Happy Birthday, Stan

Both churches got the chance this morning to celebrate Stan's 70th birthday.

Stan was one of the first Ordained Local Ministers. people who belonged to local churches and trained for ordination to serve in those churches, whilst holding down a full-time job - in Stan's case as a senior vehicle engineer with London buses (where he was also a shop steward - read the diocesan newspaper's article about Stan, 'Priest and Shop Steward? No Problem'  here).

Stan has lived in Bermondsey all his life.

As a teenager his faith was nurtured by 'the club' also known as C.U.M. also known as Cambridge University Mission, now known as the Salmon Youth Centre.

In time he became a leader at CUM in his own right and then came the call to ordination,and fifteen years ago he was ordained to serve at St James's (and now St Anne's, too) which he has done ever since.

Happy birthday Stan and thank you for all you have done for the people of Bermondsey through the club and the churches.

C.U.M (now Salmon)