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General Synod which plays a significant role in Synod and wider Church appointments: from chairs and members of committees, to delegates to ecumenical gatherings, to members of the Faith and Order and Liturgical Commissions, for example.
Whilst my natural style of worship tends towards the liturgical, I have since been shaped and encouraged by a variety of churches of different styles and contexts, from an estate church in Bristol via St Mary’s, Saffron Walden & HTB to a varied benefice near Braintree, where my wife is a vicar.
I desire to speak for our Diocese in a way that can allow the flourishing of our chaplaincies with a greater emphasis on usage of the local languages with liturgical and catechical translations.
We all come from “somewhere”- I’m an evangelical with a liturgical/cathedral background and catholic formation- but we don’t have to be in silos.
Worship is a chief calling of the Church, and I would be keen to work with the Liturgical Commission.
Church Governance, and Liturgical Business.
Liturgical Commission
Our worship is governed by General Synod and I have served as a member of the Liturgical Commission for the last five years.
As part of my current role I have set up and lead a weekly, liturgical youth church that brings children and young people together to worship and socialise.
For myself this was finding a church that had multiple liturgical services throughout the week; for many others it’s through local missioning, and increasingly now through online mediums.
I consider good hymnody and liturgical music to be very important to the Anglican tradition and I believe we should cherish and develop it.
The extraordinary beauty of many churches and cathedrals, the haunting legacy of its liturgical and musical traditions, the power and healing nature of its worship, and the seemingly tireless resilience and energy of its clergy and lay people bear witness to the glory of God, the saving grace of his Son Jesus Christ and the blessings ofthe Holy Spirit.
Supporting worship and enhancing the prayerful and liturgical life of Durham Cathedral, helping enrich the experience of the diverse communities that gather there.
Liturgical Consultation (IALC)
Alongside that, I sang for some years as a treble in a chapel choir in central London, providing a taste of a very different liturgical tradition.
As I began to find my way in a new and strange country, I was thankful to find the home offered to me within the Church of England; I loved the liturgical rhythm of the services and the quietness of Evensong.
e Lay member of the Church of England Liturgical Commission and contributed to prayers for victims of abuse and racial justice
I am an evangelical at heart, but worship in a more liturgical church.
But there are also so many opportunities due to our parish system, inherited assets, liturgical tradition and, most of all, committed people like you.
I am also keen to develop pilgrimage as a serious route to faith, in either an educational or even liturgical sense.
At TCL that's meant building a liturgical quiet evening service into an otherwise low-church rhythm, and re-thinking the elements of our Sunday service.
e I was exposed to more liturgical traditions as a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral, later singing
After feeling drawn to ordination I found my way up the candle learning to appreciate the complexity and richness that comes from liturgical, eucharistic worship.
I want to bring to Synod the perspective of a parish priest serving small rural communitie rooted in liturgical tradition, unequivocally committed to inclusion, and hopeful about what we can become.
Theologically, I stand within the Reformed evangelical and liturgical Anglican tradition (an unusual but vital combination in the Church of England today).
My ministry is grounded in the sacramental and liturgical life of the Church.
I am professor of modern Anglicanism in the university, and biographer of our new archbishop: Archbishop Sarah Mullally (Hodder & Stoughton, 2026). For the wider Church of England, I currently serve on the Faith and Order Commission, and the Liturgical Commission.
I am eager to promote training which is creative, flexible, theologically rigorous, and of the highest quality in preparing clergy and laity for a lifetime of ministry. The next Synod may also be asked to make significant canonical, liturgical and pastoral decisions about marriage and sexuality.
I have served on General Synod for the past two years, and have enjoyed the opportunity to be involved with some important work on the environment, gender and sexuality, and the liturgical work General Synod has recently undertaken.
Alongside my work in General Synod, I worship at York Minster, where I serve on the Community Committee and the worship and liturgical team, and sing as part of its musical life.
Get in touch with me by email: [email protected] During this quinquennium, I have also served on the Church of England’s Liturgical Commission, contributing to new resources, planning for the revision of the Calendar, and leading its work on liturgical formation.
Sammi is wholly committed and brings a range of experience from her work within discipleship and her contribution to the Liturgical Commission.
As incumbent, I’ve kept the Eucharistic and liturgical traditions of St Marys, contemporized the sung worship, and prioritized the Holy Scriptures.
Marriage: I believe that the church’s historic understanding of marriage is the best for human flourishing and should remain unchanged and that current liturgical provision is sufficient.
My spirituality is deeply sacramental and liturgical and influenced by St Francis.
