After a few weeks of slightly quieter activity on the church website, yesterday there was a surge in activity and interest. Looking to see where the hits were coming from, it would seem that some were being directed from the Presbytery website. Clicking through to see why, I discovered that my current charge is being advertised as vacant.

Now I know that my congregation bid me farewell, and I made appropriate reply in recent days, but I’ve not finished yet. I have one service left to do, and even following that I am taking holidays so that I might pack and move. The potential vacancy may not happen for at least another fortnight.

I’m smiling as I write because while I am tired, not sleeping and concerned that I am more grey than at the beginning of a year, I am delighted for them that people are interested.

At my last Kirk Session meeting some had expressed concern that they might have to wait awhile for people to be interested. The activity yesterday suggests that in much the same way that a presbytery speech prompted others to encourage me to apply the double figure number of years ago, so what the elder said the other night has encouraged others to pass on the message that this might be where you would want to be.