CEEC HOSTS SERVICES FOR CLERGY
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHRISM MASS SERVICES IN DIOCESES
The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) is inviting clergy to attend an ‘Affirmation of Ordination Vows’ Service as an alternative to the often called ‘Chrism Mass’ held in dioceses on Maundy Thursday.
John Dunnett, National Director, Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), said: “With their ongoing concerns with regards to Living in Love and Faith, we know that many clergy across the country feel in good conscience unable to attend the traditional Chrism Mass service in their diocese. So we are offering two alternative services, in keeping with the Alliance’s construction of the de facto parallel province.”
CEEC invites all clergy who EITHER feel unable to attend the service in their diocese to join us at one of the below AND/OR those who are attending their diocesan service to join us in addition to attending in their diocese to stand with us at this time.
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ONLINE/ZOOM SERVICE ON TUESDAY 15 APRIL AT 12 NOON
This will be led by Bishop Julian Henderson and Bishop Keith Sinclair.
Please click the button below to join the service – no need to book.
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IN-PERSON SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL AT 19.30 IN LONDON AT ST JAMES THE LESS, PIMLICO, SW1V 2PS
This will be led by Bishop Pete Broadbent.
This is being coordinated by LonDEN (London DEF) but clergy/lay people are welcome from other dioceses.
No need to book – simply turn up.
Schism is a very terrible thing.
Agreed. Look how they love one another.
said the Roman Catholic to the Anglican
We no longer live in the 16th Century….or do we?
Conservative Evangelicals organising their own Chrism Masses must surely be proof of the ecumenical nature of the Church of England.
I do not think in their understanding of the sacrament they will be organising their own Chrism Mass or even Chrism Eucharist as part of the nub of the problem is that to Conservative Evangelicals any public event held at Diocesan level that uses the word Mass or even the word Eucharist is unacceptable to them, they will only accept it if the words Holy Communion or Lord’s Supper is used and I think Conservative Evangelicals will not accept any form of public Sacramental worship that involves blessings of Oils as they do not recognise Healing as a Sacrament, Confirmation… Read more »
Another amputation within the Body of Christ. Once traditional Catholics went their own way we all lost something on the one occasion when priests model the collegial nature of their ministry and gather, with the deacons, around their bishop and she speaks directly to them.
While I’m conflicted about the renewal of vows – unlike the blessing of oils, a novelty – yet sitting just once a year in my mother church with some who think and act very differently from me was a powerful reminder of the messy reality of the Church. Kyrie eleison.
That’s precisely not what they are doing…
“as an alternative to the often called ‘Chrism Mass’
How truly dreadful.
It’s strange. I have not been following the history of this. But it seems that Bishop Broadbent is fine with women bishops, but not with ordained same sex partnerships.
How does he distinguish these two cases? On the basis of scripture, reason, or tradition?
Perhaps he could become a flying bishop for those who disapprove of gay people.
Perhaps he could just retire and live quietly somewhere?
I may be wrong, but wasn’t +Pete one of those Conservative Evangelicals who was commissioned to be (effectively) flying bishops last year by the big posh schismatic churches in the City of London.
This really is a new one on me. A schismatic online/zoom Act of Worship. Glad that a) I’m a technophobe and b) I don’t live in London so I won’t be tempted to join in either. Quite what +Broadbent thinks he’s up to having managed to serve with relative collegiality for some years is beyond understanding.