Wednesday 27 July 2011

One year to London 2012

One year today is the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.  Will I be there as a chaplain or not?  The simple answer is I don't yet know!  Like other sports chaplains the the UK, I have applied, and am waiting to hear.  (The selection system is different if you're a 'home chaplain' applicant than it is if you're an 'international chaplain', which is the list I've come under in the past.)

The other unknown is due to the fact that my own personal circumstances have changed since my last post below from the Women's Rugby World Cup last year.  Having been unable to secure sustainable and longterm funding to stay in sports chaplaincy either at Loughborough or elsewhere, I looked for another role.....and was appointed to be 'Urban and Industrial Chaplain in North East Lincolnshire'.  I took up this post in September last year - moving house only 9 days after the WRWC finished!  Due to taking up this post, I had to relinquish a place I had to serve as a Chaplain at last year's Commonwealth Games.  All this, explains wny there've been no blog posts recently.

Although I miss regular sports involvement, I thoroughly enjoy my new job.  I do hope to develop some sports chaplaincy involvement locally though, so watch this space....

When I know more about either that or my potential involvement in London 2012 and/or other sports chaplaincy activities, it'll be posted here.  In the meantime, you might want to take a look at the blog that goes with my role as 'Urban and Industrial Chaplain in North East Lincolnshire'
http://www.lincschaplaincy.org.uk/blogs/marys_blog or to follow me on Twitter where I'm known as @NELincsChaplain