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POP IN PLACE NEWS BISHOP’S LETTER

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Pop In Place Remembers D Day On 7 This month marks two years since my service of
June at the Village Hall inauguration in the Cathedral and so its two years since
I first ordained people deacon and priest – a powerful
We will be holding a special morning on the 7 June to and humbling experience.
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remember D Day there will be some readings and June 2024 will see more ordinations and a special
memories from village people , we will also be singing some of the well-known war service to mark 30 years since the ordination of women
songs. All welcome starts at 10am coffee and refreshments available. to the priesthood on Saturday 15th June at 11am in the
Cathedral. Everyone is very welcome to attend this
Pop In Performers stage “ Magic of the Musicals” service, to give thanks for the gift of women’s ministry in
this diocese and across the Church. Please join me in
Show tickets are now available at £5 each the shows are on :- praying for all those who are preparing for ordination,
as well as those who serve, and have served, in all
Thursday 27 June at 6pm forms of ministry across the diocese.
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Friday 28 June at 7pm At the service for the
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Saturday 29 June at 2pm ordination of deacons,
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the bishop explains
Rehearsals are going well with the stage packed with talented and enthusiastic that deacons are
youngsters. We will be raising money at our production entitled “Magic of the ‘called to reach into
Musicals” for the King Fisher Ward at DCH this was at the request of Autumn one the forgotten corners
of our young performers, who is very grateful to the hospital as they saved her life. of the world, that the
love of God may be
We journey through the older traditional musicals in Part one with cameos from made visible.’ Never
Oklahoma, Mary Poppins and Oliver. In Part two we have songs from Hair Spray , before has the world
the greatest Showman, Les Miserable, Sister Act , Bat Out of Hell and Abba. A been so connected,
fantastic mix of well-loved musicals performed by the wonderful Pop In Performers so visible, with its
and raising funds for your local Children Ward. remotest parts so easy
Raffle Prizes are being collected your kind donations would be appreciated to reach. Yet despite this, many people still feel forgotten and invisible.
Our fast-paced news culture means that stories of suffering, of tragedy or disaster
Pop In Place AGM quickly make way for the next headline. The world moves on, but not for those
who still dwell, every day, in a place of great difficulty. There will be people
The Pop In held its AGM and the following people are elected onto the team. around us who have been forgotten and who feel invisible – those who need
support but struggle to access it; the lonely, the housebound or those who
Team Leader Alison Bennett cannot access technology. You may feel that way yourself.
Treasurer Joanna Syrett ‘Reaching into the forgotten corners’ of our world and local communities and
Secretary Lyn Simmonds making visible the love of God, is a calling to all of us – lay and ordained. This is
what we see in Jesus – going to the forgotten places; the forgotten people and
The Community Team : showing them that God is with them; that God forgets no-one. Let us, as the
church of today, ‘Go and do likewise.’
Gill and Dave Hart, Kim Benjafield, Maureen Warr, Liz Gale , Sue Alexander, Jackie
Percy and Robert Cowley. Bishop Stephen

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