The Residential

Apologies for the slight delay in posting this.  The weekend residential threw up a few 'issues' to deal with, mull over, reflect on...

...I was not looking forward to the weekend- at all.  For some reason I was really emotional and upset about going- not really sure why,  part of me didn't want to leave the 'hubby' (apologies- I hate that term but it seemed to fit quite well there) and I guess another part of me was nervous about spending a weekend with still relatively new people.

BUT- and it's a HUGE but, the weekend was amazing and would have been a huge loss to miss.  The weekend focused around the Eucharist.

The Essential History of Christianity...?!?

I have never really enjoyed history, it is beyond me as to why I took it for GCSE?  However, I figured, just as the Old Testament is important in understanding the New Testament (The new is in the old contained and the old is in the new explained), maybe the history of the church would help me to understand the present church (and maybe the future)? 

Let's face it, this was not an easy topic to study. 

One question that came out of this was; 'what does your denomination mean to you?'

My initial answer to this would have been not very much at all, however, the more I think about it, the more I realise that I have come some to enjoy being an Anglican.  I was baptised into the United Reformed Church, however, I disagree with some of their practices (namely the way they treat/view children) and I've become to realise how much I relate to the traditions and structure of the Church of England (liturgy included) and actually, yes, being an Anglican means quite a lot after all.