8.30am arrival at St. Philip and James:
This morning began like any "normal" traditional Sunday you would expect for a minister in the Church of England. I was leading a Morning Worship service in the beautiful village of Upnor alongside 20 or so other worshippers, we sang hymns, listened to a sermon, prayed and had readings from the Bible.
10 am trek off to the carboot fayre:
The sun was shining beautifully as I left the Victorian building in Upnor and headed towards the carboot. over the last few weeks we have had a team of people being a Christian presence at the car boot using body, mind and Spirit tools. It really was a hot and sweltering day, it was a fairly quiet day for the car boot but still people came with their queries, their questions, their confusions and their complexities. Again hearing people's stories was a total and utter privilege.
1pm home:
We finally reach home for lunch, house work ( washing on the line etc) clear some emails and catch the first part of the Wimbledon Final
3.20pm: out again
Desperately trying to keep an eye on the tennis and the success of Murray we head off in a boiling car at this point towards Rochester to our old church to show some folk from our church what Tea Time Together is like, to see how things can be done and see if there is anything we can learn ready for September to begin a similar venture in Chattenden.
It was wonderful to be back at St. J's to see something that was my baby still growing strong, to see my awesome youth taking an active leadership role and to see people who I remember as babies all grown up. It is emotional seeing how things carry on despite you, it's emotional seeing how much you miss the folk who have known you for so long and its emotional seeing people who's lives you have walked alongside
6pm: home
discovering Murray a great Scot, the 1st Brit male in a long time to win Wimbledon has done it, sat watching the news with tears streaming looking at his life story and how proud he and those who know him are.
Food, tax credit forms and getting , one very excited and exhausted boy to bed.
It has been an emotional day, a day of such variety that reminds me just how much I really love my Job and even more excited about how much I am looking forward to the pioneering side really taking off and having the time to get my teeth stuck in.... a day to be emotional , a day to reflect, a day to remember !!
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