| ©2018 St. Blasius Old Parish Church, Shanklin
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.
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.
| ©2018 St. Blasius Old Parish Church, Shanklin
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.
