On Tuesday I was interviewed by Year 3 children at Aldborough E-Act Free School as part of their project about leaders. This is how I tried to introduce my role:
"My role is to be the Vicar of St John’s Church
in Seven Kings. That means that I lead a group of Christians who believe that
Jesus Christ is God and who are trying to follow the teachings and example of
Jesus by serving others.
My role is to help them do this in two ways. The first
is to encourage them in their faith. To gather them together for Church
services where we pray to God, sing worship songs, read from the Bible and talk
about the meaning of what we read. Getting together like this encourages people
to do these same things - pray, worship and the read the Bible - when they are
not at Church.
The second part of my role is encourage people to serve others.
At St John’s we do this in three main ways. First, we let groups in the
community use our building for things like dance, karate, maths, yoga, singing
as well as for groups like playgroup, lunch club and brownies. Second, we
organise activities and groups ourselves. We have a Pram Club for children
under two, a Contact Centre for children whose parents have separated and a
project helping people set up new businesses. Third, we get involved in local
campaigns to improve the area. So, we helped get a new library for Seven Kings
and to re-open the toilets in Seven Kings Park. At the moment we are helping
try to lifts installed at Newbury Park Station and to keep the A&E Department
at King George Hospital.
St John’s is part of the Church of England, which is
the national church. The Church of England is there for everyone in the
country, not just those who are Christians or who come to Church.
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Graham Kendrick - The Servant King.
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