We have a beautiful church in which to worship God, built by previous generations. Many churches are only used on Sundays. But that has never been true of us.

My life-affirming journey through the series of greenhouses bore a remarkable resemblance to our experience of Holy Week, during which we accompanied our Lord during the last sombre days of His earthly ministry, through to the colourful explosion of joy that is Easter.

Yes, André had given me more than I could ever give him. Giving and receiving I thought, must be intimately interconnected, if not the same thing.

As the distribution of the palms takes place on Palm Sunday at St. John’s, and as we hear this story of Jesus’ welcome into the city, I often think that it sounds like a number of the political rallies I have attended – people passing out flags and pins and clapping and shouting when the new leader appears.

On April 28 of this year, our former Rector's Warden, RoseMary Brinkema was awarded a Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers/Médaille du souverain pour les bénévoles for her years of dedication and contribution to St. John's and to St. Michael's Mission.