June 01, 2021
On this Trinity Sunday, I am reminded of the blessing we give ourselves regularly – In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
May 25, 2021
Come Holy Spirit Come
Come Holy Spirit Come
These are some of the words we sang and prayed on Saturday 22 May, at the second session of Synod for our Diocese. How apt, not only for our Synod, but also on this weekend when we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost – the feast of wind, fire, being sent forth and the recognition of the power of the third person of our Triune God, the Holy Spirit.
May 18, 2021
The weekend of Pentecost was deliberately chosen for the second session of our Diocesan Synod, with the continued hope that we will listen to, and be guided by, the Holy Spirit. We now know that there will be about 300 people gathered in the six hubs across our diocese, discerning if the content of the five foundations will provide us with a spiritual framework from which to imagine a way forward, to build the Kingdom of God together in our Diocese.
May 11, 2021
In less than two weeks, our second session of our Diocesan Synod will have been held, and hopefully celebrated as a positive and profound step in your synodal journey to Building the Kingdom of God Together in our diocese.
May 04, 2021
Here we are, less than 20 days out from our Diocesan Synod, so my last week has been spent with the staff from Pastoral Ministries and the members of the Synod Working Party busily refining the Synod documents and the Five Foundations Papers, thanks to the many valuable submissions, along with working on the practical reality of running the Synod across six hubs.
April 27, 2021
I am sure it will come as no surprise to my readers that what has occupied me during this past week has been the reading of the synod submission responses to our contemplative dialogue process during Lent – Building the Kingdom of God Together – Our Journey. On average there have been fifty submissions each week to the Five Foundations.
