This weekend, we welcomed 7 newly licensed lay ministers, collectively celebrated 280 years of licensed lay ministry, and admitted all LLMs for the triennial re-licensing.
Our service for licensing and admission of Licensed Lay Ministers (LLMs) in the Diocese of Ely took place on Saturday 4 October 2025. You can watch a recording of the service, which was live streamed from Ely Cathedral, on the Cathedral YouTube Channel.
We welcomed, admitted and licensed 7 new LLMs - Anne Carter, Angela Deavall, Julie Hughes, Simon Kershaw, Stewart Piper, Raine Thorold and Trevor Webb. You can watch some of our new LLMs telling us about their journey to licensing here.
5 of our LLMs received the John Hullock Award - Fiona Davis, David Ogilvie, Nigel Smith, Tony White and David Williams - have all completed their first three years as an LLM.
Celebrating 25+ years of their ministry in the Diocese of Ely were Kate Aylmer, Malcom Barrett, Maria Dorman and Jan Payne. In addition, Cyril Dodd celebrated 45+ years of ministry, but was unfortunately not able to join us for the service.