Present in the World

Once a month I visit a development of sheltered accommodation close to the church to lead a small service of Holy Communion. I have come to like it, even when there's only a handful of people there. I think this is not just because of the sense of fellowship the community has, but also because I stand facing a window looking down on a footpath which leads between the main road to Hornington and the centre of Swanvale Halt with the church, Co-Op and railway station. People are always coming and going and you have a moving sense of the Church making clear the presence of God in the everyday world, even though and perhaps because hardly a person glances up to see what might be going on above them.