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October 06, 2015 Address given at a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of Blind Veterans UK
The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor The Lady Flight, attended a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of Blind Veterans UK at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 6th October 2015. The address was given by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall
11 min
October 01, 2015 Address given at Judges Service 2015
The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 1st October 2015.
The Reverend Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple, gave the address.
Find out more about the Judges Service 2015:
15 min
September 20, 2015 Sermon given at a service of thanksgiving and rededication to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
The Venerable (Air Vice-Marshal) Jonathan Chaffey QHC RAF Chaplain-in-Chief, Royal Air Force, gives the sermon at a service of thanksgiving and rededication to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
9 min
June 30, 2015 Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day
Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
13 min
May 26, 2015 Sermon from the Day of Pentecost - 24th May 2015
"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." @deanwestminster The Very Reverend Dr John Hall preaches at Sung Eucharist on The Day of Pentecost, Sunday 2015.
13 min
May 22, 2015 30th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture- Blessed are the Hypocrites?
Confession is big business. As family relationships are laid bare for daytime TV audiences and mock courtrooms try real cases for entertainment, calls for repentance echo everywhere. Those who hold power; religious, political, legal and cultural; are held to account by a free media and unregulated internet. In these contexts, what can the Church say about the Christian requirement for mercy as a public value? Is the quest for purity as damaging as it is noble? Do our public conversations confuse sincerity with truth? And is there any such thing as innocence?

Speaker: The Reverend Lucy Winkett, Rector, St James's Piccadilly

Lucy Winkett was ordained in 1995, having worked previously as a professional soprano. With degrees from Cambridge and Birmingham Universities, she served her title in Manor Park, Newham before moving to St Paul's Cathedral where she later became Canon Precentor, the first woman priest to be appointed there. She became Rector of St James's Church Piccadilly in 2010. She is a long-standing contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day, was a founding advisor for the public theology think tank "Theos" and is one of the co-founders of "Leading Women", a national development programme for women clergy.

Read a transcript of this lecture on Westminster Abbey's website.
47 min
May 15, 2015 Sermon from Ordination and Consecration of Bishops at Westminster Abbey - 14th May 2015
The sermon, preached by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Williams of Oystermouth, formerly Archbishop of Canterbury, at The Ordination and Consecration of Bishops at Westminster Abbey - 14th May 2015
13 min
May 15, 2015 Sermon - Sung Eucharist, Ascension Day
The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall delivers the sermon at Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day, 14th May 2015
12 min
May 12, 2015 50th Annual Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale - Address
The Address given by Professor Michael Wheeler, Visiting Professor at the Universities of Lancaster, Roehampton and Southampton at the 50th Annual Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale.
10 min
May 10, 2015 Address given at the Service of Thanksgiving Marking the 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers the Address at the Service of Thanksgiving Marking the 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, 2015. #VEDay70

6 min

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