Spirituality
My name is Father Mark and it is my privilege to be Chaplain to the King's College community. I live on the campus with my wife Sharon and our sons. As a Christian school in the Anglican tradition and part of the Woodard family of schools, we believe that the spiritual component of education, with the Eucharist at the centre, is vital in the development of the whole person.
Our community is diverse, consisting of individuals of Faith as well as those of no Faith. We encourage the school community to explore freely their understanding of themselves in the world through a rich programme of academic, cultural, sport and social endeavour. But the touchstone for all is human spirituality as embodied in Jesus Christ.
In a world where religion and its practices have often been discredited or misunderstood, we believe in the importance of religious literacy and offer our pupils opportunities to study and explore great Faith traditions of the world in a formal academic way.
We gather as a community for the weekly Eucharist and for devotions on Wednesday and Friday mornings as well as for Sunday worship. On Tuesdays there is a popular late night candlelit reflection in the chapel followed by hot chocolate and doughnuts. Pupils are invited to share the thoughts, insights, and questions that affect their lives individually and communally. I am, of course, always available to the whole community for counselling, advice, and for baptisms, weddings and funerals.
At various times throughout the year, the school community joins together with parents and others for wonderful and moving acts of worship like Remembrance Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Carols and nine lessons, Confirmation, Sung Evensong and the Christmas morning family Eucharist.
If you would like to contact me please feel free to do so or if you are visiting the school please come and introduce yourself to me. I would love to meet you.
Tel. 01823 328211
email: masmith@kings-taunton.co.uk
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