Synod 3
The other interesting topic has been the whole youth ministry strategy in the Diocese. It has been good to get more clarifications on the strategy and it is heartening to see an active and passionate advocating to support it, even with a certain pain involved in selling assets to fund it.
Good news for the North. The youth work has been growing rapidly in St Johns and it is reaching into other parishes so extra support to keep up with the growth is very welcome.
A fair bit of the proceedings has been tedious and Paul Chew and I have been seeing who can get through our respective books first. He is reading The Year of Living Biblically, a story of a Jew who tried to keep all the Old Testament regulations. I am reading The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanigan.
Listening to a talk by Bush Church Aid Society. A great supporter of ministry in Tasmania and supporting the uni work at St Barneys.
