The Bishop in Canterbury
The Right Reverend Trevor Willmott, Bishop of Dover
The Bishop’s Office, Old Palace, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2EE
Telephone: +44 (0) 1227 459382. Fax: 784985
Email: trevor.willmott@bishcant.org
Diocesan website: www.canterburydiocese.org

Dear Colleagues

Bishop’s Day for Laity – Saturday 18th September

I am much looking forward to the time which we will be able to spend together at St Paul’s Maidstone on Saturday 18 September. The theme of our day together will be building communities.

As we seek to grow the Church in Christ’s name, the relationships which we develop within the wider community become evermore important. Robert Warren in his work on ‘Growing Healthy Churches’, rightly remarks that each of us already knows that person who, with encouragement, might become a disciple of Jesus Christ. Our responsibility and work is to open up a conversation such that that person might experience something of the Christian life, which will open up the way of discipleship. The reality is that each of us gifted by God has a part to play in this vital work. September 18th will give us, I hope, an opportunity to get to know each other better and to release those gifts in each other which are, if you like, God’s energy for the work he entrusts to us to do in his name. I hope therefore that the day will have much fun in it as well, of course, as some determined work!

Please put the date in your diary and more importantly perhaps encourage others to come with you. When St Paul speaks of the church as being the body of Christ, he is speaking directly to us in the diocese and to each community which Sunday by Sunday, week by week, seeks to bear witness to the wider world of God’s love for us all.

Details of the day and an online booking form can be found on our website at: www.canterburydiocese.org/bishopsdayforlaity. Also attached is a poster and flyer that you may print off. If you would like the diocese to send multiple copies of the poster and flyer for your church, please contact Diocesan House – reception@diocant.org or 01227 459401.

With my prayers and best wishes

+Trevor

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