In a first for the diocese and the Church of Ireland, Bishop Harold has ordained three OLMs (Ordained Local Ministers) at a service in Willowfield Church on Sunday 1 September.
Congratulations to the three new deacons: David Jardine for HMP Maghaberry (Chaplaincy), Stephen Doherty for Glen Community Church and Rory Blake–Knox for Moneyreagh Community Church.
The Church of Ireland’s first Ordained Local Ministers (left to right): David Jardine, Stephen Doherty and Rory Blake-Knox, with Bishop Harold Miller.
“The essential thing about ordained local ministry is that it grows up in the locality, is recognised in the locality and…
