Following his announcement as the next Bishop of Burnley, Rev. Dr Joe Kennedy has sent this new YouTube video message to parishes and schools across Lancashire.
The special message comes after a full and busy day last Friday for the Bishop-Designate, beginning with the formal announcement at Burnley Faith Centre.
The Bishop then visited Blackburn Cathedral for more introductions with civic, community and faith leaders.
The special message comes after a full and busy day last Friday for the Bishop-Designate, beginning with the formal announcement at Burnley Faith Centre.
The Bishop then visited Blackburn Cathedral for more introductions with civic, community and faith leaders.
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00:00 I'm here at Burnley Faith Centre for the announcement and I'm delighted and humbled to be announced
00:04 today as the next Bishop of Burnley and to be joining Bishop Philip's team later in the
00:08 year. My family are thrilled to be coming here to Lancashire and to the Diocese of Blackburn.
00:16 We've lived in the North West now for the past 13 years, our two children have grown
00:20 up here all of their lives and we love it here in the North West and we are so happy
00:24 to be staying here in this part of the world. But we're new to Lancashire, we're very much
00:29 looking forward to getting to know the county and getting to know you in the years ahead.
00:33 So I look to the future and my hope is to offer you a ministry which is confident in
00:38 God, rooted in prayer, focused on pastoral care and a mission and which offers a focus
00:44 for unity across the diocese. But my deeper prayer, my deeper hope is that united together
00:49 across the diocese in a rich variety of ways we shall give ourselves ever more fully to
00:55 coming to Christ and drawing others to Christ. These are transformational tasks and for me
01:01 they stand at the centre of what Vision 2026 is all about. It is in Christ's company,
01:07 considering in his life, that we shall find light and life. It is in his company that
01:13 we shall be able to give life to others.
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