Minister’s Spring School 2025!
The annual Spring School was a wonderful gathering of 35 ministers from around the Synod. A few rose early for aerobics and running led by Lesley Charlton, and many stayed up late into the evening for meaningful conversation and healing laughter. Our chaplain, Sue Chapman, led us in creative morning prayer and reflection and the new TDO for Southern, Charisa Hunter-Crump, led us in worship and communion on the final day.
Our guest speaker was Rev. Dr. Susan Durber, a minister in the URC and the World Council of Churches’ President from Europe. Her topic was “Who is Jesus? Bible Study and Reflections in the year of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.” Through storytelling, art, film, poetry, and prose, she reminded us of the complexity of answering that question, the diversity of approaches that have been taken, and the importance of exploring the question with mind, heart, and spirit, for our own faith journeys, and for the life of our congregations.
(Article by Revd Dr Charisa Hunter-Crump, Pictures by Revd Memona Shahbaz).
