[Magdalen] Anyone Here?

[Marion Thompson]

I've been preoccupied with our General Synod 2019 in Vancouver  July 10-17
which I attended as an elected member for the Diocese of Torontoly and
motionally exhausting .  I flew home on the 17th and m daughter's wedding
was on the 20th.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 7:31 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> On 24/07/2019 22:26, Raewynne Whiteley wrote:
> > Popping my head up - I occasionally check in, but not super regularly.  I
> > moved to England at the end of 2017, to begin as the Diocesan
> Discipleship
> > and Vocations Missioner in the Diocese of Southwark.  I have loved it.
> > Next week I begin a new position at the request of the Bishop as Deputy
> > Director of discipleship and Lay Ministry, primarily working on strategic
> > issues around lay ministry.
>
> Delighted that Raewynne appears to be doing well this side of the pond.
> On Sunday I had a word with the (lay) preacher after the Eucharist
> drawing attention to the collect he had not referenced in his very good
> sermon. This was "for all [God's} faithful people, that in their
> vocation and ministry ..." As I observed to him there are no getouts
> there - all have a part to play as he had said in his sermon.
>
> Incidentally if anybody is thinking about a trip to England the Diocese
> of Southwark is very accessible. It's cathedral is across the road from
> London Bridge which is on the only trainline, certainly in the UK, I
> know that serves two international airports - Luton and Gatwick - both
> within an hour's direct train four times an hour during the day.
>
> Roger
>
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