The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

Keble College: The Record 2009
and preached in the Corporate Communion Service. All Saints
Sunday was also an occasion to celebrate the Baptism of Ben
Lay, a graduate student reading Classics and a faithful member
of the Chapel since his undergraduate years. The Advent Carol
service as always had a standing-room only congregation with
nine lessons and music wonderfully sung by the Chapel Choir.
Hilary Term saw two more Keble Old Members from the
matriculation class of 1966 returning to preach: The Rt
Revd Ian Brackley, Bishop of Dorking, who presided in the
Confirmation service of Ben Lay and Alex Hodgkinson, finalist
organ scholar, on Candlemas Sunday, and The Revd Professor
Johan Barton, Oriel and Laing Professor of Holy Scripture. The
Corporate Communion service was made special by the guest
preacher, The Very Revd Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester
Cathedral. The Chapel Choir were joined by the Hertford
College Chapel Choir for their choir crew date (exchange
dinner). Yet another highlight of the term was the sermon by
the guest preacher, Bishop Kallistos, Metropolitan of Diokleia
of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Emeritus Spalding Lecturer
of Eastern Orthodox Studies. The second annual Holocaust
Memorial Service was held in the midst of the difficult times
of the Gaza conflict with a poignant address given by The Rt
Revd and Rt Honourable Lord Richard Harries of Pentregarth,
former Bishop of Oxford. The service was again enhanced
by the participation of the Oxford Jewish Community and its
choir, OxfordShir. On 10 February a special service, ‘Faith and
Healing: a multi-faith vigil for peace, justice and compassion
in the Middle East’ was organized with reflections and prayer
given by Imam Monawar Hussain, Tutor in Islam, Eton
College, Rabbi Dr Norman Solomon, Emeritus Fellow in
Modern Jewish Thought, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish
Studies, and the Chaplain.
For the St. Mark’s Day service, we were honoured to have The
Rt Revd Patrick Glover (Keble 1966), Bishop of the Free State
in South Africa, as guest preacher. The Eastertide also included
appropriately enough a Baptism service in which Ian Bhullar,
a PPE finalist student, was baptized. Canon Professor Sarah
Foot, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, was the guest
preacher on Pentecost Day. And on Trinity Sunday the Chapel
was delighted to welcome The Rt Revd Dr Antje Jackelén,
Bishop of Lund in Sweden, who preached and gave the final
blessing in the service. The 24 th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial
Lecture this year drew a large audience in the Chapel with a
talk given by The Revd Professor Alister McGrath, Head of the
Centre of Theology, Religion and Culture at King’s College,
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