July 2015 - Issue 8/15 News
The Diocese of St Albans in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton & Barnet Archbishop: “Huge diversity. Enormous vigour. I’ve enjoyed everywhere.”
Archbishop Justin’s three-day visit to St Albans waterways chaplaincy and hearing the accounts of Diocese was widely described as busy, including addicts helped by the Living Room’s care programmes by Archbishop Justin. He visited St Mary’s Church, for them and their families. Luton, the Mall and Luton Town Hall, Waterways In Stevenage, at the Love Herts youth event, Chaplaincy, St Albans Cathedral, St John’s Farley Hill, Archbishop Justin clearly enjoyed himself as well as Manshead Upper School, Bedford Prison, Bunyan giving the evening a serious dimension. “It was just Meeting Church, Shuttleworth College, Stevenage’s fun, yet very Jesus centred. A number of people came Love Herts Youth event, a business breakfast, the to faith in Christ during the course of the evening, Alban Pilgrimage and a discussion on world mission quite a significant number and that’s a wonderful with some of our link dioceses. After 15 engagements thing. That’s the church, doing it’s stuff, with young in three days, he was still smiling. people,” he said. Interviewed for BBC Three Counties Radio, he In his Presidential Address to Diocesan Synod, described his initial impression of the “huge diversity Bishop Alan said: “Taking him to so many places to and enormous vigour,” in the diocese. He was deeply see some of the work that is going on in every part impressed, during his visit to Luton, to see how issues of the diocese was both exciting and humbling. We of diversity were being tackled as he put it: “head received a high level of media interest and it is still on,” with hospitality, with inclusion, with incredible possible, if you weren’t able to be present, to get a vigour from all parts of the community. “I was hugely flavour of the visit by listening to the reports and the impressed. This is something I’ve just got to learn Archbishop’s talk from Thursday evening.” from.” He spoke about deeply human moments, visiting the See the front page of www.stalbans.anglican.org.
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The Diocese of St Albans in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton & Barnet The Archbishop’s visit in pictures...
With Wenlock CofE Junior School Choir at St Mary’s Luton In Luton Mall with Town Centre Chaplains
Meeting Christian and other faith leaders and civic With Waterways Chaplains near Watford dignitaries at Luton Town Hall
At a supper for young people exploring a vocations At breakfast with Pioneer Ministers at St Johns Farley Hill
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The Diocese of St Albans in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton & Barnet
In Bedford Prison With Janice Feely MBE, Director of the Living Room
The Love Herts Youth event in Stevenage. A selfie with ABC in Stevenage.
The Alban Pilgrimage Bishops on smoothie cycles
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