The schools belatedly return from their Easter holidays today and that means that activity swings up again.
This Sunday, we'll be thinking about St George: St George is part of our name and it's fascinating to see how he has been appropriated over the years: is he purely an English saint or something more? Come along to find out.
This Sunday also sees the days of our "Annual Parochial General Meeting", where we review the year. It's been a fabulous year of great joys and also great sadnesses.
At this meeting, our 'officers' are appointed for the next year: an 'officer' in this context is someone formally serving on the PCC or such like, but so many people give so much for the church that it's churlish to see only this as significant. Creating beautiful flower displays, making coffee (and washing up) after the service, welcoming people as they enter, working in the charity shop, serving at the altar, reading aloud from the Bible, leading the intercessory prayers...
All these things are vital to the Church but don't involve being an 'officer' as such.
They do all, I suppose, relate to being a good Christian, however exactly you define that: it's certainly something for us all to aim for.
Fr Robert
