Lifepath takes place annually in Malvern
Priory, this year running from 18 – 22 June. It
involves 620 children from 20 local schools,
100+ volunteers from 16 different churches
and 14 different activities over five days!
Children join volunteers from local churches to
journey back in time through the history of the
Priory. From the foundation of the monastery
by Aldwyn and the other monks in 1085, looking at how
the arches were built and stay standing, the stories told
through the windows and brasses, the life of the monks –
daily prayer, calligraphy, farming and food, through to new
developments in medicine and science. Activity groups and
collective worship sessions with action songs and stories
are punctuated by bells calling for silence and a chance to
reflect on their own ‘lifepath’.
Lifepath couldn’t happen without a dedicated team and they
get fantastic feedback from both children (“Thank you for
the best school trip ever… How do you make it so brilliant?
It is phenomenal”) and teachers (“I can’t think of any way it
could be improved. The activities were so carefully planned,
with teaching and practical work in all cases”).
Please pray that every aspect of Lifepath this year will be
inspired by God’s Holy Spirit and enveloped in the love of Christ.
Dudley Deanery – Rural Dean: Dominic Melville;
Lay Chair: Anne Penn
The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma):
Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo
Diocese of Argyll and the Isles (Scotland): Bishop Kevin Pearson
Diocese of Connor (Ireland): Bishop Alan Abernethy
Diocese of Lolland-Falster (Denmark): Bishop Marianne Gaarden
