Thursday, October 18, 2018

The changing world (182) Mar-May 1995

Mar 1st Went to Joint Consultative Committee and missed St Anne's governors.
3rd         First Commons vote to ban hunting with hounds.
5th         Rota duty so missed David Barnes on the narrow Way. Ken Bailey video in evening on mission in Tsaiah.
7th        Rachel to Sunderland for Northumbria interview.
9th        Session but my diary daily entries dry up. Depression .
18th      David back from Exeter.
21st       SACRE
29gh     Reduced to 3000 words a sermon on Anxiety for a Times competition. I was a daily reader of the paper.
31st       Farewell party for Robin Fleming SS director.With Katy and Rachel to strip wallpaper in Robbin's flat.
Apr 1st  Saw Rory Bremner on stage at St John's.
2nd        Preached on authority of Christ, mat 7 end of series. Robbin and dale baptised. Meal in their honour.
5th         St Anne's governors
6th         Session.
10th       Visited Margery Beldam in Northwick Park hospital.
13th       Jonathan and Miriam with us.
13th       David Barnes led Good Friday dramatic reading of Mark. Preparing home-brew wine for the wedding.
16th        Joe preached resurrection.
17th        Burroughs came to plan the wedding.
18th        Met with Roy George new acting SS director.
22nd        Took David to Exeter.
23rd        Brought Robbin and dale from Northolt for church then I had rota duty.
May 1st   Octa Tanna from Indonesia with us from HOST.
 9th          Presbytery Kingston Korean IPC.
12th         Very angry and upset David has dropped out of his art and primary education degree. More angry with the university than him as they have made no effort to put him into another degree course.
16th          Council. I had one question and two speeches.
20th          Jane Burrough here to fir girl's bridesmaids dresses.
21st           Bob Heppe preached.
22nd          Paul Oakley from Burton on Trent stayed with us.
23rd          Annual council.
26th          Bottling wedding wine. David and Jane Montgomery came. Wedding rehearsal Great Shelford. Took the groom for drinks.
27th          My sermon was short at Jonathan and Miriam's wedding. All went very well with reception at Gonville and Caius College then on to Burroughs.
28th          The honeymooners rang from St Austel. David and Jane back to Exeter.






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