Bishop Christopher’s visit to St. Blasius
On Sunday, February 4th 2018 we were honoured to have
Bishop Christopher Foster as our Celebrant at our service
of Parish Communion for our Patronal Festival.
The church was beautifully decorated with flowers in the
colour associated with Saint Blasius, Cinnabar or scarlet
and our congregation of 100 was boosted by support from
friends from St John, Sandown, our Town Mayor, Jon Gilbey,
Councillor Richard Priest and Mrs Anne Springman. Bishop
Christopher, assisted by Tony and the Bishop's Chaplain,
Richard Wyld, led a relaxed and enjoyable service.
Our readings and prayers were led very confidently by two students from the St Blasius Church of England Primary Academy and our
choir was, as always, in fine voice and treated us to an excellent rendition of the anthem, the Lord is My Shepherd with a delightful solo
from Emma.
The service reflected very positively on our church. After the service three of our church family had their photograph taken with Bishop
Christopher and Tony. This was in recognition of the service on July 5th, 2014 when Bishop Christopher christened and confirmed
Sandra and Emma, and confirmed Zinnia at a service at Portsmouth Cathedral.
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