Ministry Team
The Ministry Team at Saint John’s is made up of a variety of people, both lay and ordained.
The present parish priest, The Rev’d Toby Wright came to the church in November 2004 and is now also Area Dean of Camberwell. He serves on the Diocesan Mission Group and has a passion for Liturgy and church growth. He also serves on the Management Board of the local Children's Centre and is on the Executive of the Peckham Settlement.
The Venerable Daniel Diali is a Nigerian Archdeacon who is studying in London and serves as an assistant priest (PTO) in the parish; his involvement is on Sundays and also regarding evangelism and pastoral care. He is working on a doctorate into church growth and church planting in Nigeria.
The Rev’d Sally Wright, who is married to Toby, is also an assistant priest at Saint John’s (Licenced) and is Chaplain to the Guildhall of Music and Drama in London Diocese. Sally has particular responsibility for education and spirituality in the parish.
There are three other members of the ministry team, two of whom are licensed Readers.
What is a priest?
'Priests are called to be servants and shepherds among the people to whom they are sent. With their Bishop and fellow ministers, they are to proclaim the word of the Lord and to watch for the signs of God’s new creation. They are to be messengers, watchmen and stewards of the Lord; they are to teach and to admonish, to feed and provide for his family, to search for his children in the wilderness of this world’s temptations, and to guide them through its confusions, that they may be saved through Christ for ever. Formed by the word, they are to call their hearers to repentance and to declare in Christ's name the absolution and forgiveness of their sins.
With all God’s people, they are to tell the story of God’s love. They are to baptize new disciples in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and to walk with them in the way of Christ, nurturing them in the faith. They are to unfold the Scriptures, to preach the word in season and out of season, and to declare the mighty acts of God. They are to preside at the Lord's table and lead his people in worship, offering with them a spiritual sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. They are to bless the people in God’s name. They are to resist evil, support the weak, defend the poor, and intercede for all in need. They are to minister to the sick and prepare the dying for their death. Guided by the Spirit, they are to discern and foster the gifts of all God’s people, that the whole Church may be built up in unity and faith.'
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/commonworship/texts/ordinal/priests.html
