As President I am responsible for the worship and prayer during our gathering. We always open with worship, there is a small act of worship every morning and a closing prayer at the end of the evening. Just before lunch on Sunday, we have a closing worship and made use of the chapel on site. There is an interesting history to St Katharine and during the Cromwellian era, the 'master' of the house was Richard Kentish. Kentish was congregational and is famous as being one of the few non conformists to have delivered a sermon to Parliament (in 1647). On the restoration of the monarchy, Kentish helped establish a congregational cause in Wapping and his son, Thomas, became the congregational minister at Southwark. So some 370 plus years after Kentish, the Congregationalists are still using St Katharine's and a non conformist act of worship still held in the chapel of a high Anglican church with the blessing of the current 'Master'. How ecumenical is that!
As President I also have responsibilities as trustee and along with council members, contribute for the greater good of the Federation by bringing the views of churches to the table. Full minutes of the meeting will be circulated in due course.
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