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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

PCC meeting vibes

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Why do we need to resource 10,000 new “lay-led churches” (sic.) in the CofE? We already have over 12,500 parish churches many of which are currently under resourced in terms of people, clergy and money. How about we give them some resources for growth instead?

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2 years

It’s wonderful to have Boris and his mother Ira at toddler group for the first time today - they are refugees from Kyiv, Ukraine and arrived in the UK via Poland two weeks ago 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇬🇧

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2 years

Four months ago we started a toddler group. At Easter one of the parents and her children starting coming to Mass. This week she has asked to have them baptised. 🙏🏻🤩😍

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4 years

Elizabeth the Evangelist!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

For just a moment it felt like the Christian faith, and a particularly Anglican expression of it, was back at the heart of our national life, and it makes me wonder why we are so shy and reticent about it at other times.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Please repeat: “the vocation of the Church is the worship of almighty God and the proclamation of the gospel.” Our good works flow from this core, but without this at the core we soon lose any Christian distinctiveness.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Very few of my parishioners have homes large enough to host 20-30 people for anything, let alone worship. I can’t help but see this as a sign of an increasingly affluent suburban middle-class church. Don’t get me started on the second sentence.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

11 months

Please pray for M today - a young woman to be baptised and confirmed from a Muslim background. She first came to church to “pay her respects” to the late Queen in September and found faith in Christ! 🙏

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

There’s a lot of buzz about the “new normal” and online church. I’ve been asking my congregation their opinions about lockdown and church life. Overwhelming response: we want church to return to as near to normal as soon as possible.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

6 years

Hey CofE! Pls stop framing vocations initiatives in terms of replacing numbers for those retiring over the next 10 years. This is neither a positive message about ministry, nor is it how God inspires people to discover who and what they are called to be. Thanks.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

The new rose frontal at St Matthew’s unveiled yesterday for Gaudete Sunday

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Richard Bastable

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3 years

Vivat!

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Richard Bastable

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3 years

Please pray for a friend of mine who undergoes surgery today to remove a brain tumour.

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Richard Bastable

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4 years

Four new priests! @bishopoffulham

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Richard Bastable

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2 years

When I was at Westcott I edited an in-house parody weekly rag - subsequently discontinued, I can see now why it is no longer required. #beyondparody

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3 years

Lord’s Supper, Eucharist, Mass, Holy Communion

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Our building is our greatest asset: it stands in our community for Christ in our midst and enables our worship and events. The stipend enables there to be a fulltime pastor and preacher in this place. My training ensures I preach the faith as received and not just my opinion.

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Richard Bastable

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4 years

Because of what I believe it means to be a priest, I *will* risk my health for you even if you don’t come to the APCM or belong to the planned giving scheme.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

5 years

Ten years a priest! For all that has been good, thanks be to God. For the joy and privilege of serving him, thanks be to God. For each moment of grace despite my own failings and weakness, thanks be to God. For all else, his mercy suffices.

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Richard Bastable

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3 years

We usually average 1 baptism per month - i.e. 12 in a year. Doing the stats for mission reveals we celebrated only 1 baptism in 2020. The cost of closed churches is the privation of saving grace.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

Seems like @Madz_Grant read my mind:

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

I’m burying my grandmother today. Gabriel Mary Dalton RIP. Prayers appreciated. Thank you.

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Richard Bastable

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4 years

This January I promise not to eat a single vegan meal

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Richard Bastable

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2 years

A lovely confirmation mass last night, and hate mail through the door this morning… #clergylife 🙄

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Richard Bastable

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6 months

Reprising the diaconal role on St Stephen’s Day. A prayer at Mass for all deacons.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Strengthen her, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter; Confirm & stablish her with thy free and princely Spirit, the Spirit of wisdom & government, the Spirit of counsel & ghostly strength, the Spirit of knowledge & true godliness.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

My middle name (and my father’s) is Michael. My grandmother (RIP) was Gabriel. To complete the set, I’ve decided my next cat is to be Raphael.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Please, please, please can we not have the Lambeth Palace kitchen again...?

