Not many of us are lucky enough to celebrate a hundred-year friendship. This year I have the great privilege of being involved in marking a civic friendship formed one hundred years ago between the City of York and New York City.
As with a few other great friendships, this may seem an unlikely one. The differences between the old walled City of York and the soaring ‘skyscrapered’ New York City can seem more striking than any similarities we may have. However both our cities strive to be places of welcome and inclusion; both share a drive for ambition, innovation and excellence; both are rich in culture and strong in identity.
The inscription on this stone speaks again of friendship but describes New York as that place which ‘has been enriched by different cultures… and which stands as a global symbol of liberty.’ I will be preaching at this service, and I will be speaking about how the God we serve is a God of liberty, a God who makes things new and all things possible.
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