I am preaching tomorrow at my home church and I knew fairly early in the week what I wanted to say. I have had the themes for the next 2 weeks' services in my head for a while and was planning to go off lectionary to fit them in. I don't usually do that - I do think I should be looking at what scripture says and not deciding whatI want to say and finding readings to fit it. But the lectionary seems to fit quite nicely with what I wanted to do so I have decided that God wants me to stick to the themes I was thiniing of. Not sure if that is holy Spirit or my arrogance!
The reason these 2 sundays are different to usual is that they are the last time I will be preaching at the church I have been attending for 12 years. In 6 weeks I move to another part of the country and there will not be the same opportunities to take pulpit supply among these people who have supported me so much during my years here. I am moving to a new stage of my training. It is a new beginning. But at the moment packing up (it feels like hundreds of boxes) and starting to think about saying goodbye is sad. I am moving about 2 and a half hours away so it is not like I will never see people again. But it is definately the end of an era and the beginning of another.
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