Thoughts from the Benefice

Dear Friends,

A new school year in England starts this month, and children and students go on to new places of learning or different classes. The schools and the colleges look to the future development of each student. It is not just about the teaching, it is about the whole individual child or young adults learning, and their development as a person. It is a good month for each one of us to look forward to the future.

We too, need like the students, need to be building on our previous learning. Some of us are getting old, but we too need to be learning new things (even if it is just how to better manage our getting older or less mobile!) The church in this time of Trinity uses the colour green to suggest growing and learning. There is so much to learn about our faith.

So perhaps, just as the education system begins a new year of learning, so we set our adult selves the task of learning more about our faith, and the love of God for each one of us.

Canon Peter Hartley