Celebration of Lay Ministry 2025

We recently held our third annual Celebration of Lay Ministry Evening at St Mark’s, Goldtops in Newport.

As always this was a lovely evening and more than 80 people joined in fellowship, celebration and learning.

Lay ministry in all its forms was recognised in an address from Bishop Cherry as part of the service led by LLM, Jim Thompson.

Bishop Cherry also spoke about the importance of all of us seeking to live out the values expressed in our culture guide and having a culture of the ministry of the whole people of God that we should be encouraging others into.

We also heard from people holding roles of Pastoral Assistant and Worship Leader about what it is like completing training for and carrying out those roles.

If you are interested in learning more about Lay Ministry check out our website  - Commissioned Lay Ministry - Monmouth Diocese

And look out for the date for next years’ celebration!

You can read Bishop Cherry’s full address here.