A Grace for the Installation Dinner of the Guild of Investment Managers

Pennies from Heaven, George Pemba, 1986

A grace written for the Installation Dinner of the Guild of Investment Managers on Tuesday 9th July 2024. The dinner took place a week after the General Election in Ironmongers’ Hall, close to the site of John Wesley’s conversion experience in Aldersgate Street when his heart was ‘strangely warmed’.

In Ironmongers’ Hall, 

we gather to install 

   a Master, Wardens and their Court.

To steward this growing Guild 

as you continue to build 

   the City that we ought.  

May we value this time to share

   in such delightful fare.

And as we sit and eat, 

chewing over our new political elite, 

spare a thought for all who serve. 

Let us not regret 

   the sight of stripped assiettes;

a compliment well deserved.

Lord, may all those who invest 

   be well and truly blessed.

Hearts warmed as we digest 

all we are about to receive. 

Amen 

Image : Pennies from Heaven, George Pemba