...organised by PACT Schools to launch their scheme for two new independent schools in the London area. Speaker was James Stenson who gave an upbeat, positive and stirring call for strong and inspirational education to develop "outstanding young men and women with a great love for truth and freedom".
I am already familiar with the work of PACT, and especially with Oakwood School - I remember having supper with a small group of friends who were gathering together to get the whole project off the ground, back in the 1990s. It has gone from strength to strength.
I found Friday's gathering really exciting, because although this will be a huge new venture, there is a sense of dedication and hope. There is a real concern about the future in Britain, about what is happening to our young, about Christianity and its place in our common life, about what sort of community will exist here in a decade's time. We will need men and women of faith and courage and they are the children who are around now, who will be teenagers over the next five years...
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