Since the Adventurous Pair are back at school, and I no longer have the excuse of the mania of school hols and moving, I thought I had better re-start this neglected blog.<\/p>\n
I wanted to as well because I am so excited about our new life here in Priorslee. It’s mixed with so many emotions, sadness at leaving Stoke amongst them, but it’s great to see how so many of the little things have worked out so well so far <almost like there’s a God, or something ;D)<\/p>\n
Last night Adventure Bloke officially became a pioneer minister, although he thinks that he too should have been presented with a large bag of maltesers to ‘make him strong for the task ahead’, as Adventurous Pair were, to their delight (especially after being told they were being given rice pudding.) The Licensing Service was awesome, I think, although I may be a leetle biased. All those who took part did a sterling job and made it into such a powerful and inspiring evening. Pioneer Ministry is a very different animal to being a vicar in an established church, and it was great that the service reflected that. I loved that we were commissioned as a family, God’s call is on all of us.<\/p>\n
But now we are Pioneers, what do we do next?<\/p>\n
Please phone or text with any answers…..:D<\/p>\n
We can’t wait to get stuck in, actually, and see what God’s up to here in Priorslee, who’s in it with us, where we go from here. Bring it on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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