As a movement that is proactive in reaching out to the Waterways communities, and especially ‘the least, the last and the lost’, it is easy to fall into the trap of becoming results focused. And in the sheer hard work and excitement of ministry to lose a sense of proportion.
Seeing ourselves in the context of our almighty, loving heavenly Father in a sure antidote. Remembering His goodness to the Chaplains, recalling His merciful intervention in the lives of those we meet, giving thanks for His gracious provision of resources is an important part of who we are as a movement. It all helps to emphasise the ‘walking humbly ‘part of our key values to ‘Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God’.
in November 2022 the annual celebration was held in Rugby Methodist Centre where we were refocused on the centrality of God in the Chaplaincy by outgoing Workplace Matters CEO Des Scott who reminded us of the journey we had been on with Workplace Matters in recent years.
Neville Willerton, the Church Army (CA) Director of Mission Operations who will be the main CA link with WWC, painted a picture of what God might do in the future as CA and WWC work together.
Times of sharing stories and creative prayer (did you know that there was such a thing as a ‘prayer pretzel’?) all enabled us the celebrate God’s great goodness to us in the past year. As the well-known response goes ‘God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good’.