Confirmation Service With Bishop Of Dover
The Rt. Revd. Trevor Willmott, the Bishop of Dover (Bishop in Canterbury) baptized two Northbourne Park School pupils and confirmed eight further pupils into the Church of England at the school during a wonderful Service of Baptism and Confirmation on Sunday 16th March. Following weeks of preparation by the school’s Chaplain, The Revd. Nigel Hale, the children entered the Church of England with their fellow boarders and families looking on.
In his sermon, the Bishop encouraged the congregation to be active in their faith in a world in which it takes great courage to be a Christian. The Bishop and his wife stayed for lunch with the boarders afterwards and planted a cherry tree as part of the Boarding Schools’ Association UK Boarding Orchard.
Boarding Orchard At Northbourne Park School
Northbourne Park School’s boy and girl boarders had a very special guest to bless the planting of their cherry tree to mark their part in the Boarding School Association’s (BSA) Boarding Orchard.
Following a wonderful Confirmation Service on the 16th March, The Rt Revd Trevor Willmott, Bishop of Dover (Bishop in Canterbury) agreed to bless our boarders’ sapling, exhorting all 60 boarders to play their part in ensuring that it flourished as a symbol of a worldwide boarding community in the school’s new Environmental Garden.
The Boarding Orchard was launched by the BSA in 2014 and claims to be largest orchard, by distance, in the UK. Boarding schools across the UK have joined the orchard by planting fruit trees in their grounds.
The trees represents the ‘tree of knowledge’ and demonstrate each school’s commitment to growth and caring for the environment.
More information on this project is available on www.boarding.org.uk/440/boarding-orchard