Yesterday, we
were pleased to welcome the Revd Ellen Price, minister of Oadby Baptist Church,
as the preacher at our morning service. This was part of a preacher exchange – our
vicar, Steve Bailey was taking part in the service at the Baptist Church.
It was
especially good to welcome Ellen as she will soon be leaving Oadby to be one of
the Regional Ministers of the East Midlands Baptist Association. When she was
interviewed by Hugh James, she told how surprised she had been to be led by God
into the Christian Ministry, let alone to become a Regional Minister. She spoke
of her concern of how the church should go outside to meet people where they
were, with news of the love of Christ, rather than just inviting them to come
into church.
In her sermon,
she spoke about the account of how Jesus was found eating with the outcasts of
Jewish society – (extortionate) tax collectors and prostitutes. She spoke about
how in the name of Christ, we should go outside our comfort zones.
Ellen – thank
you for being with us yesterday and for all that you have done in Oadby over
the last 6 years. May God bless you in your role as a Regional Minister.
