I am delighted that Fr. Tomlinson Sr. has fuelled a nostalgic moment with his decision to convert some ancient slides into digital format. What a dashing young chap I was! The photographs were all taken during the late seventies when our family was living in Santiago, Chile. My father was a missionary for the South American Missionary Society, known as SAMS, whose headquarters are ironically here in Tunbridge Wells! The photographs, which also show my sister Ruth, certainly amused Jemima- who delighted in the discovery that her daddy was once a little boy!
Looking forwards, I am astonished at how quickly Advent has crept up on us! Thus this morning I updated the parish website in order to make all the forthcoming services public knowledge. If you are a local (or even if not!) do put the dates into the diary and help us make Advent & Christmass 2009 a truly special one here at Saint Barnabas. Special attention in Advent should be given to our Advent Carol Service – 5pm this coming Sunday and our Service of 9 Lessons and Carols at 5pm on the Sunday before Christmass. On Christmass Eve the crib and Christingle service is taking a slightly different format and children are being encouraged to come dressed as a character from the nativity story. As the crass are fond of saying, ‘bring it on!’
Just to bring you up to date, The South American Mission Society is now part of CMS, and is moving to Oxford.
thank you for the update!
You haven’t changed a bit
Fr Ed, you haven’t changed a bit, I would have recognised you instantly!
The serious little boy in green sweater went on to be a serious slightly bigger boy in those recent rugby pictures. Were you practising being serious already?
Laughing at my mum & uncle ed!
Good old days when you too were sane!