Award ceremony to go ahead
The Bishop of Chichester, Dr Martin Warner, is pleased to announce an award ceremony that will now go ahead for The Order of St Richard, at which lay people from within the diocese are recognised for their exceptional contributions to the parish, the local community or the Diocese.
The initiative was launched in October 2019 when 40 people received the award in the Cathedral. Sadly, the pandemic meant plans for the ceremony in 2020 had to be cancelled.
Nominations are sent in from Anglican parishes across Sussex to the Nominations’ Panel (6 people in all chaired by Mrs Sara Stonor DL) The Panel’s recommended nominees then go to Bishop Martin for approval.
Bishop Matin said: ‘I am delighted to announce the names of those from across the Diocese this year who will receive the Order of St Richard. This award is made in recognition of the outstanding and distinguished service the awardees have made to the Diocese, their parishes and to their local communities.’
The 39 lay people recognised this year will receive the award at a ceremony in the Cathedral on 9 October 2021 at 3pm in the context of Choral Evensong.
The awardees are:
Brighton Archdeaconry
Patricia Anderson: St Wulfran’s Ovingdean
John Baker: St Leonards Seaford
Kaye Inglis: Kemp Town St Mary
Ian Gibson: St Andrew’s Hove
Kate Steer: St Lukes Sutton
Christopher Tullett: St Bartholomew’s Brighton
Ian Vaughan: St Mary de Haura – Shoreham
Chichester Archdeaconry
Wendy Goacher: Singleton & W & E Dean
John Godfrey: St Mary the Virgin Felpham
Robert Leeder: St Shephens North Mundham
Graham Pound: St Mary the Virgin Apuldram
Susan Pratt: St Andrews Ferring
Vera Saunders: Aldingbourne, Barnham and Eastergate
Richard Thompson: St Marys/St Peters Sompting
David Tinsley: The Octagon Parish
Ian Tout: St Michael & All Angels Lancing
Jane Wilkinson: St John the Baptist Westbourne
Elizabeth Woodford: Lavant
Hastings Archdeaconry
Lynne Clayton: St Helens Ore
Helen Hart: St Richards Langney Eastbourne
Chester Holland: Christ Church Eastbourne
Jenny Liverton: St Giles Bodiam
John Mercer: St Johns Hollington
Valerie Mighall: St Georges Crowhurst
Margaret Neve: St Dunstans Mayfield & Five Ashes
Patricia Roberts: St Marys Battle
James Colin Rogers: St Denys Rotherfield
Laura Woods: St Michaels Horsted
Horsham Archdeaconry
Joyce Brown: St Marys Horsham
Paul Charman: The Beacon Ditchling
Brian Cutler: Holy Trinity Cuckfield
Margaret Dale: St Peters Ardingly
Bill Fish: St Margarets West Hoathley
Jeremy Kaye: St Swithin East Grinstead
Barry Laker: Thakeham
Katharine Minchin: St Mary’s Easebourne
Deborah Martin: St Augustine Scaynes Hill
Douglas Parkes: Sullington
Angela Tugwell: St Andrews Burgess Hill