Pilgrimage Day 9: London

Today was kind of bittersweet. We left Salisbury which has been a "home away from home" kind of place for many of us and headed to London where we are staying at the Royal Foundation of St. Katharine. Primarily, this place functions as a retreat center.

The first thing we did when we got to London, though, was go to the Methodist Central Hall. It seems to be the heart of Methodism for London. It is a massive building built in the 19th century directly across the street from Westminster Abbey. It seems to be half church, half conference hall. It was in the Methodist Central Hall that hosted the first United Nations Conference.

 

I had the opportunity to share a message with the Pilgrimage Group as the young adults on the trip were asked to do a worship service. I shared the message from John 21:20-24 where Jesus is telling Peter to worry about the ministry that he is called to and not someone else's. I applied that to how we are called to follow Christ and not try to replicate another person's ministry because we all have our own unique gifts and talents.

After we left Methodist Central Hall and got into our rooms, it was free evening. That was spent finding Abbey Road and walking across it like the Beatles, adding to the grafiti wall in front of Abbey Road, walking all around London and using the Underground and taking pictures of Stoney (Micah's bear from Stonehenge) everywhere.

It was a good day, and right now I am wondering if I really should have agreed to running at 6am tomorrow morning... But it'll be good. Looking forward to it!

 

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