Sunday 20 March 2016

When the plumber started preaching

When Bill Muncey left school he was a plumber for ten years, before he went to Sudan to work for a year with the Christian relief agency, TearFund.

After that he went to Bible College to learn more about his faith and then, when someone said 'why don't you get ordained?,' he knew that was an impossibility.

People like me don't become vicars, thought Bill, and put the idea out of his mind.

That would have been that, if God hadn't had other ideas, and so in God's good time, the plumber stopped plumbing and started preaching - on a full time basis.

Spells on the St Helier estate as vicar of St George's, and in West Croydon as vicar of Christ Church, have been followed by a semi-retirement ministry in the Oxfordshire countryside.

We were delighted when Bill accepted the invitation to be the speaker at our latest men's breakfast (picture). Bill's honesty, humour, and wonderful passion for the Gospel kept the men enthralled, as Bill spoke to us of the way that God's grace works to transform our lives.

2 comments:

  1. Have been looking for inspiration and found your post.. I come to Christ four years ago, am currently on the path of trying to understand what His plan is for me.. Bless you.
    Plumber from Reading.

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  2. A good plumber will bring fitted parts and will be able to complete the job in no time by using the proper tools. If you think the plumber looks confused or is piecing parts together that don't fit, then you shouldn't let him/her continue with the job. Austin plumber

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