Rev'd George and Jocelyn Armstrong met with old friends at St Mark's Anglican Church in Green Island on Friday 31 January.

George is now 89 years old, but still going strong. He was visiting Dunedin with Jocelyn who has been attending an Interfaith Hui with the Ethnic Communities Minister, the Hon Jenny Salesa (Jocelyn is going to tell us more about this in the next few weeks). Need to get an uber taxi? George can show you how on his smart phone...

George began his ministry as a curate at St John's Roslyn from 1958-1950, then was Vicar of Green Island 1960-1962 and also Priest in Charge at Waikouaiti-Palmerston over the same time period. After leaving Dunedin, he spent some time in the parish of Cashmere in Christchurch, before starting his long association with St John's College in Auckland from 1965. He was also involved in parishes and universities on the eastern seaboard of the United States, San Francisco and the United Kingdom. Most recently he was the coordinator of Post Graduate Studies Te Rau Kahikatea St John's College from 2000 to 2008.

Jocelyn is also the eldest daughter of Bishop Allen Johnston who was our 4th Bishop from 1953 to 1969, and who went on to become the Archbishop of NZ in 1972. We had great pleasure at showing them one of two of our 150 videos when they came to the Diocesan office, including the Holy Trinity Invercargill one which has some short video clips of Bishop Johnston laying the foundation stone of the church in 1955.