St Michael's College

As part of St Michael’s College collaborative ministry placement scheme three students from St Michael’s attended the ‘Palestine of Jesus’ course for seminarians at St George’s College, Jerusalem for two weeks in January 2011. St George’s College, next to the Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem, is about 10 minutes walk from the City Walls.

The students who made this visit are representative of the range of those studying at St Michael’s. Vicki Jones, an ordinand training residentially, Les Jones a Methodist training Non-residentially and Jenny Kimber, training Non-Residentially as a reader.

“Seeing the places where Christ ministered, where he was born, lived, died and rose again, set the Bible in context for me. I could see how everything fitted together. I shall read the Bible in a completely new way, seeing the landscape in my mind. My prayers now will be different, more informed and less judgemental. For me they were weeks of revival, reawakening and of love, God’s love given anew in his Son.”
Jenny Kimber

“One of the highlights for me was renewing my baptismal vows in the Sea of Galilee, in a Sea that was so still but had so much history and a story of its own to tell, followed by boat trip out on the Sea which was a very moving experience. Since being back in Wales the biggest change for me is that the Gospels have come alive, now I am able to picture these places that Jesus went to which has had a huge impact on the way I read the Bible.”
Vicki Jones