This Sunday we really enjoyed our visit to St Andrew's church of the Kirby Muxloe Benefice. A friendlier congregation would be hard to find.
Speaking from the Anglican Lectionary was a new experience for me, but fortunately it was Ephesians 1 for All Saints Day which happens to be a favourite passage of mine. There were three ordained ministers on hand in case I slipped into heresy though.
Through a contact we made at Kirby Muxloe we hope to link up with 'Tools for Self Reliance' which is an organisation that collects old tools, repairs them and then sends them to developing world countries. However, if you happen to have any old chisels, planes or tenon saws that you don't mind sending on to Neema do let me know...the older they are the better.
Movember
All over campus this month men are disgruntling their wives by growing moustaches to raise money to fight prostate cancer. The annual event is called 'Movember' and has as one of its slogans 'every man deserves a little luxury' (see: http://www.uk.movember.com/). This is to appologise for any extra facial hair if we are visiting your church over the next few weeks.
Be still and know... (from Katy)
Every term each pupil and staff member at All Nations College keeps the tradition of Week 5 ‘Quiet Day’. It’s just as you might expect, all the students are asked to keep this day in silence as a time for reflection prayer and Bible Study. All lessons, activities and duties are stopped for 24hrs, where even spouses are encouraged not to talk to one another. As you can imagine, some people find it harder than others!
As a ‘reflector’ on one of our latest personality type tests I embraced the day and loved the stillness and harmony of the campus. Just for a brief moment, all busyness and hurry stopped, as we took time to seek God. I just hope we are able to keep this important discipline once we have left All Nations.
