August Message

AUGUST MESSAGE

I guess by now many of you will have heard that in church on Sun 28 JUN we were able to announce that our new Interim Minister, Revd Kay Rogers, has been appointed. Kay will be installed at a service led by Bishop Sarah on Mon 24 AUG and then on Sun 30 AUG  Kay will be leading the Benefice Holy Communion service in St Mary’s Kinnerley at 10.30 am. We hope that many of you will wish to attend that service and stay for coffee and biscuits afterwards when you will have the opportunity to chat to our new minister.

Revd Kay Rogers was ordained deacon in Lichfield Cathedral in Jun 2022 at the same service when Revd Pippa White, our former curate, was also ordained deacon. Since then Kay has been serving as a curate in six parishes around Edgmond in Shropshire and Revd Helen Morby, our former Rector, was Kay’s training incumbent for the first part of Kay’s curacy until Helen retired in Sep 2024. In June 2023, Kay and Pippa were both ordained priest together in St Mary’s, Kinnerley. (see photo above)

In her letter announcing the appointment Bishop Sarah said:

Kay brings with her a deep love for the local church, a warm pastoral heart, and a genuine gift for building relationships and encouraging others in faith. Throughout the discernment process she demonstrated a clear sense of God's call to this ministry, together with a thoughtful and collaborative approach to leadership. I have every confidence that she will bring wisdom, compassion and hope as she begins this new chapter alongside the people of the benefice.

Please pray for Kay as she says goodbye to the parishes around Edgmond and moves into the Rectory in Kinnerley and prepares to begin her ministry amongst us.

Brian Turner … Churchwarden St Mary’s Knockin.