As we near the end of 2021, I like to take a moment and reflect.
It has been an extremely full and challenging year on many levels. IAM has stretched and grown, venturing further into our work with schools, building our regional partnerships, and launching new resources for our community. We’ve created brave spaces for clergy and caregivers to reflect on their journeys and actively prioritise self-care. We’ve tended to our relationships with individual clergy, congregations, civil society partners and invested in building future changemakers. We’ve consciously reflected on the impact of our own work and invested time in designing future initiatives to have an even greater impact.
As an organisation, IAM continues to grow and evolve. These last few months have been a season of change and evolution, as we’ve bid farewell to several staff members. We wish them well as they move on to new adventures, they will be dearly missed. This also provides opportunities for growth and renewal as we welcome new team members in the coming year.
As we approach Christmas, our Christian faith encourages us to be open and present to new opportunities of hope. We know this year has been challenging for many – perhaps even more challenging than the disruptive 2020, as we tried to pick up the pieces and continue on in our new normal. We are constantly reminding ourselves that there is hope in every challenge if we are able to rest long enough to find it.
Thank you to all of you for your prayers and support throughout this year. We particularly thank those who have continued to support IAM financially to do this important work.
We wish you and your families a peaceful Christmas and New Year. May 2022 bring us the peace, calm, and transformation that we wish for.