19/05/2026
Our Vicar Writes....
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐กโฆ
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆโฆ
One thing I strongly believe is this: help can come from outside, yes, but greater strength comes when we build the people God has already given us.
I believe in raising people.
I believe in building capacity.
I believe that with committed hearts, trained minds, and Godโs help, there is almost nothing a Church cannot achieve.
At St Mary the Virgin, I do not see weakness;
I see potential.
I see gifts.
I see possibilities waiting to be awakened.
That is why I keep pouring myself into trainings, teachings, prayers, meetings, corrections, and leadership development.
Because I genuinely believe that if just 12 committed people catch the vision and submit themselves to growth, there is no limit to what God can do through this church.
Great things have never always started with crowds.
Sometimes, they start with a few people who simply decide to believe, stay committed, and grow together.
That is why our ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ means so much to me. A lot of prayer, preparation, energy, and spiritual burden go into them.
๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ โ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐.โ If only you knew what heaven is trying to build through it, you would guard your attendance differently.
Today, 19th May, makes it 3 years and 5 months since I came to St Mary the Virgin.
In these years, I have taught.
I have trained.
I have prayed.
I have corrected.
I have laughed with many of you and shared life with you openly.
Not because I know more than everyone, but because grace has helped me.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ.
I was not sent here to pamper immaturity.
I was sent to help us grow together.
Growth requires openness.
Growth requires consistency.
Growth requires unity.
Let us stop standing far away from what God is doing among us.
Let us stop unnecessary gossip and division.
Let us stop jumping around without stability.
A family grows stronger when its people grow together.
And please hear this from my heart: I did not come to St Mary the Virgin to โtry luck.โ God has been faithful to me for many years, even before coming here. The same God who has helped me can help us together, if we are willing to learn, stay united, and move forward with one spirit.
The future of St Mary is bright.
But brightness does not happen by chance.
It happens when people decide to grow.
Let us build together.
Let us rise together.
Let us become all that God has called us to be.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐....
With love
Rev BsโI
