The induction of the Rev’d Helen Cameron as the 61st Moderator of the Free Churches Group took place at 6.30 p.m. on April 3rd, 2022 at Wesley’s Chapel in London. The service was led by the Rev’d Steven Cooper, and the Revd Dr Hugh Osgood inducted Helen into her new role and invited her to sign the front page of the Bible all previous Moderators have signed. She was then given the badge of Office of the Moderator, was greeted by senior representative of many of the Free Churches and preached her first sermon as Moderator on a theme of “Being generous, truthful and faithful disciples”. The Choir of Wesley’s chapel sang “ King of the Ages” (Stuart Townend & Keith Getty).
The service was live streamed and since then the recording of the service has been viewed a further 600 times. If you have not yet viewed it you can find it here.
We were glad that so many people accepted an invitation to a reception beforehand, which gave an opportunity for many to greet and thank the Revd Dr Hugh Osgood for his phenomenal service for so many years as Moderator. The Revd James Breslin(Chair of the FCG Board) formally thanked Revd Dr Hugh in the service and handed over a gift to him.
We are grateful to Wesley’s Chapel for their hospitality, and to the Rev’d Canon Dr Jennifer Smith and the Rev’d Steven Cooper of Wesley’s Chapel for all their help as well as to Bishop Paul Rochester General Secretary of the Free Churches Group, Thandar Tun and Sabina Williams for everything they did to make it such a remarkable and inspiring service.
We were glad that Mr Paul Herbage MBE KStJ DL the Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London and Representative DL for the London Borough of Islington was able to join us at Wesley’s Chapel for the Reception and the Service of Induction.
