Not a reference to an exciting new episode of Dr Who I hasten to add. I haven't posted here for some time as I have been in the middle of a move. Moving from my curacy to my first parish as vicar. (note if you follow the link - that fella in the collar on the homepage isn't me ;-)
I am to be vicar (as of the day after tomorrow) - though of course not 'incumbent' - as we are all now licensed under Common Tenure. As we are all now supposedly on the same terms and conditions I am unsure why some posts are still advertised as 'priest-in-charge' and others as 'vicar' - this used to be seen as differentiating between a 'vicar' who was an incumbent with freehold, and someone for whom the bishop was not extending that privilege.
Anyway - we have moved house, said a fond farewell to a parish and colleagues who have given me a brilliant curacy, and have been dealing with new nurseries, a new school, a big fight with BT over broadband service and vicarage phone number and all the other joys of change. It has been a limbo-like few weeks - suspended between one place and another.
I'm excited about the challenges the new parish will bring, giddy to think about what God might have in store for this place and these people. I feel both well prepared (nearly 10 years now since all this vocation stuff started - and that was without a hitch or a hiccup), and also completely clueless. I'm trying to embrace this too in a "Hey, God, look at my blank canvas - come and make art!" kind of a way.
I think the blog may get a bit busier the next few weeks.
2 comments:
Lots of prayers, of course...but don't be surprised if blogging all but dries up. During curacy I seemed to have both space and freedom to blog reflectively - since incumbency set in, both are in incredibly short supply...
If you want to keep blogging (and I really miss that time of creative thinking) may I suggest you actually put blog time in the diary...I wish I had.
Thanks Kathryn - that sounds like a very sensible suggestion which I will give a try.
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