Movember

This blog is a short one. It is, in fact, a piece I have written for our Parish Magazine. I thought I would also share it here...

Movember

One of my favourite Milton Jones jokes is this:

"Now Jesus had a beard and sandals and long hair, although we don't know for sure about the long hair or the beard. Or the sandals."

I would like to think, however, is that if Jesus was living on Earth right now he would have grown a moustache.

 Movember is a global movement which seeks to raise awareness of and funds for men's health issues. Essentially this means prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health. They also encourage men to live healthy lives. They do this by asking men to grow a moustache over the course of November to promote their cause. This year a team from St Mary's has taken this challenge on. There are 15 of us including the Rector, Assistant Priest, Curate, most of the men on the PCC and one of the church wardens (the other warden struggles to grow a moustache...) I think this is a great cause and am really pleased that the church has taken it on. As Christians we are called to be salt and light to the world. We cannot be insular and isolated. We should be showing people what we believe and what we believe in. I am glad that raising awareness of and money to help people with cancers and mental health problems is one of those things.

 If you would like to support the Mary's Hairies Team, then please go to http://moteam.co/mary-s-hairies.