Chaplain’s Chat

Schools are communal organisations which draw their identity from an agreed foundation and for Shore this is the Christian foundation. While individually we all need to reflect on where we stand with the Christian faith, the Bible always emphasises the importance of the communal aspect of living. This might have been in either a household, a nation (like Israel for example) or indeed the church as God’s people.  

In Chapel this term, we are looking at the Book of Genesis. The wonderful narrative of Genesis 1 reminds us that we are part of God’s wonderful creation, that God’s world has been made by Him and that all of us are made ‘in God’s image’. We are valuable, we are precious and we are made for relationship with God. But we are also made for relationships with others. The strength of friendship with mates, the family, a school or a sporting club is a reflection of the vast and wonderful nature of relationships. May we continue to reflect on the relationships we have with God and each other and may we do so with thankfulness.  

Rev. Anthony Benn 
School Chaplain