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We have three lay ministers.

One Reader

One Lay Pioneer minister

and the new addition is a Lay Pastoral Minister

Slowly building a team here (PTL)

We have a couple and I think the term would include Readers too.
A Lay minister is someone who is licensed by the diocese to minister in one way or another.
We have a Licensed Lay Pastoral minister, and what is slightly strangely titled a Prayer guide... as well as a reader.

Just read your blog vic, what is one of those?

I would have replied on the blog, but don't want more passwords and things.

Oh, there was quite a lot on Palestine this year as well, don't fret! - and Trust Greenbelt (the part which gives money to good causes) has agreed a 3-year arrangement with Palestine as well, so the Zionists will have to get used to it...
Andy - good to see you as well - the trip to London went fine thanks. There were some points of confusion for our team over the W/E - Gill S-H not turning up was one of them, arriving at 8 AM to collect a band who had been gigging the night before and were not expecting us until 11 was another! My first trip was to Heathrow, scheduled to leave at 3 am. I had a text waiting for me when I woke to say the flight had been delayed and there was no need to be there until ~ 8 AM, but the poor guy who was coming with me to go and find the punter while I took the car and parked somewhere other than the short-stay park didn't get told. He was not a happy bunny...
I had a really lovely drive on Monday morning - down to the New Forest & back collecting the Dodge Brothers - good band!

Sometimes the "I must follow them, I'm their leader," approach has much to commend it.

It would be nice if the pointyheads (and especially the über pointyhead) actually watched and advised over theology and the like rather than allowed  top down nothingness to be the rule.

Hey Ho!



The problem with gradual change is that it comes so suddenly!

Found it interesting that some places made points regarding Peter Tatchell's standing ovation at GB this year.

Some used it to point to the liberality that GB personifies - others used it to show ho mainstream being homosexual and Christian was (and how only the dinosaurs opposed it now!).

Still,at least it wasn't all Palestine like last year, that will have pleased the Zionists

I do hope to make it next year, if life permits.

Missed it this year... although my brother was there doing a talk accompanied by butchering a sheep on stage he said.... not quite sure how it all fit in!

Wow!!  The change from tipping-down on Wednesday and Thursday, to hot sunshine for most of the rest of the weekend was amazing.  Some amazing mainstage performances (ie The Band With No Name and Jars of Clay to mention but 2); a mainstage no-show - Gill Scott-Heron, scheduled to close the Festival on Monday, failed to materialise even though his band arrived!!; catching up with friends - good to see you Andrew - how was your trip to and fro London on Tuesday?

HAd a wry smile over Horner's explanation/excuse...
Apparently Seb was taken by surprise by Button braking...
honestly he'd been following him for quite a few laps and everyone brakes for corners!!!

I guess that when you look at all that happens in Synod with great sweeping declarations back on the ground very little seems to change.
Although now it seems that change is inevtable... the environment having moved so fast and so far.
But the majority of  the change is being worked out at grass roots not at diocesan/cathedral level.