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

11 months

Increasingly mystified by a small but vocal group who seem to want to tear down the CofE from within in the name of justice or righting of wrongs, thereby dissolving the very fabric of our life of faith and witness together. With Christians like these, Satan sits back and laughs.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Ah! It’s annual “put buckets out in church” day... 🌧

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

7 months

An excellent evening with His Excellency Archduke @EduardHabsburg in conversation with @david_oldbolt - left me wondering if more dynastic marriages between restored monarchies rather than international politics between republics could bring world peace!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

7 months

If you want to understand better the Christian doctrines of eschatology, death, eternal life, resurrection, judgment, heaven, hell, purgatory and the soul then, despite it being 45 years old, READ THIS BOOK. I’ve just finished and I can honestly say it expanded my mind.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

I could hardly believe my eyes as I read this… A robust defence of stipendiary parochial clergy is clearly needed to stem the tide of these distinctly un-Anglican propositions.

Church Times

@ChurchTimes

3 years

Think radically about clergy pay

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

I have written to my MP @hammersmithandy on behalf of my parish to express my concerns about the new lockdown:

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

Twitter account locked. Shame bc the engagement can be interesting. But, my insta was reported & suspended today. I suspect the latest attack by a parishioner who has engaged in a campaign of harassment & abuse. Please pray that s/he receives the mental health support needed.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

14 years ago / 13 years ago Thanks be to God!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Ciborium lid on for consecration; no booklets; no congregational/choir singing; cantor may sing from behind a screen; communion in the hand (nasty but necessary!). Capacity based on building size and households rather than individuals. Much as expected and prepared for! Hurrah!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

If you look very carefully at this picture you will see that an altar with black frontal and unbleached candles has been erected in the entrance hall of Buckingham Palace.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

If only they’d gone for John Henry Newman: ““To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

I signed this letter because I believe the attempt to prevent clergy entering churches is canonically unlawful, restricts our mission and witness, has caused unnecessary pain to clergy and laity, reveals a weak theology of place, & needs urgent revision.

Patrick Kidd

@patrick_kidd

4 years

More than 500 members of the clergy, politicians, church wardens and laity have written a letter to The Times calling on their bishops, who meet tomorrow, to lift the ban on clergy entering their churches for private prayer and to stream services

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

“The service [of ordination] will be non-Eucharistic...” Really?!? I thought that was legally impossible within the Church of England? @chelmsdio @churchofengland

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

Also worth mentioning that this project has put 40 children and their parents in contact with the church where no contact was evident before.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Controversial opinion: I enjoyed singing the Our Father and Angelus again this morning more than I enjoyed singing any of the hymns.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

These just went up and it felt so good

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

1 year

Is it me or has the WATCH account taken an even more poisonous turn than usual over the last 36 hours? I suspect their venom does more favours to their opponents than to themselves. I wonder what system is in place to monitor its output?

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

9 months

Two years as Priest-in-Charge of @StMatthewsW14 !

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Can it really be true after the Chelmsford debacle, that the Diocese of Truro are intending to ordain priests outside the context of the Eucharist? Again, this is irregular and unlawful in the CofE... @SimonPeterCade @DioTruro @pmountstephen

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Richard Bastable

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6 years

Five years as vicar of @StLukesW12 today. Deo Gratias! Mass in thanksgiving at 7pm.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Isolation means Missa Domestica with polyester gothic horror and the dining room sideboard for a mensa

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Richard Bastable

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3 years

Thanks be to God for eight years as Vicar of @StLukesW12

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Dr Bell (National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow, House of Commons) says:

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Richard Bastable

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4 years

Actually, for me and, I’d argue, for any Anglican, it is a very big issue of the week, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t all have other very big issues of justice and equality we care about very deeply every week...

