| ©2018 St. John the Evangelist, Sandown
Licensing Service for Revd. Jonathan Hall
St Johns, Sandown - 18th August 2018
On
Saturday,
August
18th
around
two
hundred
people
gathered
at
St
John’s
Church
in
Sandown
to
celebrate
the
Licensing
of
Revd
Jonathan
Hall
as
Priest
in
Charge
of
St
John’s,
Sandown
and
St
Blasius,
Shanklin
by
the
Bishop of Portsmouth. This completes a newly formed team of Clergy in Sandown Bay.
The service was a joyous mixture of formal procedure and lively singing.
Jonathan
was
previously
Rector
of
East
Cowes
and
Whippingham
and
Area
Dean
for
the
West
Wight.
He
then
moved to Kent before the lure of the Island drew him and his wife Erica, back.
Brenda
Ellison,
a
churchwarden
at
St.
John’s
said
“We
have
a
very
good
team
of
people
who
have
all
worked
hard for today. It is gratifying to welcome so many people to our church “
Revd
Tony
Richards,
who,
with
the
help
of
retired
clergy,
has
been
holding
the
fort
during
the
Interregnum,
said he was very much looking forward to working closely with Jonathan in the future.
Bob
Crawley,
a
churchwarden
at
St
Blasius
remarked
that
it
had
been
many
years
since
they
had
had
a
paid
minister.
“We
are
all
thrilled
and
are
looking
forward
to
engaging
in
Mission
with
the
other
Bay
churches
under Jonathan’s leadership” he said.
| ©2018 St. John the Evangelist, Sandown
Licensing Service for
Revd. Jonathan Hall
St Johns, Sandown - 18th August 2018
On
Saturday,
August
18th
around
two
hundred
people
gathered
at
St
John’s
Church
in
Sandown
to
celebrate
the
Licensing
of
Revd
Jonathan
Hall
as
Priest
in
Charge
of
St
John’s,
Sandown
and
St
Blasius,
Shanklin
by
the
Bishop
of
Portsmouth.
This
completes
a
newly
formed
team
of
Clergy
in
Sandown Bay.
The
service
was
a
joyous
mixture
of
formal
procedure and lively singing.
Jonathan
was
previously
Rector
of
East
Cowes
and
Whippingham
and
Area
Dean
for
the
West
Wight.
He
then
moved
to
Kent
before
the
lure
of
the
Island
drew
him
and
his wife Erica, back.
Brenda
Ellison,
a
churchwarden
at
St.
John’s
said
“We
have
a
very
good
team
of
people
who
have
all
worked
hard
for
today.
It
is
gratifying
to
welcome
so
many
people
to
our church “
Revd
Tony
Richards,
who,
with
the
help
of
retired
clergy,
has
been
holding
the
fort
during
the
Interregnum,
said
he
was
very
much
looking
forward
to
working
closely
with Jonathan in the future.
Bob
Crawley,
a
churchwarden
at
St
Blasius
remarked
that
it
had
been
many
years
since
they
had
had
a
paid
minister.
“We
are
all
thrilled
and
are
looking
forward
to
engaging
in
Mission
with
the
other
Bay
churches
under Jonathan’s leadership” he said.
| ©2018 St. John the Evangelist, Sandown
Licensing Service for Revd. Jonathan Hall
St Johns, Sandown - 18th August 2018
On
Saturday,
August
18th
around
two
hundred
people
gathered
at
St
John’s
Church
in
Sandown
to
celebrate
the
Licensing
of
Revd
Jonathan
Hall
as
Priest
in
Charge
of
St
John’s,
Sandown
and
St
Blasius,
Shanklin
by
the
Bishop
of
Portsmouth. This completes a newly formed team of Clergy in Sandown Bay.
The service was a joyous mixture of formal procedure and lively singing.
Jonathan
was
previously
Rector
of
East
Cowes
and
Whippingham
and
Area
Dean
for
the
West
Wight.
He
then
moved
to
Kent
before
the
lure
of
the
Island
drew him and his wife Erica, back.
Brenda
Ellison,
a
churchwarden
at
St.
John’s
said
“We
have
a
very
good
team
of
people
who
have
all
worked
hard
for
today.
It
is
gratifying
to
welcome
so
many
people to our church “
Revd
Tony
Richards,
who,
with
the
help
of
retired
clergy,
has
been
holding
the
fort
during
the
Interregnum,
said
he
was
very
much
looking
forward
to
working
closely with Jonathan in the future.
Bob
Crawley,
a
churchwarden
at
St
Blasius
remarked
that
it
had
been
many
years
since
they
had
had
a
paid
minister.
“We
are
all
thrilled
and
are
looking
forward
to
engaging
in
Mission
with
the
other
Bay
churches
under
Jonathan’s
leadership” he said.
