{"id":765,"date":"2021-05-28T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3829-thanksgiving-and-farewell-service-held-for-the-revd-dr-andrew-prasad.html"},"modified":"2021-05-28T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:12:33","slug":"thanksgiving-service-held-for-retiring-thames-north-moderator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving service held for retiring Thames North Moderator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/Andrew_prasad_news_banner.png\" alt=\"Andrew prasad news banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/>The United Reformed Church marked the retirement of the Revd Dr Andrew Prasad, Moderator of the Thames North Synod, on May 22 with a service of celebration and thanksgiving by Zoom, attended by more than 140 people from around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew, who has served as Moderator since 2008, started his ministry in 1981 with the Church of North India, before moving to the Council for World Mission in 1989. After three years with the Streatham Asian Christian Fellowship from 1999, he became minister of Dulwich Grove and Camberwell Green URCs in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>The service was introduced by the Revd John Campbell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/latest-news\/3829-thanksgiving-and-farewell-service-held-for-the-revd-dr-andrew-prasad.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Reformed Church marked the retirement of the Revd Dr Andrew Prasad, Moderator of the Thames North Synod, on May 22 with a service of celebration and thanksgiving by Zoom, attended by more than 140 people from around the world. Andrew, who has served as Moderator since 2008, started his ministry in 1981 with the Church of North India, before moving to the Council for World Mission in 1989. After three years with the Streatham Asian Christian Fellowship from 1999, he became minister of Dulwich Grove and Camberwell Green URCs in 2002. 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