THE GREAT STORM OF 1987

It shouldn’t have happened but….

•The trees were still in leaf

•It had been a particularly wet autumn

•It was the wrong wind

If you put all those factors together even the best of trees will fall over because they are simply not prepared for the circumstances and they probably could have fallen over in much lighter winds.’

A perfect storm?

Clergy retirements?

Financial Pressures?

Ageing Buildings?

‘If you put all those factors together even the best of trees will fall over because they are simply not prepared for the circumstances and they probably could have fallen over in much lighter winds.’

BUT, some woodlands survived the storm. WHY…???

….because they had been nurtured and maintained.

Surviving a perfect storm

Sowing

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Vocations

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Growing

A Challenge and an Opportunity for all

Sowing Well

Gospel

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Growing Well

Exploring

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Harvesting

Harvesting:Discerning God’s Call

Discerning

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Sowing

Harvesting

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