Saturday morning will see the diocese hold its first ever Lay Ministry Celebration service at Guildford Cathedral, as we mark the Foundations in Ministry's inaugural cohort completing the two-year course alongside the licensing and relicensing of our new and current Licensed Lay Ministers.
We celebrated 28 individuals this weekend who became the diocese's newest deacons and priests at our Petertide ordinations at Guildford Cathedral.
Alice Early, an experienced primary school head teacher and Ofsted inspector has been appointed as the new Deputy Director for Education in the Diocese of Guildford.
News on Dean appointment
This week some 2,669 year six pupils from the 52 Church of England primary and junior schools in the Diocese of Guildford, attended special farewell services at Guildford Cathedral as they get ready to begin secondary school in September.
Half of the churches in the Diocese of Guildford have received an Eco Church award (in the bronze, silver or gold categories) which cements the Diocese’s position as one of the leading lights in creation care.
Today marks the start of our ordination services at Guildford Cathedral! This morning, we'll be welcoming our newest priests, and then tomorrow, we'll celebrate our deacons. Today we hear how Janet was called to ordained ministry ahead of her deaconing, with her fellow candidates tomorrow.
We're only one day away from the first of our ordination services, where we'll be welcoming our newest priests to the diocese. We've been celebrating our soon-to-be newest Reverends, our deacons, by sharing the stories of how they were called to ordained ministry. Today we hear Tom's story.
Our ordination services will be taking place in just a few days, where we'll be welcoming our newest deacons and priests. We've been celebrating the individuals by sharing the stories of how they were called to ordained ministry. Today we hear Jon's story.
We're only a few days away from our ordination services to welcome our newest deacons and priests. We're continuing our series celebrating how they were called to ordained ministry by sharing Matt's story.
