Bishop Licenses Lay Evangelists, Ordains Deacons and Presbyters on Pentecost Sunday

Bishop Stephen London participated in two "amazing" services in two churches on Pentecost Sunday, June 8.

"To celebrate the Feast of the Sending of the Holy Spirit upon the church, we had an abundance of riches in baptisms, confirmations, and the licensing of two Lay Evangelists" at Good Shepherd, Edmonton, with the rector, Archdeacon Jordan Haynie Ware. The Rev. Tim Chesterton, Warden for Lay Evangelists, participated in the licensing of Helen Craigen and Anthony Sterr, both members of Good Shepherd.

In the evening, with the assistance of Bishop Nigel Shaw (Bishop Ordinary to the Canadian Armed Forces) and using a new rite, Bishop Stephen ordained Gordon Hills, Fred Matthews, Suzanne Oswald, Betty Tyszkiewicz as Deacons, and Helen Chan Bennett, Jordan Giggey as Presbyters (original biblical Greek word for pastors and ministers of word and sacrament, meaning elder). He also installed Canon Fiona Brownlee for her ministry of truth and reconciliation in the Edmonton diocese.

You can read more and see more pictures on Bishop Steve's Facebook Page.