A new beginning- St Hughs
Just about enough dog collars!!!! So after 20 months of our vacancy we had the Collation, Induction and Installation of our new vicar Rev Thomas Singh. So with Bishop Gavin, the archdeacon and many of the retired clergy who have led worship through these past months, we began a new phase in the Parish life. It reminds me of all those times we moved as a family and began a new ministry in a new place. It's a massive upheaval first and foremost for your family. While the minister can very much be the focus at such events, it's often the family who have to let go of the most. A house which became home reverts back to being a house and you loose your neighbours. You may travel many miles away, on one occasion for us over 200 miles, so no quick trip back for the kids to see friends. Then the whole thing about changing schools, only made more challenging now as the need to get signed up to a school happens so early. And it may not be just one school, three children an...