A NEW priest has been ordained to serve Redditch.

Sarah Jayne Hewitt, who serves at St Stephen’s in the Redditch Holy Trinity Team was among nine candidates who have been ordained priests at a service at Worcester Cathedral earlier this month.

The group are now able to preside at the Holy Communion.

Sarah who has spent 17 years in lay ministry said: “I am looking forward to other things in the pipeline including Wayfarers/Saunterers (a walking church), ministry to the Canal community in Tardebigge, leading ALM Worship Leaders courses and a big project to establish a "communication highway" between three churches.

“As a priest, the parish ministry of weddings will be new to me and most excitingly, I’ll be able to preside at the Eucharist.

“I have really enjoyed creating a prayer station at St. Stephen's.

“This captures the prayers of our wider town centre community, which are prayed monthly in a Sunday service.”