The 2012 Diocesan Ordination Service was held in Wellington Cathedral on Saturday, 24 November.
Nine deacons were ordained to the priesthood, and one to the diaconate. (See list of names of those who were ordained here.)
Bishop Justin’s sermon – enthusiastically endorsed with laughter and applause – asked the 10 new ordinands to live dangerously, to live adventurously. And the outreach benefits of hitchhiking. Great listening!
The video of Bishop Justin Duckworth’s ordination on Saturday, 30 June 2012, is now available on the Diocesan website.
It is divided into two halves of approximately 80 minutes each. If you have a limited data cap for your broadband connection you may want to watch this in instalments to ensure you don’t exceed your data cap.
There are helpful instructions on the webpage if you have a slower broadband connection.
Here it is: http://wn.anglican.org.nz/video
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