As Chairperson of the local Council of Churches, one of my pet projects is to geta link going between my town’s twin town. I’ve had a nibble at a possible link between the schools, but it is a very slow proces to get churches linked up. My hope is for a regular exchange visit, but funding and enthusiasm are not there yet. It’s a bit like pushing a boulder up a hill. I know that when I get to a crest the boulder will run away with itself, but it’s not at the crest yet.
I was involved in a similar arrangement in my previous parish, but that involvement was with a group that had existed for some ten years previously, and that’s no counting the boulder-push time. It was great to have links not just outside the parish, but outside the country.
It’s when we lift our heads above our parochial parapets that we can glimpse something of the great work the church is doing in all her branches. (Ecumenism is the broad sense of the word) It’s when we see these things that we can be encouraged in our own patches.
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