Augustine Tanner-Ihm

@augustineihm

4 years

If your biggest issue of the week is that @chelmsdio isn't doing Eucharist at their ordinations, then maybe you should rethink your privilege. #anglicantwitter #shade

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

New season, new liturgical year, new advances in mission: the chalice veil is restored to use at St Matthew’s W14.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

10 months

Haven’t the people of Ukraine suffered enough? 🇺🇦 😬

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

10 months

Stephen Fry and I had a cordial and friendly meeting. We talked about a variety of aspects of Ukrainian life: culture, resilience, and our people's bravery. I thanked him for supporting Ukraine. We all hope for a just peace to be restored.

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Richard Bastable

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4 years

Me arriving at church the first day public masses are resumed

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

7 months

I find it odd and rather sad that an organisation that claims to campaign for greater honesty, transparency and equality in the Church of England should also continue to promote untruths, inaccuracies and lies and to misrepresent the position of those with whom they disagree.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

1 year

Today we celebrated my ten years as vicar of @StLukesW12 Many thanks to @bishopoffulham for joining us to celebrate and preach and @StephenCM98 for his kind speech and presentation. And a BIG thank you to my wonderful parish ❤️ Further pics to follow…

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

I wonder what the CofE would have to change in order to regain its confidence and its place? I suspect the parish system, the historic buildings, the choral tradition could all remain, but perhaps some more recent, costly, unproven innovations could be questioned.

Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

For just a moment it felt like the Christian faith, and a particularly Anglican expression of it, was back at the heart of our national life, and it makes me wonder why we are so shy and reticent about it at other times.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

8 months

It me

All Saints', Margaret Street

@ASMSLondon

8 months

In the homily at last night's High Mass for All Saints' Day, Fr Richard Bastable pointed to the holiness of the saints as something all Christians are called to. They lived out the Beatitudes and so must we. You can watch the homily here:

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

1 year

I want to thank @2D0XPS for one of the best weeks on @OurCofELike that I can remember. More of this sort of thing!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

1 year

We introduced the option of kneeling for Communion on Sunday. Often liturgical changes have been controversial and a bit of a headache. I was expecting similar for this one. BUT most people gladly knelt and the feedback afterwards was overwhelmingly positive ☺️ 🙏

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

This is powerful: “In fear of death we have removed the joy of life from those with little time left to live.” Thank you @WalkerMarcus

Condemned to a life sentence | Marcus Walker | The Critic Magazine

We treat prisoners of war better than care home residents…

thecritic.co.uk

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

Todays subtweet: if you’re a biblical scholar, perhaps don’t write controversial and ill-informed articles on liturgical theology.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

A deeply moving privilege. Thank you, Ma’am. God rest you.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Today at Mass someone brought a huge farewell card for everyone to sign which congratulated me on my move to Oxford. Do they know something I don’t? Anyway, parish rumour mill now in overdrive... 🙄

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

After ten minutes of listening to GS, I’m alarmed by the lack of real theological depth and the repeated reaching back to an overly simplified reading of scripture without nuance of interpretation, context or scholarship.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

#NewProfilePic

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

Woman of a certain age who has served faithfully for many decades has failed to keep up with inclusivity issues and misspeaks badly (as would many of her generation). It’s a shame. But a greater shame is the “heads must roll” attitude over a single incident.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

5 years

As a Christian, I salute @theresa_may Some will not have liked her policies or approach, but she has shown integrity, dedication, & commitment, working hard in difficult circumstances and persevering where many would have given up. Today I pray for her and our nation.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

I’ve always thought gender reveal events seemed a bit tacky...

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Seven years as vicar of the glorious corner of God’s kingdom that is @StLukesW12 : Deo gratias!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

2 years

Happy feast! Amongst 6 others, my Mum gets confirmed today. Do come if you can!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

During the Magnificat at Vespers this evening

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

9 months

Hey Sadiq @MayorofLondon - how about you stop TALKING about aid to Gaza (not your job) and you actually DO SOMETHING about the four Jewish schools in London that didn’t feel safe to open today (actually your job), thanks.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan

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The situation in Gaza before this week was already incredibly difficult, but what Palestinians are facing now is dire. That is why I am calling on the Government to work with international partners to allow humanitarian access and support to Gaza.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

