Winter 2019
A note about some friends
who have been invited to preach in the next few months:
Professor James (Jimmy) Dunn FBA (2nd March )
is Emeritus Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham, with an international reputation for his study of St. Paul and of the Holy Spirit. Jimmy , retired to Chichester, is now a member of the St. Paul’s congregation.
The Rev’d George Watt (Palm Sunday, 5th April )
is the minister of Reigate Park URC, having previously held pastorates in Southampton and Cheam. With the Rev’d Bridget Banks (Crawley) he is undertaking certain Moderatorial duties in the Southern Synod pending the appointment of a successor to the Rev’d Nicola Furley-Smith. He and Bridget wrote a letter to the Synod’s churches for the New Year, printed in last edition of our magazine.
The Rev’d Stephen Thornton (19th April and 7th June )
is a retired URC minister living in Fleet, Hampshire. Stephen was for a decade the Training Officer for the Wessex Province (as it was then called - now Synod). It was his vision as a young minister, looking at the enormous manse of the Carver Memorial Church, that led to the eventual establishment of the Windermere Centre in the Lake District as place of prayer, reflection, training and recreation for the URC - now sadly closed and a hotel.
who have been invited to preach in the next few months:
Professor James (Jimmy) Dunn FBA (2nd March )
is Emeritus Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham, with an international reputation for his study of St. Paul and of the Holy Spirit. Jimmy , retired to Chichester, is now a member of the St. Paul’s congregation.
The Rev’d George Watt (Palm Sunday, 5th April )
is the minister of Reigate Park URC, having previously held pastorates in Southampton and Cheam. With the Rev’d Bridget Banks (Crawley) he is undertaking certain Moderatorial duties in the Southern Synod pending the appointment of a successor to the Rev’d Nicola Furley-Smith. He and Bridget wrote a letter to the Synod’s churches for the New Year, printed in last edition of our magazine.
The Rev’d Stephen Thornton (19th April and 7th June )
is a retired URC minister living in Fleet, Hampshire. Stephen was for a decade the Training Officer for the Wessex Province (as it was then called - now Synod). It was his vision as a young minister, looking at the enormous manse of the Carver Memorial Church, that led to the eventual establishment of the Windermere Centre in the Lake District as place of prayer, reflection, training and recreation for the URC - now sadly closed and a hotel.
