Welcome

This month we begin a new Methodist year and a fresh chapter in the life of the Beverley Circuit, as we welcome Revd Stephen Caddy, and Mrs Christine Caddy.  Stephen writes:

Dear friends,

Christine and I are very happy to have come to live in the Beverley Circuit - a new part of the country for us to explore and appreciate. A change of appointment or change of minister is always an exciting time - the minister has new hopes and plans, the members of the congregations have their expectations and dreams.

So what is top of the agenda? What scheme is to dominate our conversations?

In a Communion Service the Great Prayer of Thanksgiving begins with a retelling of God's Story from before Creation until the coming of the New Kingdom and it comes to focus on the story of God in Jesus the Son. We have all been drawn into that story of God. Our stories, our testimonies, are part of that God Story and how the light of his love dawned on us and drew us in and gladdens our hearts today as we continue to be more deeply part of the story of what God's doing and so share in his mission of reaching out in compassion. As we get to know one another we will get to hear each others' stories, we will become part of each others' stories, we will be part of the story of what God is doing together.  In this way we will strengthen one another's faith and desire for God.

Top of my agenda is to listen to what God has done for and through you and to have the opportunity to tell others how God has blessed me.

Every blessing,

Stephen