Dwi'n gaddo na fyddai yn dweud pwy anfonodd hwn imi? A diolch fil am ei anfon… Waw… dwi rioed wedi edrach mor o ddifrif… ofn yr Esgob ella… ofn yr her o fod yn Rheithor i grwp o Blwyfi newydd a mwy o lawer ran maint na'r Bala… Ac eto, os sylwch yn fanwl… ella mai gwrando yn astud yr oeddwn i ar y comisiynu roedd yr Esgob yn ei roi ger fy mron ran ysbryd Duw!!
I promise that I will not disclose the identity of the photographer! However, I wish to give thanks for what he/she captured here! It was a longish moment (x 2 due to the dual affair of induction as Rector and commissioning as Mission Area Leader). I recall the two occasions very clearly. The Bishop was busy in his engagement with the legal scripts… and I wondered where I was meant to focus my eyes… and then I found that I needn't 'think' about this any longer… the focus became quite concentrated on the listening, engaging and committing of myself to all that I was hearing relating to the charge of my new role as Rector of Llanllwchaiarn and Newtown with Aberhafesp together with the role of Mission Area Leader of Cedewain. A rather tall task!
The culprit of the photograph can easily be identified… If you think back and remember who sat where on the evening of the Induction Service… this particular attendee was obviously sitting to the left of the Bishop…! If he/she is found out, please Bishop Gregory, don't send him o the gallows!
Your secret is safe with me Adrian!!!!! (Super shot…)
Yesterday was a day of much progress again regarding Parish and Mission Area duties. Meetings to plan baptisms, weddings and funerals, preparing a priority list for visiting those who are ill and most vulnerable, planning ahead for my first Mission Area meeting at the beginning of March...
It was great to meet with some of the couples that I will be marrying later on in the year, to meet parents and plan the christening of their child(ren), to help a grieving family with their funeral plans, to support a person in ill health, to have some local calls of support, encouragement and welcome…
… and to send poor Wyn off to find a specific pipe to fit our new washing machine to enable us to plumb it in when it arrives on Saturday. He was well chuffed to have arrived a local shop selling all sorts of DIY stuff… but not the specific item Wyn was after… to be referred to an outlet on the industrial estate who would most definitely have the part. he got the part for the mere sum of £1 something. So from Saturday onwards we will have a working washing machine and a clothes line in the garden to dry our clothes… progress indeed.
Off to Morning prayer and then a baptism couple to plan the service for the baptism of their baby daughter…
I'll be back soon!!!
Prynhawn da, Great to read the blog and to attend your special evening.
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