Giovanni Bernardini has been received as a minister into the Waldensian Church of Riesi , while his wife Noemi is expecting their first child !
In this photo he is in Torre Pellice with Kassim Conteh who has received his degree from Queen ’ s Foundation , Birmingham .
Tim Macquiban with Kassim the graduate .
WALDENSIAN AWAYDAY Wesley Church Christ ’ s Pieces , Cambridge CB1 1LG 20 January 2024 , 10.30 a . m . to 3 p . m .
SYNODALITY in CHURCH and SOCIETY
• The Revd Stephen COOPER and friends from Wesley Chapel , London
• The Rev Dr Leslie GRIFFITHS , Lord Griffiths of Burry Port , past President of the Methodist Conference , now member of the Council of Europe
• The Revd Dr Tim MACQUIBAN , former Director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office in Rome
• The Revd Canon Dr Jeremy MORRIS , Ecumenical Adviser for the Church of England
• Father Jan NOVOTNIK , Ecumenical Officer at the Catholic Bishop Conference of England and Wales
• The Revd Dr Robert POPE , Convenor of the URC ’ s Worship , Faith and Order Committee
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• Deacon Dr ALESSANDRA TROTTA , MODERATOR of the Tavola valdese of the WALDENSIAN-METHODIST CHURCH IN ITALY , will discuss WHAT SYNOD- ALITY MEANS FOR OUR ECCLESIAL TRADITIONS
• Dr Erica Scroppo Newbury , Executive Secretary of the Waldensian Church Mission , will talk on the 2024 Celebrations of 850 years of the Waldensian Movement .
About Kassim : I was in the Waldensian Library and showed Pastor Italo Pons a photo of Kassim preparing to preach in Angrogna and one of the
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