Ecumenical Covenant signed at special service

A special celebration of ecumenical partnership took place at Norwich Cathedral on Sunday 24 November.

About 150 people attended the Festal Evensong during which senior church leaders from across Norfolk and Waveney signed an ecumenical covenant under the banner of Churches Together in Norfolk & Waveney and pledged a commitment to working together.

The congregation included senior regional leaders of the Anglican, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, URC, Quakers and Salvation Army.

The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, said: “This ecumenical gathering is following in the steps of Christ our Lord. Jesus is the type of king who gathers people around him, the type of king who shares that heavenly wisdom and of himself, rather than taking everything for himself.

“Our best work ecumenically is done locally where a thousand projects bring hope and healing and blessing. Projects across Norfolk and Waveney that gather people around Jesus, that seek heavenly things and projects that share the life of Jesus. Christians working together to Love God and their neighbour."

Pictures: Keith Morris/networknorwich.co.uk