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England Day 7- I “Pledge” this church with allegiance to Christ
What a day! We spent almost all day in an old Anglican church called Stockton Parish. It was a beautiful old, old church with a new vicar. He is very evangelistic and has a desire to help this church grow again. It probably has room for 500+, but only about 25 or so attend. They can’t even meet in their main sanctuary during the winter because the heater went out and it will cost them a small fortune to have it replaced. We spent a lot of time with Nikki, the vicar’s wife. She is great and has such great hope for the church. Dorene, a member for 41 years was also of great help.
We cleaned out lots of cabinets and compartments to help get rid of things that are not any use and are just rotting for two hours before lunch. After lunch we polished as much of the wood work as was possible. We became very attached to our Pledge cans. We also reset all the pews to look nice and swept and mopped the entire floor. It truly looked and smelled beautiful like a church with this rich history should. The team did a great job and worked very hard to serve Christ by doing the lowest of jobs for a place many have forgotten.
Later that night Ryan, Daniel, and I were given a tour of St. John’s Church, built in the 11th century. The vicar’s wife gave us and one of our host home dads an amazing and rich tour of this church that looks like a castle looking out over the area known as Yarm. It was truly enriching to see it all and spend time with such a lovely saint.
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