The General Synod of the Church of England debate last week about working class vocations was really encouraging. I was called to speak. Unfortunately, the length of time you had to talk was reduced as I was walking from my seat to the podium so I had to cut from 5 minutes to three on the fly.
This morning at General Synod we debated the Faith in the City report 40 years after its publication. I had written a speech for that strongly asked for concrete action in the next five years of General Synod’s life. Unfortunately we spent a lot of time on side quests, time was short and I was not called to speak. This is what I would have said. Please bear in mind that I write words for speaking out loud not for publishing as an article.
Read moreIt has been a very busy week. Five days of General Synod merged straight into the business of being chair of governors at our wonderful school. And tomorrow I head to Taize with our bishop and a group of pilgrims.
I had intended to write some reflections on this session of synod but I am out of time. I have managed to quickly edit my words about Low Income Communities Funding from Saturday’s session. Please bear in mind I had a five minute speech to cram into three minutes and I was editing it down as I was speaking.
I am currently sitting on a coach as we return from The Taizé Community. Our Bishop, +Smitha has led us on pilgrimage taking young people for a glimpse of the community’s life and worship. For a week, they have met together with thousands of young people from all round the globe. We have had a fantastic time and we hope that it is going to happen each year.
