farewell
Ed & Jacey Jackson...
I would like to add my thanks, love, respect and best wishes to Ed and Jacey as they move on. Ed and Jacey were both major ‘movers and shakers’ during my time at WinBap. I can still picture where Jacey was sitting almost 15 years ago on my church interview day and hear the question she asked me about pastoral care and counselling - something very dear to Jacey’s heart (caring for folks, running our Care Centre, counselling, Olive Branch etc not to mention being a local councillor, cake maker, hero, cycling enthusiast and trainer etc). I count both Ed and Jacey dear and wise friends - and I called on their counsel often! Both were involved in a major restructure we did in 2000 and frequent reviews of me. When Ed came onto the Leadership Team (at last!) it was like we entered a new era; he just produced such confidence in us and the congregation. What a superb Church Secretary: always calm, methodical, wise, open minded and efficient. Ed did so many other things as well (vision, COGS, displays, trouble shooting...) and there simply ins’t the space or the gratitude to record their decades of service to us all at WinBap. You will be missed! Ewen Huffman Lead Pastor Creech St Michael Baptist Church & Evangelical Alliance Ambassador
palaces & castles In June I led a short walk looking at the history of the area immediately around the church buildings. We talked about subjects like Roman burial practices and Winchester’s historic Jewish quarter; and we looked at the visible remains of, amongst other things, an Iron Age embankment, the city ditch, the place where the Domesday Book was probably written, a couple of former prisons and a remnant rescued from Winchester’s medieval leper hospital. Ed’s Tour, what can I say! Very enjoyable, we saw a variety of wonderful buildings and also interesting for children, jam packed with nuggets of history spanning many centuries, from Roman occupation, Anglo Saxon times to more modern times; the Charles and Diana gates in The Great Hall. Speaking of The Great Hall, for both my children aged 12 and 10; the Knights of The Round Table (The King Arthur legend) was a highlight, as was Wolvesey Castle! We walked along a footpath, turned a corner, walked through an arch... then I gasped as we saw the most amazing ruin stretching out before us. It is huge, full of arches of all sizes, the best ruin I’ve ever seen in England. Being fairly new to Winchester, I am astonished at how many beautiful historical places there are stuffed in such a small geographical area. Ed had also shown us many maps of the trench, walls, palaces and castles dating back for more than a millennia. I would eagerly go on another one of Ed tours. He is a fountain of information. Charlotte Pilavachi
“A really informative, enjoyable evening and afternoon. After 25 years we now have a completely different view of Winchester! Ed’s attention to detail is second to none and his research and knowledge of our city is no exception. Thanks for always giving up your time for us here at WBC in so many ways - we shall miss you both.”
The Marshalls