I contributed several times to GS debates on liturgical matters and was a regular contributor to GS worship.
Marriage: I personally believe that the church’s historic understanding of marriage and that the current liturgical provision is sufficient.
I am interested in liturgy and especially the Book of Common Prayer, but also other liturgical traditions, both Anglican and ecumenical.
WHY I AM STANDING I love the Church of England for its rich liturgical tradition, historical significance, and commitment to community service.
England as exemplars of missional, prophetic, pastoral and liturgical practice that have the potential to lead the whole church in the ways of Christ
Archdeacon, much of that time as a member of the Liturgical Commission, which has given me sufficient experience to be effective from the off.
If we are truly to see renewal in our nation, our buildings need to be cherished as places of worship, and our liturgical life needs to remain centred around Jesus.
One example of this (albeit in its early stages), has seen me getting in touch with the liturgical commission to look at accessible liturgy for Communion, in particular for children who are non-verbal, or who have significant barriers to understanding the language we might use in our services- and I have a meeting lined up with them, so watch this space!
I also spent time in the USA and, since moving to Surrey nearly 20 years ago, have been part of a wide range of Anglican churches, both evangelical and more traditionally liturgical.
I love the rhythm of the liturgical year and the framework of the lectionary, whilst also enjoying learning from other churches and traditions.
We know that churches exhibiting theological, liturgical, and ecclesiological integrity tend to grow.
I was a member of the reference group for the liturgical work establishing the Festival of Creation in Christ and I have recently been appointed to the reference group for the National Funding for Diocesan Ministry Review.
My roots are charismatic and evangelical, but my ministry has been deepened by sacramental, liturgical and contemplative traditions I have been called to serve in.
Why I’d like your vote I love the Church of England: its reformed and catholic heritage; its Scriptural, liturgical and sacramental worship; its commitment to pastor and evangelise through the parish system; and its place within the worldwide Anglican Communion.
However I welcome the publication of the House of Bishop’s teaching document Hope For All Creation and the inclusion of the Feast of Creation in the liturgical year.
I now serve as curate in a semi-rural parish which manages four churches across the evangelical spectrum which celebrates the joys that different liturgical styles offer, from evensong and mattins, to contemporary worship and praise.
the case that liturgical and sacramental expressions of church life are underrepresented in projects supported by the Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board.
I spent my early years in a simple Anglo-Catholic church where I grew to love the richness and the beauty of a liturgical tradition, alongside the reverence of Communion.
I enjoy the language, space and reverence often found in a more liturgical service, as well as the vibrancy of a more “contemporary” service.
My own prayer life draws on both liturgical and evangelical resources.
About Me I have served in parish ministry, pioneering, as a Bishop’s liturgical chaplain, in deanery leadership, and now as Archdeacon of Ipswich.
But learning again how to disagree faithfully, generously and graciously, remembering that our identity in Christ is more fundamental than the particular theological, liturgical or ecclesial camp to which we belong.
During the next Quinquennium the Liturgical Commission has promised to review the calendar, so I hope to ensure, if I am elected, that the wish of our Diocesan Synod to see Bishop Thomas Wilson included is successful.
During the last quinquennium, I worked with Synod members from across different dioceses, beginning a Private Member’s Motion calling for better pastoral and liturgical provision following miscarriage and baby loss.Unfortunately, with several members of the group having to resign from Synod, we were unable to take the motion further.
In particular, I would like to see the Church of England take the Miscarriage Association’s Pregnancy Loss Pledge and ask the Liturgical Commission to develop a range of resources that churches could use for services of remembrance and when accompanying individuals and families through miscarriage and baby loss.
Today, I worship at, and am Communications Manager for St Paul’s Knightsbridge, where I previously served as Liturgical Scholar, having earlier been a Sheppard Scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
I do this mainly through preaching and teaching, as well through planning and directing liturgical music for worship.
I value the rich history of the church and welcome all expressions of faithful christianity from liturgical to charismatic.
been an appointed member of the Liturgical Commission for 5 years
There is truth in the phrase ‘lex orandi, lex credendi’ hence if elected I hope to also bring to the fore how our liturgical and ministerial practices also speak to Synod.
I believe in the full inclusion of our LGBTQ+ sisters and brothers in the liturgical and sacramental life of our Church and will use every opportunity to argue for it.
I consider my home to be in the liberal, liturgical tradition of the Church, however I count myself friends with people across the diversity of church traditions and enjoy the opportunity to lead and worship in a variety of ways.