Friday Foto

This is another photograph from Ely Cathedral. It’s one of the statues on the side of the magnificent stone pulpit. I would imagine it must be quite daunting, but also a great pleasure, to preach a sermon from that pulpit.

All being well, I’ll be at the Cathedral tomorrow. Our curate is to be priested at the ordination service taking place. I’m really looking forward to supporting Mary as she takes this next step in her ministry.

Friday Foto

Here is a photograph of the pulpit, or more properly called, “ambo”, at Godmanchester Church. It isn’t very old, only ten to fifteen years, and is quite small in comparison to the pulpit we had before. The old one was a magnificent piece of furniture, but unfortunately had to be replaced because of death-watch beetle, which we had problems with some years ago. My first sermons were preached from that pulpit; it was quite daunting but a wonderful honour. Interestingly, in all the time I spent in the church as a child, I never once climbed those steps into the pulpit. The first time I did, was to preach my first sermon.

The newer ambo doesn’t have the same presence about it, but it is wonderful piece of church furniture, and an immense privilege to preach from. One of the big advantages with the new ambo is it’s portability. Four people can move it relatively easily, which helps to open up the whole of the nave platform; which makes an excellent concert staging area.