I’ve stopped making resolutions but I still have hopes and at the start of the year I reflected on my hopes. I realise that we’re into the year now but I want to share mine with you.

1)       Firstly, I hope to have somewhere to live !  Circuit reorganisation means that I will be leaving Ripley and moving into Alfreton or South Normanton. Its an unsettling time as Alison comes to the end of her time at University and is Ordained into Crich Parish next July 4^th. We’re very aware of the fact that 2010 is going to bring major changes to our lifestyle, our business and our need to find time to be together as we both face fierce demands on our time from more than one set of Churches. However, in many ways it feels as though the last few years have been leading us both towards this moment in time.

Having said all that we do recognise that any time of change always brings uncertainty and unease. You’ve heard the story of how many Methodists does it take to change a light bulb ?  “Change ?, whats that ?”