Jul 1st Merchant Taylors' school hall.David's graduation. Great address by Baroness Cox on Valiant for Truth. Honorary DD for Graham Kendrick. Lunch at LBS. Dinner at Brilliant, Southall where Prince Charles has dined. Top Indian restaurant.
2nd My Eph 3 sermon went well. Peats to lunch. David B led evening prayer. Building committee and elders met and decided to improve flat and chapel in stages.
3rd Pastoral search committee.
5th Board meeting with Lloyds, Damjis, Boots and two from Carters and Adrian Kostner who was struck off.
6th Not happy with a pay rise of one week's holiday.
7th Still angry at the board. Katy at open evening.
8th At the Oval where we lost to Zimbabwe after Stewart put them in.
9th Eph 4 sermon went well. Frank Marnell a delightful schizophrenic to lunch. David has been counselling him. Jonny difficult during evening service where friend of Wendy's from New Zealand spoke on his secondary school work in Tanzania where poverty is such that schoolgirls prostitute themselves for food money.
11th Katy to Lisa's for farewell meal for two colleagues.
12th Housegroup at ours. Kayo's term ends.
14th Stayed for an hour of half night of prayer.
15th Session with our David there. Cut the jungle in the alley and spread weedkiller. Barbecue for deb and friends. Took Katy to see Chicken Run.
14th David led for bib Heppe a rambling sermon on prayer. Evening I did introduction to the Westminster Confession. Confrontational questions from Alan H. Rachel and new boyfriend took granted home.
15th Called carol B and heard of the divorce on undisclosed grounds. He did not defend it. The children will take her name. Beth is in residential care and Mark awaits surgery but Carol seemed in good spirits.
19th Katy on cello at Thatched Cottage Hanwell with Reggie Milner.
20th Dopey Margaret has passed her exam and is a qualified pharmacist. Took her for a celebratory drink.
21st Alberts last day.
22nd Lords triangular final against Zimbabwe. Gough took quick wickets and they made 169 for 6. We got home with 4 wickets to spare. Cold at back of Compton stand with Chris B.
23rd David preached on worship. I did the WMC on Scripture in the evening. Emmanuelle to lunch. Woods wins at St Andrews by 8 strokes.
24th Deb an excellent help with Maureen on holiday.
25th Concorde crashes in Paris.
26th Housegroup on Job 2 here.
27th Pastoral search committee. Gordon emailed to say mark's surgery went well.
28th Barnes to dinner.
29th Session then short synod to sort things about Chris Bennett. To Great Shelford and saw Burroughs new house, a big step down as he leaves the pastorate for hospice chaplaincy.
30th David led well for Bill N. Kurt to lunch. he will not pursue diaconal projects after several plans rejected. Katy excelled herself with a pavlova. I did WMC again in evening.
31st Completed Deb's grant forms.
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