He put me through my paces: swinging, bouncing, balancing as well as some leaping
Alpha to Omega
At one point I had wondered whether Covid might see us off altogether. But as backstreet Anglo-Catholic parishes go, it turns out we are quite resilient at St Thomas’. In fact over the last three years we have experienced what some people are calling a quiet revival. It’s actually quite confusing.
Coming out of lockdown, we decided to do things differently. We made friends with some dissident charismatic evangelicals looking for a new place to call home. They helped us improve our sound system and upgrade our welcome cards. They also helped us run a new teaching programme (“Alpha”) that involved telling people about Jesus and not just exposing them to the sacraments and hoping for the best.
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