Bishop ordains 17 deacons and priests

The new deacons have all just finished their training for ordination and are preparing for their first year of ordained ministry in the parishes to which they are being sent. They are:-

• Julie Boyd, whose most recent work was with the Alzheimer's Society - to serve at Dersingham, Shernborne and Anmer
• Mark Capron to serve at Pakefield, Carlton Colville and Mutford
• Zoë Ferguson, a former Health Care Assistant and a great Zumba enthusiast - to serve in the Trunch Team Ministry
• Josephine Fowler, a former Baptist minister who worked for many years for the Prison Service - to serve at Oulton Broad
• Andrew Jones, who has worked for 20 years in the Fund management industry - to serve at Sprowston
• Margaret McPhee, a former lecturer at Norwich City College, to serve at Mile Cross
• James Monro, a former GP whose parents were born in Norfolk, to serve in the Saxon Shore Benefice (Brancaster)
• David Smith, a former accountant who met his wife while bell ringing, to serve at Thorpe St Andrew
• Graham Wilkins, a scientist, to serve at North and South Wootton

The 8 candidates who were ordained to the priesthood on the same day, have already completed their first year in their training parishes, where they will continue to serve for the next three years. They are:-

• Richard Burbidge, serving at Christ Church, Lowestoft
• Lynn Chapman, serving at Sheringham
• Heather Cracknell, serving at Cringleford and Colney
• Wendy Evans, serving at Oulton Broad
• Tom Lilley, serving at Attleborough and Besthorpe
• Karen Rayner, serving at Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby, Ormesby St Michael and Rollesby
• James Stewart, serving in the Great Yarmouth Team Ministry
• Jennifer Elliott de Riverol from the Diocese in Europe Serving at All Saints Tenerife, with San Martin de Porres, La Palma.

Please continue to pray for the candidates, their parishes, and their families.