As I sit and write this, I am very aware that it is the week following the visit of +Johnathan to our group of churches. He came to take our Sunday morning service, but during his talk, he challenged not only myself, but all of us. He challenged us to work more together, whilst still recognising our individual parish differences and he encouraged us to move outside of our box, outside of the church building into the community. We need to find ways to engage with the community around us whilst retaining an element of the traditions when we meet on Sunday’s. He also suggested that we should have more “fifth Sunday” gatherings, times when we come together as a combined service and worship together. He used the words of one of the songs to remind us all that we are “an army of ordinary people” and that “a new day is dawning, a new age to come, when the children of promise shall flow together as one.” We are that army, we are the children of promise! I look forward to leading a service at the Chale show again in August. A chance for all of us to come together and worship, along with others from the locality, to share in a communion service, in that shared common meal that the disciples shared and to be a positive influence to all who hear our prayers, our singing and our teaching as it is broadcasted across the show ground. Do come and join with me, as we do this. I came across this thought-provoking message some time ago: “The mark of an effective Church is not how many people come BUT How many people who live differently as a result of having BEEN THERE Blessings, Rob