A triduum of blessings: today, the cleaner is back; tomorrow, a haircut; Sunday, public Mass. My joy is complete.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Delighted to be greeted by this from Fr Rowlands: “Oh Fr, you’re never at home to take my calls which is a very good sign of life in the parish.” He eventually got me on my mobile.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

I’m confused as to why the Archbishop of Canterbury would retweet this. I respectfully don’t agree with Miranda, but I’m surprised the ABC should seek (to at least appear) to do so:

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

1 year

To pretend the UK and Iran are directly comparable is so disingenuous. Sandi might also ask those of other faiths whether they’d rather bishops in the HoL or no faith representation at all. This is such a bad take. 🙄🤯

Sandi Toksvig

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1 year

There are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state religion automatically get seats in Parliament. They are the UK and Iran. #BishopsOut

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Across my two parishes we will sing “Lo, he comes” THREE times today 😍😍😍

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Maria assumpta est.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

“…’every-member ministry’ boils down to congregationalism under episcopal management.” Will Leicester Diocesan Synod vote it down? This by @AngelaTilby is worth a read:

Church Times

@ChurchTimes

3 years

Angela Tilby: Ministry that is lay-led is not Anglican

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

1 year

Boy done good - DG @StephenCM98

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

“[Christ] entrusts the Church to us priests. Only in great humility & in unconditional trust in God’s grace can we dare to perform this ministry, but then live it also as a ministry of joy.” (Ratzinger) 11 years a priest & 12 years a deacon today. Thanks be to God.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

“Whilst we understand the many difficult decisions facing the Government, we have not yet seen any evidence whatsoever that would make the banning of communal worship, with all its human costs, a productive part of combatting the virus.“ +Vincent Nichols

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Meaning what? Unless Cummings is sacked you suggest the CofE works independently of the Gov as we come out of lockdown and continue to address the issues of the pandemic? They *might* be wrong, but let’s not be imprudent with the nation’s health and the church’s future.

David Walker

@BishManchester

4 years

Deeply grateful for my colleagues who have said what I feel too. Unless very soon we see clear repentance, including the sacking of Cummings, I no longer know how we can trust what ministers say sufficiently for @churchofengland to work together with them on the pandemic.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

🥰😍🥰😍

Cara Bentley

@CaraBentley

4 years

Strong words from @theresa_may on making public gatherings for worship illegal: "It sets a precedent for a government with the worst of intentions"

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

7 years

Good to see @BpBurnley ready for this evening's celebration at St Silas

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

I found this article published by @ChristianToday to be worryingly unscientific and therefore dangerously misleading about churches and public health. I’m grateful to Dr Charlie Bell for articulating these issues better than I could (see tweet 2!)

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

13 : 12 : DG

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

7 months

Shared without comment

Will Rose Moore

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7 months

A rather festive Morning Prayer to finish the term… @Westcott_House

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Richard Bastable

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1 year

Priez pour nous

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

If I were JK Rowling then I would just order a lot decent champagne and some good food and turn my phone off for a week or so.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

Delighted to become godfather to baby Cosmo!

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

Apparently I’ve been on twitter for ten years today for which I can only apologise.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

3 years

“…the Church of England is not a supermarket chain, where mangers look at the profitability of an individual branch, and decide it can close, or even replace the business model itself.” @cnjohnson100 examines a General Synod document

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

10 months

It was a total joy to baptise Sienna-May @StMatthewsW14 on Saturday - her family have just sent these wonderful pictures to me.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

5 years

Mass of Requiem with @bishopoffulham for All Souls Day @StAndrewHolborn earlier. The vocations group in attendance ahead of their meeting with @bishopSarahM this afternoon

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

4 years

“I wrote/said/tweeted this in a personal capacity” = I hold an office but I want to be able to choose when I inhabit it whilst enjoying the platform it gives me and simultaneously disclaiming it when it suits me.

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Richard Bastable

@rmbastable

6 months

Always try to arrive early for Mass. Being late is an affront to your host. At Mass, the host is God himself. Show him that you honour him by arriving in good time to this banquet to which he has invited you.

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