Quote for Reflection (Sunday, May 26, 2024)

“In its early beginnings, the church was keenly involved in social work, meeting the basic needs of hunger, shelter and clothing. I am aware of the work that has been done in the past at St Andrew Parish Church, (and I am reliably informed that it continues) and also the work that is going on in many more of our churches – feeding the hungry and in walking alongside those who have very little. For me, this speaks into a church that is deeply and was deeply conflicted, trying to do the right thing and respond to the needs as they saw it, but at the same time, getting it dreadfully wrong in siding with the powerful and the strong and in being heavily judgemental. We still bear the scars of that today.”

~ Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin