On Sunday a
group of us from AFC ‘Circled the City’ – that is we took part in Christian Aid’s
sponsored walk in the City of London – and it was a really good event.
After trying to preach on The Trinity at church I did a quick change and we took the Tube to Moorgate eating our picnic lunch en route.
We then registered at St Mary Le Bow and began our six mile walk – along with maybe two hundred others.
Our first stop was St Paul’s Cathedral and after having our card stamped the guide invited us in for a free tour, finishing at the side altar containing Holman Hunt’s famous painting of Jesus as The Light of The World.
In fact that sort of welcome was indicative of all that was to follow at every church we visited. At St Giles, Cripplegate, right in the middle of The Barbican, we were given coffee and cake, at Moorgate Catholic Church we saw a ‘prayer river’ being created down the nave, at St Botolph’s Without we wrote a prayer card and placed it on their board and at St Mary Woolnorth we were told about their former vicar, the famous hymn writer, John Newton.
The whole afternoon was full of laughter, banter, gentle smiles exchanged with our fellow walkers and a sense of purpose that with every step we were raising funds for Christian Aid. And in all of this there was a feeling of partnership with our Church Community back home in Amersham who had so generously sponsored us to over £400.
There are times when I simply love being part of the Church – belonging to a caring, compassionate and dedicated movement of people – and Sunday was one of those occasions.
And...as we got on the train to go home, only then did it start raining!
Best wishes,
After trying to preach on The Trinity at church I did a quick change and we took the Tube to Moorgate eating our picnic lunch en route.
We then registered at St Mary Le Bow and began our six mile walk – along with maybe two hundred others.
Our first stop was St Paul’s Cathedral and after having our card stamped the guide invited us in for a free tour, finishing at the side altar containing Holman Hunt’s famous painting of Jesus as The Light of The World.
In fact that sort of welcome was indicative of all that was to follow at every church we visited. At St Giles, Cripplegate, right in the middle of The Barbican, we were given coffee and cake, at Moorgate Catholic Church we saw a ‘prayer river’ being created down the nave, at St Botolph’s Without we wrote a prayer card and placed it on their board and at St Mary Woolnorth we were told about their former vicar, the famous hymn writer, John Newton.
The whole afternoon was full of laughter, banter, gentle smiles exchanged with our fellow walkers and a sense of purpose that with every step we were raising funds for Christian Aid. And in all of this there was a feeling of partnership with our Church Community back home in Amersham who had so generously sponsored us to over £400.
There are times when I simply love being part of the Church – belonging to a caring, compassionate and dedicated movement of people – and Sunday was one of those occasions.
And...as we got on the train to go home, only then did it start raining!
Best wishes,
Ian
Ps Blog Holiday next week.
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