An update for all you Bures Baptist fans.
On the off-chance that you’ve been reading my blog since I
began it, you will be aware that I took up the post of Lay (unaccredited)
Pastor of Bures Baptist Church last June. Since then, with God’s help I’ve been
muddling my way through.
Well, today I had the second part of an interview that
started in May last year, with the Baptist Union, to see if I could be
recommended for ministerial training. I’ve been doing some theological study
from home, but this would be ministry
training. Training that might eventually make me a real “Rev”!
I’m happy to report that the panel were satisfied this year
that it is my calling and they will be recommending me to study at Spurgeon’s
College! This is great news, and providing my application to the college is
successful I shall be happily beating a path through the library and the
lecture theatres to a dog collar sometime soon. (Figuratively speaking. I don’t
think I actually have to wear a dog collar...).
It’s an exciting thought being in a training programme alongside
other new pastors like myself, although I’m sure there’s a lot of hard work
ahead of me! Thanks to everyone who prayed for me and for the interview.
In other news: We had to cancel youthclub this week because
the rascals damaged a car in our car park last time (respect our neighbours
youthies!), we’re joining in with the big service at the Parish Church on
Sunday which begins the village’s celebrations for the Queen’s Jubilee, and we
have an awesome new monthly newsletter out, which this time has a great feature
on our Footprints Toddler Group. Just another week in the life of an
unaccredited-but-maybe-one-day-will-be-accredited-lay pastor...
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