Thank you to Adrian Nash for his diligent work as General Secretary prior to me volunteering for the position and commencing in November 2020.
It goes without saying that the last year has been very strange indeed and it leaves very little to report upon from a Guild Secretary’s perspective. Along with the awful news of such suffering for so long it has been wonderful to experience the incredible fellowship we share with one another as members of our bellringing communities. Getting through the last year in good humour in the main has been in a large part possible due to the love and support shown by my bellringing friends who thanks to RingingRoom now include ringers across the UK, USA, Canada and Australia too. I am very thankful that while the physical art that brought us together has largely been on hold we have continued to support each other.
I am very thankful for the other Guild officers in their support as I have learned the ropes. We have had some ad hoc meetings of the officers since I joined the team including helping with the transition of the members of the Guild who reside in the Channel Islands and of course doing what we can to plan for our members being able to resume the art that we love.
I’m very much looking forward to seeing many of you ringing with gusto again and while it will take some of our members more than others to get back into the swing of things we will get back to joyously celebrating the fellowship of our Church and calling people to worship again.
Steve Lamb