On Sunday 13th July, Saltaire URC hosted the commissioning service of Roland Clark as an Assembly Accredited Lay Preacher. The Holy Communion service, led by Caroline Pathak, marked a special moment in Roland’s Christian journey. Mrs Kath Lonsdale, representing the Synod, inducted Roland into his new role and welcomed him into this wider URC calling. Roland previously had been an Anglican Lay Reader (the role now being called a Licenced Lay Minister) and he said in his statement concerning his faith that the move to worshipping at Saltaire and the call to Lay Preaching was a combination of God both pushing him and pulling him into the role.
Cover photo (from Left to Right) Janet Clark (Elder), Caroline Pathak (who led the service), Roland Clark, Kath Lonsdale (Ministries Committee Convener), and Tony Wilson (Elder)