Ian had a blank diary day today, so at his suggestion, I spent the day with Adam at Holy Trinity Orton Longueville. The two churches could not really be more different.

Holy Trinity is a good 3 or 400 years older than Christ Church. It has permanent pews, an organ (which looks very much like it doesn't work or isn't used), is surrounded by a graveyard, and is in an area of the Ortons that appears to be much more affluent. The two clergy are poles apart too. Whereas Ian trained at Oak Hill, Adam trained at Westcott, so their traditions have ended up dictating the churches they are incumbents at. Adam speaks very highly of Ians gifting among the people of Orton Goldhay, a group of people and a style of churchmanship he feels uncomfortable with.

The first thing we did this morning was visit the local school. A year 3 class are leading an assembly on Friday, and Adam and the class teacher were running them through their paces as they played out the story of the Good Samaritan. Using a combination of painted figures and scenery, and some 'live action' followed by prayers, it looks like it'll be a very full presentation.

A short service of Morning Prayer from a liturgy I didn't recognize followed back at Holy Trinity. There were just the four of us, one of whom joined myself and Adam back at the Rectory for coffee.

This afternoon, another class from the same school came into Holy Trinity to do a Godly Play session. They were being taught about baptism by one of the members of the congregation. I'm a huge fan of Godly Play, and wasn't disappointed by the session, although with a class of 25+ it was a little more fraught than it might have been with smaller numbers.

Today's mileage: 67 miles