The new South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, the Revd Canon Alan Billings will lead the last in the series of Follow Me teaching sessions this month in Wakefield Cathedral.
The former Anglican priest who was selected as the Labour candidate for the South Yorkshire PCC in the wake of the Rotherham child sex scandals last October, will speak on how to tackle difficult subjects and being heard in a noisy modern world.
The Follow Me series was launched last year by the Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Tony Robinson who wanted to encourage clergy and lay to together explore faith and discipleship and what it means to be a disciple in this season of church.
The sessions have been so well attended that another series is planned for next year when Bishop Tony wants to go deeper into some areas for reflection.
The first session, which explored fresh ways to read the Bible, attracted an audience of over 130 and the second saw almost 150 people come together to listen to Gordon Dey speak about Jesus-shaped people. Bishop Tony said the feedback had been so positive and the attendance so good that he had been persuaded to begin planning a second series for later this year
Commenting on the 'Follow Me' series Bishop Tony says: “When I was 13 it was those words in Matthew of Jesus calling the first disciples that began my vocation to be a priest and these sessions have shown us that the call to follow Jesus is as relevant today as it was to Peter and the others.
The final Follow Me session in this series will take place on Thursday May 21 in Wakefield. It will start with Evensong (optional) at 6.30pm.
Food will be served from 7.15pm.
Follow Me teaching sessions run from 7.45pm until 9.15pm.