Here are the candidates from St Johns Seven Kings who were confirmed by the Bishop of Barking at St Andrews Great Ilford last Sunday, together with candidates from St Andrews and St Georges Barkingside.
Bishop David preached another memorable confirmation sermon based around a tent (which symbolised Jesus' pitching his tent among us through his incarnation) and camping equipment; a calor gaz stove symbolising the fire of Spirit and a pump for a lilo symbolising the wind of the Spirit. Those present will not forget the Bishop with the lit stove balanced on his head or the nap he took on the lilo once inflated. These moments of visual humour remain in the memory together with the points being made.
Bishop David's sermons are sometimes criticised for their 'gimmicks' but I can remember both the main illustrations and the point of those illustrations for all of his confirmation sermons that I have heard since my ordination. Of how many preachers would it be possible to say that!
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Howard Goodall - Love Divine.
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