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Ready for the Off

Well this is my last day at work before I disappear off on sabbatical. I begin by heading off to Holden Village, a Lutheran Retreat Centre in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State in the USA, where I will be offering some reflections on Jonah and Simon Peter under the title of "Preposterous Readings of Preposterous Stories", using monologue and art to cast fresh light on these perhaps over-familiar tales.
I have described these first two weeks as "altitude training" in preparation for a 3 day sponsored walk later in my sabbatical to mark the 130th Anniversary of BCM. It will be over slightly less mountainous terrain, 10am on 22nd August from the site of the former BCM Castlerocklands Residential Home in Carrickfergus, and ending at the new Copelands Dementia Nursing and Residential Facility in Millisle, via a few BCM projects and supporting churches en route. If you would like to sponsor me there will be the opportunity to do so via https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bcmanniversarywalk, or if you would like to join me for part or all of the walk, then please contact Chris Pollock or Lorna Henry at BCM via anniversarywalk@belfastcentralmission.org or on 028 90241917.
During my sabbatical I will probably be posting various reflections here with links via social media, but for the first two weeks, not only will I be getting some exercise, I will be totally out of contact with the Virtual World, because there is no internet or mobile signal where I am going... Bliss! Both for me and for those who I pollute on line...
Blessings until I come down, Moses-like from the mountain top...
Shalom
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