Second Sunday at Holy Trinity

Dorothy chatting with the Archbishop after church

Dorothy with niece Marva

Marva, Daniel, Dorothy

The new Archbishop of the West Indies, & Bishop of Barbados,

The Rt. Revd. Dr. John Holder

Michael Maxwell and me with the Archbishop

The confirmation candidates with the Archbishop

The Holy Trinity servers team with the Archbishop

On Sunday morning December 20th - Advent 4 - I attended the only service at Holy Trinity which was an 8am service of Holy Eucharist and Confirmation. There were 12 people to be confirmed of all ages. The service was broadcast on local radio and there was particular interest in the event as this was the first public service at which the new Archbishop was officiating. I had met him briefly at the Christmas party on Friday night and I was struck by how unassuming he is: there is no "edge" to him at all and there does not appear to be a grain of pomposity in him - all very refreshing. The service went well - again VERY traditional - indeed the hymms (which were all sung with great gusto by the choir) were verging on the turgid. I led the intercessions. All went well. The service lasted about 2 hours.

I had a quick swim at the local beach at lunchtime as Dorothy was making lunch. In the evening we went back to church to attend the Christingle service which was very well buried in a children's and young people's service. There were some very good items in the service and there are obviously some very talented young people in church - but at 2 hours 45 minutes it was just a little long!