Here are the Good Friday addresses which I preached with the Rev Cedric Blakey today.
5 responses to “Exciting Day for the Scottish Episcopal Church”
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In the excitement of welcoming the news, let’s remember a wee prayer for the people of St Michael’s, who are going to miss our new bishop dreadfully. A well-loved priest’s departure leaves a huge gap in people’s lives.
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Exciting! I suspect that those with names beginning with ‘Ke’ and ending with ‘in’ are uniquely suited to the episcopate 😉
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That’s an idea Ryan – another SEC episcopate is about to go vacant if I have read the latest issue of Inspires on-line correctly.
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Ryan – We should also note that there is a vacancy in the Southwark Diocese with +Christopher, the Area Bishop of Woolwich, now the Bishop-designate of Southwark.
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I used to live round the corner from +Christopher when he was Rector of St Dunstan’s in Stepney.
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