Kenson Li

It was a joy for @churchesengland.bsky.social to spend the evening with young leaders from more than 20 of our national Member Churches listening to their stories and sharing the challenges and opportunities of #ecumenism

Thank you to the Ecumenical Patriarchate for hosting

#YoungEcumenists

Traditional activities of Holy Saturday: church cleaning. Thank you to @kenson.bsky.social for the timelapse!

People in church vestments standing behind a lectern which is flanked by candles.

Three people in robes wash the feet of a woman.

A procession of the Blessed Sacrament, led by a man carrying a processional cross and two people with candles, followed by a person with a thurible and a man in a cope carrying a small metal tin wrapped in a golden cloth.

The altar of repose. So many candles and a lot of lilies.

Maundy Thursday.

“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God,got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself.Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet.”

Our new commission, financially supported by The Postlethwaite Music Foundation, was conceived to further the work carried out by @salfordcathmus.bsky.social to reflect their diverse community within the repertoire. For detailed notes on this commission see our Facebook page Multitude of Voyces.

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Sorry for the Facebook link, but here’s our ordinand @kenson.bsky.social again, this time sharing with the Church of England comms team why going to church is important to him.

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General Synod February 2025 | Thursday 13 Morning YouTube video by The Church of England

My privilege & honour to move the motion supported by the National Society and +Portsmouth. I hope this work to include the voices of young adults @churchofengland.org will continue & not lose its momentum as I leave General Synod in June.

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'This has been a place that has shaped my vocation'

@kenson.bsky.social highlights that average age of #GeneralSynod is 58 with 65 members over 70

We need 'prophetically uncomfortable voices of young adults... to become a natural part of this #synod proceedings & deliberations

A young Chinese man is standing up speaking at a lectern, flanked by a panel of white men and women in suits. Some are bishops, one is a priest, one is a lawyer wearing a wig, gown and bands.

Here’s #Synod Mirfield ordinand @kenson.bsky.social presenting his motion to enable the participation of young people (18-25) in Synod, because we need to hear their voices in order to help us serve the church’s mission, to listen to each other, to share their vision & to grow their spiritual gifts.

‘Give me 3 reasons why I shouldn’t ordain you!’

@kenson.bsky.social on one bishop's hopeful expectation for those being confirmed

'Can we think about how no. of confirmations relates to our no. of ordinands – could be a mission opportunity to find ordinands everywhere'

#synod #GeneralSynod

Especially thankful for @kenson.bsky.social bringing the motion to allow young adults to participate in Synod. As a CEYC member it was important to me that we felt we had representation and were involved with the wider church.

My @churchofengland.org Synod Question regarding the Commemoration of Bishop Ronald Hall who ordained Florence Li.

God I loathe the “AI is here to stay” justification. First of all, many things exist that you needn’t invite into your lives! Poisonous snakes aren’t going anywhere but you aren’t hiring one for the front desk. More to the point in this case, AI is only “here to stay” insofar as you KEEP USING IT

Happy Christmas to all, from my sending parish in Manchester.

A group of men and women in cassocks and Santa hats - and a little girl a red dress - singing carols outside a Co-op supermarket.

And here we are, spreading some cheer and raising some money for orphanage project at Tariro in Zimbabwe. Thank you to all who have supported us!

Busy day in college today - we’ll be carol singing outside the Co-op this afternoon to raise money for the Tariro project in Zimbabwe (tarirouk.com), then this evening we’ll be joining together with our friends at St Hild College for a joint Advent service.

The ‘humanist’ denial of what I would see as an inseparable and innate religious sensibility of the human is a very white western approach indeed.
Once again, we are being told what we ‘actually want’, what’s ’good for us’, and not given a chance to be heard.

It’s that season again.

We are proud to support #WhiteRibbonDay with this year’s theme #ItStartsWithMen putting a spotlight on the role women and men play in preventing violence against women and girls. We strive to Make Jesus Known, we must not use, excuse or remain silent about men’s violence against women.

It was lovely to spend Stir Up Sunday at Little Saint Mary’s, Cambridge, in many ways my spiritual home. Wonderful to see friends and people who have supported me in my vocation journey there, and to share in the parish lunch with them.

'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out' Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues.

This is both sad and infuriating.

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"Stir up, o Lord, the wills of your faithful people" (Collect for tomorrow). Christmas baking klaxon!

Learning about CoE's Triennium Funding plan today, as a member of Synod. Privileged to be part of the discussion and scrutinising the process.

incredibly funny that the church of england is falling to bits, the archbishop of canterbury resigned in disgrace, and his predecessor is just combing his eyebrows and murdering jordan peterson in the guardian. you love to see it

A photo of the front cover of issue 1637 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The front cover reads "Who Will Be the Next Archbishop of Canterbury?" with satirical portraits of various figures wearing archbishop attire, including Paula Vennells, Russell Brand, and Tony Blair, alongside humorous captions.

Who will be the next Archbishop of Canterbury?

The new Private Eye is out now

I’m sure we’ve all sat through sermons and felt like this afterwards:

For those considering ordained ministry in CoE, come and see how we can be part of your discernment and formation journey.

A big, two wing, two storey Victorian building in the grey light just before dawn. The roof is covered with snow, a number of lights are on inside and the door is open, showing a bright and welcoming interior

Trees covered in snow beneath a full moon dimly visible through clouds

A large church covered in snow. A path which has been cleared leads to it. Lanterns shed light on the snowy ground

A snowy hill, beyond which we can see trees and a big stone building with a square tower.

We might have mentioned we have beautiful grounds, and they were looking particularly fine in the #snow this morning #snowuk

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea

Ivan Law, ex-President of the HAEA, now a BNO and UNSON member

Winnie Yu, former President, HAEA. Free 45 Hong Kong trade unionists and civil society activists

UNISON condemns mass sentencing of trade unionists and civil society activists in Hong Kong and calls for their immediate release 

“I stand in solidarity with the 45 trade unionists and pro-democracy leaders,” UNISON gen sec Christina McAnea
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Oh, and just as a reminder, the committee that will pick the Archbishop’s successor still contains a member who is named in the Makin Report admitting knowing about the abuse decades ago. He has not resigned.