cyril (Sammy) and Colombo (Robyn). These people, spanning nearly one thousand years of mission, are such an inspiration, particularly when considering the mission activities coming up this term. With planning for June Project taking a step up, it’s a great encouragement to see the mighty ways that has God has used his people throughout history.
Talking of the June Project, its getting exciting! The interns are beginning to take on particular areas of responsibility and this is both thrilling and slightly frightening. We long to push into the new things God wants to do with this year’s June Project but are also wary of the danger of whizzing ahead and getting carried away. Please pray that we’ll be following God’s plans rather than our own and also that we will be willing to step out in faith.
On Friday morning June Project was in mind again as we worked to publicise garden clearing. We fought through the biting wind (and Nicola also battled with a biting dog) to push flyers through letterboxes on the Newton Hall estate. We pray that people there will take us up on the offer to do their gardening for them and that this will give us the opportunity to bless the area.
So with a lot of time spent thinking about the June Project and a whistle-stop tour of European mission on Thursday, it’s been a mission filled week. It’s been useful to be reminded that easy though it is to sit back and enjoy the great things about being a Christian community, we are called to be outward looking. That’s challenging and daunting but, remembering the amazing things God has done in history through people just like us, we’re certainly in for some excitement too!