Churches - Bevendean History Project
Order of St Richard awarded to Coldean Churchwarden
On
Saturday the 8th October 2022, twenty-six people were invested with the
order of St Richard in Chichester Cathedral by the Bishop of
Chichester, the Very Reverend Dr Martin Warner, at a Choral Evensong
Service.
The Order of St Richard was founded in 2019 and is awarded to Lay people in recognises and celebration of their exceptional service to the parish, the local community and the Diocese. A number people from each Archdeaconry are awarded the Order of St Richard every year.
At the service the recipients of the award received a badge bearing the episcopal coat of arms of St Richard attached to a ribbon. The recipients also received a certificate signed by Bishop Martin.
Those who receive the award of the Order of St Richard today are people who, in the words of St Richard, know, love and follow Jesus, and as such they are an inspiration to all of us.
Among those receiving the award this year was John Phillips from St Mary Magdalen, Coldean, Brighton who was nominated for his work with youth in the parish and diocese. He expressed surprised when he heard he had been nominated.
He said: "I don't think I've been awarded anything since I left university. I've been helping with the youth camp for 30 years since the early 1990s. It was clear that the vicar needed some help cooking and that is when my wife and I stepped in.
Originally, we had a group of young people from the church at the camps. A camp was held at the end of May each year and then a second camp in the summer holidays.
Today there is just the camp at the end of May which I am still involved with. I stopped camping soon after I reached the age of 70, but I still help to run the information office travelling daily to the camp site."
A group photograph of all the recipients of the order of Saint Richard with Bishop Martin
Bishop Martin and John Phillips following his investiture into the order of Saint Richard
Bishop Martin with John Phillips, his wife Marjorie and daughter Alison, who first got him involved in Diocesan Youth camps in 1992
Photographs from the Diocese of Chichester
The Order of St Richard was founded in 2019 and is awarded to Lay people in recognises and celebration of their exceptional service to the parish, the local community and the Diocese. A number people from each Archdeaconry are awarded the Order of St Richard every year.
At the service the recipients of the award received a badge bearing the episcopal coat of arms of St Richard attached to a ribbon. The recipients also received a certificate signed by Bishop Martin.
Those who receive the award of the Order of St Richard today are people who, in the words of St Richard, know, love and follow Jesus, and as such they are an inspiration to all of us.
Among those receiving the award this year was John Phillips from St Mary Magdalen, Coldean, Brighton who was nominated for his work with youth in the parish and diocese. He expressed surprised when he heard he had been nominated.
He said: "I don't think I've been awarded anything since I left university. I've been helping with the youth camp for 30 years since the early 1990s. It was clear that the vicar needed some help cooking and that is when my wife and I stepped in.
Originally, we had a group of young people from the church at the camps. A camp was held at the end of May each year and then a second camp in the summer holidays.
Today there is just the camp at the end of May which I am still involved with. I stopped camping soon after I reached the age of 70, but I still help to run the information office travelling daily to the camp site."
A group photograph of all the recipients of the order of Saint Richard with Bishop Martin
Bishop Martin and John Phillips following his investiture into the order of Saint Richard
Bishop Martin with John Phillips, his wife Marjorie and daughter Alison, who first got him involved in Diocesan Youth camps in 1992
Photographs from the Diocese of Chichester
