Ordinations 2017: The Church of England in Lancashire

The annual ordination services for new Priests and Deacons in The Church of England in Lancashire took place on July 1, 2017. Filmed the day before the services at the Diocesan retreat and conference centre at beautiful Whalley Abbey in the Ribble Valley while the ordinands were on retreat, this video features Rev. Rosalyn Murphy of St Thomas in Blackpool talking about leading the retreat, alongside two Deacons, Munawar Din from Accrington, who will serve at Blackburn, Christ Church and Stephen Large from Burnley who will serve at Burnley, St Cuthbert, with Brierfield, St Luke. Also in the film are two of the Priests, Rebecca Aechtner, originally from Vancouver, who will serve at Lancaster Priory and Joanne Macholc from Accrington who will serve at Blackburn, St James and St Stephen. Asking the questions: Diocesan Communications Manager Ronnie Semley. For more on the ordinations and other news about the Diocese and its work visit our website www.blackburn.anglican.org; our Twitter feeds @cofelancs and @whalleyabbey; our Flickr site (search online for Flickr and Blackburn Diocese and finally take some time to explore our YouTube channel while you are here, and don't forget to subscribe before you leave for the latest updates. Watch this short film http://bit.ly/1SC71Ru featuring people from across the diocese for more about Vision 2026.