tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post111234985115960443..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: Thank you, Jane and ArthurKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1112356990859451302005-04-01T13:03:00.000+01:002005-04-01T13:03:00.000+01:00Kathryn, this made me remember Bob Hutchings, who ...Kathryn, this made me remember Bob Hutchings, who was in charge of our sidesmen until his death a few years ago, and who on our first very tentative appearance in church, impelled by my then 7 year old son's inexplicable urge to be there, made him feel so welcome - not least by inviting him to help take the collection that very first day - that to my horror he kept on wanting to go back, so I had to go too...... so I had to listen... and eventually hear.... and here I still am! This wasn't the kind of close relationship you describe with Jane and Arthur, but the effect Bob's kindness and recognition, in church and around the parish, had on my son was probably what stopped me from never going back (I hated "that" church: there were guitars, naff songs, the NIV, not much liturgy, a vicar in a suit, people waving their hands ..... really not me at all..... good thing God has a sense of humour....). I wasn't the only person for whom Bob's welcome was important but it was good, when his widow was congratulating me on selection for training, to be able to tell her what a key part Bob had played in that journey. We still miss him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com