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# Service in Lichfield sees new lay ministers commissioned
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/service-in-lichfield-sees-new-lay-ministers-commissioned/
- Published: 2021-09-08T06:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-07T07:27:07.000Z
- Description: A group of lay ministers have been commissioned by the Bishop of Lichfield at a service in the city.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

A group of lay ministers have been commissioned by the Bishop of Lichfield at a service in the city.

![The new lay ministers with senior clergy outside Lichfield Cathedral](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/readers.jpg)

The new lay ministers with senior clergy outside Lichfield Cathedral

Nineteen people will take up roles as Readers – who teach faith and are leaders in church and in society – in church communities across the Diocese of Lichfield.

They were admitted to office by The Right Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave at a special service at Lichfield Cathedral. 

> “Readers are a vital part of the ministry of the whole people of God so it was excellent to be able to admit these 19 lay people into new areas of ministry.   
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> “They have had to be particularly resilient because of the disruption to their training – and their parishes – caused by the pandemic.  
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> “This will stand them in good stead as they play key roles in serving their churches and communities to bring hope in the changing landscape we find ourselves in.”   
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> The Right Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield