At this Diocesan Synod, we were hugely grateful for our roving reporter, Joseph Horgan, churchwarden at our chaplaincy in Riga. Joseph managed to talk to a wide range of people from across Synod about their experiences of the event and the work they are doing. Please watch and hear directly from our Synod members about the joy, hope and excitement they felt from our meeting together and find out about some of the mission which is happening across our diocese. Each interview is a couple of minutes long, and there are chapters marked in the video as well as time stamps below so that you can jump into specific sections. Enjoy!

0:00 Introduction

01:15 Ella Sibley, USPG 03:23 Revd Canon Joanna Udal, Senior Chaplain to the Anglican Chaplaincy in Norway 05:02 Revd Cannon Debbie Flach, Dean of Women’s Ministry – Women’s Conference and the buzz of a new Synod 07:30 Thamari Pandian (Laity) – how can people help Ukraine – pray, offer financial support and support refugees 10:30 Revd Kasta Dip – his role in Poland and Ukraine 13:16 Dean of Gibraltar, Revd Ian Tarrant, talking about Quick Win environment grants 15:48 Revd Louis Darrant, LGBT+ Liaison Officer 19:32 Grace Fegan, Head of Safeguarding 21:28 Revd Annie Bolger, talking about organising the worship for Synod 25:07 Juliet Evans, Fundraising Advisor in the Diocese 27:19 Dr Clare Amos, sharing the Lay Learning course, ‘Walking Together in Faith’ 31:06 Eleanor Catterall, MES intern 33:07 Felix Shihundu sharing thoughts and concerns of young people across the Diocese 37:28 Katie Jickling – MES intern 40:02 Revd Mark Osborne – first Synod as the house of clergy 41:34 Revd Leslie Nathanial – talking about the next Racial Conference in December 2025 46:28 Rt Revd Andrew Norman, Suffragan Bishop in Europe 48:30 – Bradon Muilenburg, the Anglican Refugee Support Lead, sharing how we can help support refugees in Calais 52:38 – Revd Iain Bendry – Head of Youth and Children’s Strategy, talking about our focus on young people