A Cambridge God Adventure* 61) A burst of sunshine

(*please skip if you have not been following this story). Those Summer months were glorious in so many ways.  I married Nigel and Sarah in their home church and we were to enjoy their friendship and leadership for the coming years. I was appointed as Free Church Adviser to Anglia TV - one of my great loves which saw me immersed in programming and filming in Norwich on my days off.  (I promised it would not interfere with church ministry!)  I revelled in this opportunity.  Epilogues still closed off evening TV and gave so much scope for gospel creativity.  (How media has changed!)

In church, the mission dimension that Nigel was charged to lead took off with a Missions Council launched on June 22nd. that gave inspirational leadership. I know committees sometimes don't work but how this did!  A number of missionaries were being prepared to leave on short-term service as well as long term and at home the church committed to undertake the One Step Forward Campaign - a denominational evangelistic programme. Five people were sent abroad that Summer and several others were seeking God's will about service overseas. We began including regular 'Windows on the World' in our worship services to keep the whole church involved.

In the building work, the steel structure was up and the new centre was taking shape (with inevitable traffic congestion).  On July 18th. we held a stone laying service while, at the same time, other church members were on a float sharing in the opening day of  the Cambridge Festival. Its theme was: Made in Britain.  30 people sang on our lorry, with emblems of the work we intended to carry out in the centre. Our slogan read: New Christian Centre - Made in Britain for YOU in Cambridge.  Prizes were awarded for the best float and we came second.  A newspaper photograph of the triumphant float back at the church and Carol presenting me with the prize cheque captures splendidly a great day.

My last post mentioned being surprised by others' reflections of those days.  We really experienced God's goodness. On the foundation stone are the words: TO GOD BE THE GLORY.  Oh, Yes!