Church of the Ascension, Wall Heath John 16: 12-15 and Proverbs 8:1-4 & 22-31 Today is Trinity Sunday, and the readings are about Wisdom. Or are they about the Holy Spirit, as per the John passage? Or perhaps some people would even interpret the Proverbs passage as being about Jesus. There’s certainly a link between […]
Good afternoon Synod members. I’m Fiona MacMillan and, like many of you, I’m a new member of Synod. I’m also a trustee of Inclusive Church, chair the Disability Advisory Group at St Martin in the Fields and lead the planning team for an annual conference on disability and church which has been running since 2012. […]
It feels strange to be speaking about this booklet here and now. I had to go back and read the contents, including things I had written. We took this booklet to Greenbelt in 2019. It feels like another world. Gathering, mingling, sharing in person. And yet, when I reflect on the last two years, I […]
So much can change in a decade. In 2012, I was at the first conference on disability and church at St Martin-in-the-Fields church. Hosted in partnership with Inclusive Church, this unique conference was the first time I had ever experienced an event organised by disabled Christians, for disabled Christians. I had the rare experience of […]