New job, new blog!!

It’s been just over three months since I have moved from the busyness of urban city life to rural life!! I have to confess, it’s glorious! Growing up in a small town I swore I would never live in one again, once I had moved to Edmonton, I knew I was a city girl to the max. Apparently God had a different plan, and I’m quite excited about this plan. As some of you may know, I spent my first eight months out of seminary working as the Curate at All Saints’ Cathedral. In May of 2010, I was appointed and moved out to Vegreville to begin my ministry as the Rector of the three parishes of St. John’s, Sedgewick, St. Matthew’s, Viking and St. Mary’s, Vegreville. It’s been a great few months thus far as I have taken time to get to know people in all of the communities and have been given the opportunity to live and work and play in these communities.

In this column I hope to share stories of my adventures in rural ministry with you, as well as share some of my personal reflections that tend to take root and blossom while I’m on the road driving from parish to parish, and I hope to be able to share information or facts about rural ministry that we may not be aware of that I am learning as I get to know the history of the small communities that I am serving and the importance of the church, evangelism, and Christ centered relationships within these communities. I’m super excited to share these experiences with you and hope that you will join me in my journeys as I road trip through the prairies and listen to the voice of God in my communities!!! It’s going to be AWESOME!!!!

Ch.