Mar 1st Theresa say bailiffs demand over £500 council tax. I helped her with a gift. Adrian round and he offered a payment towards the reception. Went to see Jarvis Hotel and another place but decided YMCA was the best place.
2nd Foot and mouth spreads. Booked wedding reception with YMCA.
3rd Marjorie brought more social services reports on Robin also called Bernadette. A sad tale of repeated failure to take responsibility and change behaviour. A victim who did not help herself when others helped her.
5th Couple from Deal to dinner and Wade Bradshaw from L'Abri.
6th David and Elizabeth back from Egypt.
9th Prayer night at IPC.
11th Rats in church will delay Perrin's return with his doctorate. John Corcoran to dinner.
16th David accepted by UCCF to work from Canterbury. All happy except Elizabeth so he proposed and they are to be wed.
17th As David's work is to start September they want o be married before then so rachel is not so happy at her brother's wedding preceding her's.
24th NP led elders day at YMCA. Encouraged in a session telling one another why they were appreciated. David said I was a respected, learned leader and was impressed by the breadth of my knowledge. Planning for the future of IPC especially small groups.
25th Presbytery went well and I was appointed moderator. Liss dissenters to leave. Kim to moderate their interim session with More Peat clerk and Bill N a member too.
Apr 6th Bethany dedicated by the other grandad. Big family lunch at Great Shelford Baptist Church.
13th Good Friday . JMB here. Good sermon by NP.
16th J helped clear shed. To dump. Bonfire with old garage door protecting the greenhouse. JMB back home. Discussed wedding invitation list with David.
18th Housegroup here Lil 5.
20th Foot and mouth said to be under contra but still more cases.
21st Session preceded by Andrew's plans for 52 which has continued as communal living since larry left. To Upton Park to see Leeds beat West ham. I was behind the goal and visible on match of the day.
22nd Up early to watch Lennox Lewis lose his world title, Preached her 8. Leon beach, PCA and Wycliffe to lunch.
23rd Deb accepted for HND course.David B sent a letter of resignation from IPC.
24th Starvin Marvins to celebrate deb's course.
25th Housegroup at Judy's
26th David Barnes emailed to say I should resign and he is suitable to be pastoral assistant.
27th Took Deb to but iMac laptop. David B withdrew his resignation. To Elizabeth's parents in Wimbledon. He is a JP and former lib democrats parliamentary candidate.
28th David led for NP on Heb 9. Brazilian Angelino accepted into membership. He proved to be something of a handful. He was to be the only person ever to refuse the gift of a book because I gave him a copy of a Spurgeon book of which I had two. He told me I should not be washing up in the church kitchen but chatting to people pastorally. And he accused me of preaching at him. So for the first time ever I listened to the recording of myself preaching. I had made no application to him. He did a Proclamation Trust house and they had problems too.
29th Took Theresa to lunch on her last day. DSS advises her to stop work and be better off on benefices. Disgraceful. Pastoral search at Ali Hosier's. We have a candidate from Covenant seminary. Cath Benton looking a lot better this month.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment