Kensington Parish News - Summer 2014 Jun. 2014 | Page 26

ST MARY ABBOTS ST MARY ABBOTS BOXING CLEVER Flora Gill tells us about her exciting new business and how her early years at St Mary Abbots informed her decision to study Theology and Philosophy at Oxford St Mary Abbots was the first place that I loved school - Sunday school. I remember chanting back to the teacher David Banks, ‘the body wasn’t there” as he rolled away an imaginary stone. It was the stories that fascinated me, the parables and miracles. As I grew up my interest evolved and I wanted to know more. I remember a particular sermon by Fr Gillian talking about the logos (the word) at the beginning of John’s Gospel and realizing that there was so much more depth that I wanted to understand. It was then that I decided I wanted to study Theology and Philosophy at University. T his is the first year I’ve been out of education; no teachers telling me what to do, no syllabus telling me where to go. It’s scary. New beginnings can be frightening, which is one of the reasons I founded Tuck in the Box. I set up a company called Tuck in the Box that sells care packages for relatives and friends to send to students: revision boxes, celebration boxes, or starting school/uni’ boxes. (www.tuckinthebox.co.uk) 26 | 2014 Spring I didn’t think I was smart enough to get into any of the good ones but it was my grandma Ethne Rudd who really encouraged me to go for Oxford, to really push myself. Through my life she gave me confidence and encouraged me.