Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit

Friday 15 October 2021

Synods and things.....

Tomorrow I will have the honour of being the first woman to Chair the House of Clergy at the Diocese of Leeds Diocesan Synod. 
To be honest the "first woman" bit hadn't crossed my mind until a message of good cheer and congratulations from a kind colleague arrived earlier this evening.
I hope to fulfil this role with warmth, fairness and good humour.  I hope we will be a creative and collaborative Synod. I hope we can encourage good listening, fresh thinking and courageous speaking, and be a truly safe space for those things. 
And of course in the spirit of every honest person doing something for the first time, I hope I don't mess it up. 
I'll hopefully be blogging more in the next 5 years as I Chair the Diocesan Synod and serve on General Synod too. All constructive and kindly spoken comments are welcome.