My placement is at All Saints with St Peter's Hutton. The placement starts officially this weekend. Its the first task that's part of the 'practical' training that we have to undertake. There's also the parish project, for which the planning is underway, and the three sermons. Just to keep us busy our first sermons are before Christmas. Mine is on Dec 10. The readings for the day are Isaiah 40:1-11 and Luke 1:1-25, and the sermon will be preached in St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell, at an evening service. Its very different from what I'm used to.
Back to the placement, I have already met with the vicar, and had a long chat about the church and how it works. This church is also very unlike Christ Church. That is the point of the placement, so you can get an impression of a different style of worship and a different context to the parish. All sounds very interesting, if slightly daunting. I have to work out the dates, when I'm where, to get enough of an exposure to the new setting, and enough time to research, reflect, and record. Sounds like the makings of a sermon!
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