{"id":847,"date":"2021-09-08T08:41:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T08:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3909-urc-mersey-moderator-official-induction-at-special-service.html"},"modified":"2021-09-08T08:41:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T08:41:10","slug":"urc-mersey-moderator-official-induction-at-special-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"URC Mersey Moderator official induction at special service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/Mersey-mod-induction_news_banner.jpg\" alt=\"Mersey mod induction news banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/>More than 150 people, including the deputy Mayor of Liverpool Cllr Jane Corbett, attended the induction of the Revd Geoff Felton as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) Mersey Synod.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other denominational heads including the Rt Revd Paul Bayes, the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool; the Rt Revd Julie Conalty, Bishop of Birkenhead; the Most Revd Malcolm McMahon, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool; and the Revd Dr Sheryl Anderson, Chair of Liverpool Methodist District joined the celebration held at Blundellsand and Crosby URC on 4 September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/latest-news\/3909-urc-mersey-moderator-official-induction-at-special-service.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 150 people, including the deputy Mayor of Liverpool Cllr Jane Corbett, attended the induction of the Revd Geoff Felton as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) Mersey Synod. 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