The end of June and beginning of July is ordination season. Not only do we celebrate with those who are the new revs. ordained as Deacons and Priests, but we also commemorate the significant milestone ordination is. Facebook these past few weeks has been full of younger faces, newly ironed surplus,’ with family and assorted bishops.
80 years is a lifetime. 5 years of - when would it end occupation - will have felt like a lifetime and was indeed the end of a life for some. Today, we come together to remember, to reflect, to celebrate, and to re-commit.
Bishop Stephen baptised and confirmed people in a dawn service outside Salisbury Cathedral on Easter morning, followed by speaking at the Eucharist.
Bishop Stephen preached the sermon at the Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday, speaking on the need for leaders in the Church to be foot washers of the Kingdom of God.
The danger in uncertain times is we seek comfort in certainty, said Bishop Stephen in his presidential address to diocesan synod.
Lent is our time to decide what to do next - as individuals, and as a Church shaken by past failures in safeguarding, says Bishop Stephen.
We move from darkness to light. We do not move from light to darkness.
A sermon preached by Bishop Stephen on Safeguarding Sunday, 17 November 2024, at All Saints Church, Swanage.
An address preached during a Eucharist at Diocesan Synod October 24
Bishop Stephen Lake's Chrism Mass sermon
