My Vicar School role is very full, and sometimes very full-on.  It can be simultaneously energising and exhausting, fulfilling and frustrating, and a whole lot more words that don't fit neat alliterative pairing!

This week was especially special, and in the words of a former Regional Minister, 'if you were religious, you might think God had something to do with it'.  Students led our shorter prayer times with gentleness and sensitivity, our guest speaker helped us reflect thoughtfully on 'vision and change', NAM-led workshops/talks were superb, and our co-created act of worship inspired by the festival of Candlemas that ends the Epiphany season (with a few thoughts around wintering, and the ancient pre-Christian festival of Imbolc,) was simply incredible.

We may not have the largest number of NAMs of any Baptist college, but we have those with the biggest hearts and some of the keenest minds.  That one NAM at their last conference before full accreditation said 'I don't want to leave' says something  profound and important about this place.

We didn't use the Nunc Dimittis, but I think we caught its essence.  Here is a version (apologies for any weird adverts that pop up) that is rather lovely imo.