Earlier in the year, St Andrew's hosted the wonderful choir from the Temple Church London (some of you may remember their visit). Our family hosted the Master of the Temple (thanks Ross Cobb), Robin Griffith-Jones who slept at our home. He was great company in Australia and we were excited to visit him and his church.
One of the oldest churches in England, situated on Fleet Street, this was the centre for the Knights Templar... It is an amazing place of history with the graves of knights and those involved in the writing Magna Carta.
It is now the centre of the legal profession in London with the cities Barristers Chambers surrounding the church. It's an intimating place - the cars in the carpark where amazing.
The church is famous for its round nave which the knights modelled on the holy sepulchre church they saw in Jerusalem. After returning from the Crusades they copied the design.
We spent a lovely afternoon with Robin... He took us to a cafe in the precinct where we sat amongst the leading Barristers and Judges of London.. There we had our first tea and scones in England this trip. We also had a good discussion on the state of the Church of England and its future. I valued getting a different perspective from a friend who shares our faith.
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