Bishop’s Report 2010

Bishop’s Report to Synod Saturday 24 April 2010

This is a brief report on various activities that I have undertaken this year, often in co-operation with other clergy and Council members

Church Visits

During the year since April 2009, I have informally visited

1. St Luke’s, Leeds
2. St Matthew’s, Leeds/Bradford
3. St Martin’s, Manchester
4. Trinity, Nottingham
5. St Paul’s, Corby
6. St Mark’s, Birmingham
7. London Chinese Lutheran Church
8. Imani Congregation, Reading

The following formal LCiGB occasions have taken place

1. Licensing of Lay Minister Titane at St Martin’s, Manchester, May 2009
2. Installation of Pastor Wojtowicz, Christ the King and St John’s, May 2009
3. Installation of Pastor Toomsalu, Trinity, October 2009
4. Installation of Pastor Dearhamer, St Anne’s, October 2009
5. Dedication of Imani, Reading, and Licensing of Lay Minister Kallaghe, October 2009

In addition, I attended

1. The 40^th Anniversary of the Ordination of Bishop Emeritus Walter Jagucki, September 2009
2. The 60^th Anniversary of St John’s in Cambridge, October 2009
3. Confirmation in  St Anne’s Swahili Congregation, July 2009
4. The 10^th Anniversary of the Eritrean Congregation, January 2010

Representative Functions

1. Meeting of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (which invites the minority churches of Western Europe to attend their meetings), October 2009
2. The Annual Ecumenical Evensong and Reception at Lambeth Palace, May 2009
3. Installation of new Bishop of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Warsaw, January 2010
4. German Lutheran Bishops’ Conference, Munich, Germany, February 2010
5. Women’s Pre-Assembly of Lutheran World Federation, Bossey, Switzerland, October 2009
6. European Pre-Assembly of the LWF, Bratislava, Slovakia, March 2010

Other functions attended and events organised

1. Meetings of Lutheran Council of Great Britain (LCGB) Trustees
2. Meetings of LCGB Strategic Review Committee
3. Anglican-Lutheran Society Conference in Turku, Finland (as Co-Moderator with Anglican Bishop, Rt Rev’d Rupert Hoare), September 2009
4. LCiGB Mission and Outreach Seminar, London, May 2009
5. Lay Ministers’ Seminar, ‘Hope in God’, September 2009
6. Joint LCiGB/ELCE Clergy Conference, November 2009
7. LCiGB Ministers’ Retreat, October 2009

Projects underway

1. application for Porvoo Observer status
2. talks and planning with Estonian Congregations, and Scandinavian Church in Liverpool re membership of LCiGB

Other activities

1. Monthly service with Eritrean Congregation
2. Maintaining Bishop’s Info Page (approx 30 hits per day)
3. Maintaining LCiGB Prayer Calendar
4. Ex-officio membership of Vocations (Examination) and Theological  Committee, and Rules and Regulations Drafting Committee

Thank you to the Council, Ministerium and Lay Ministers of the LCiGB for all their hard work this year. May God continue to bless us all, and lead us in his ways through the years to come.

+ Jana Jeruma-Grinberga, 19 March 2009