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called Creswick), found them second-hand tents, a cook and some other
FROM BISHOP KAREN necessities, and then arranged for whatever else they needed to be sent from
Cairo...
This month brings a significant change in
the life of the Diocese with the departure [t]he cook whom Consul Knesevitch had found was inept and supplies were
of Bishop Nicholas. We give thanks for his limited......
ministry and all that he and Helen have Life improved with the arrival of more supplies – lentils, rice, potatoes, figs and
been amongst us, and we pray for them marmalade – but the cook did not....
as they move to pastures new. Bishop
Nicholas has steered us through some What Lawrence’s companion said next about the cook is not repeatable in a
significant times during which we have Parish Magazine. However, the book is well worth reading!
had an emphasis on praying, serving,
and growing as we have sought to *Croatian father and Lebanese mother, hence the Croatian surname.
renew hope inside and outside the Margaret Cheetham, Briantspuddle
church. Politically there has been much
to bring theological insight too including
Brexit and the Salisbury poisonings and of
course there has been the increasing urgency of environmental awareness as we
steward God’s wonderful world. All these and much more have demanded
Diocesan and national engagement and commitment.
In one way we now enter a time of waiting as those from the Diocese elected to
the Crown Nomination Commission, with others, begin the task of discerning who
God might be calling to be the next Diocesan Bishop. Yet Christians are not
called to complacency, and the expectation of the arrival of a new Bishop needs
to be balanced by a commitment to the tasks in hand, and the continuous
joining in with all that God is doing in our midst. As we emerge from the pandemic
there is a calling to take stock, to do the looking back and looking forward to see
what we have valued and want to retain, or where things need to be different; Partners for Storth
there is a real need to address some of the challenges including the affordability
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and there is an opportunity to celebrate the new things that God is doing and join Franklin Electric Pumps &
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Motors.
In this time of change, I therefore invite you to join with me in the interim as we
tackle some of these challenges and opportunities together. As we do so we can Specialists In Slurry Handling
be encouraged by the helpful instructions given to the Church in Thessalonica (1 & Scaper Systems, Iron
Thessalonians 5: 16 -18) ‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all Filtration, Rain Water
circumstances for this is the will of Christ Jesus for you’.
Harvesting,
Bishop Karen
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