Michael Lawson (priest) explained

Michael Charles Lawson (born 23 May 1952) is an Anglican priest[1] (formerly the Archdeacon of Hampstead),[2] and also a composer,[3] film maker,[4] and author.[5]

Lawson was educated at Hove Grammar School, Guildhall School of Music, Ecoles d’Art Américaines, University of Sussex and Trinity College, Bristol (BCTS).

He was ordained deacon in 1978, and Priest in 1979. He was a curate at St Mary the Virgin, Horsham from 1978 to 1981; curate and director of pastoral care at All Souls, Langham Place from 1981 to 1986; vicar of Christ Church, Bromley from 1987 to 1999; archdeacon of Hampstead from 1999 to 2010; and rector of St Saviour, Guildford from 2010 to 2012. From 2009 to 2014 he was national chair of the Church of England Evangelical Council.[6]

Having retired from parochial ministry in 2012, from 2013 to 2020 Lawson served part-time as a chaplain at HMP Littlehey[7] where he worked in counselling offenders. Since 2022, his musical works have been distributed by Universal Edition in Vienna.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://diocny.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/feature-interview-with-michael-lawson.html Feature: Interview with Michael Lawson, the new chair of CEEC
  2. Web site: Sex uncovered: The vicar . 25 October 2008 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180704213947/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/26/relationships1 . 4 July 2018 . live .
  3. Web site: Companies House . 9 May 2017 . 11 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171011130524/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/7wiRHYNiLHtjpDhVR49lGL-RGPc/appointments . dead .
  4. Web site: PVT . 9 May 2017 . 22 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222095911/http://www.pipevillagetrust.org/index.php/hidden-slavery . dead .
  5. Amongst others he wrote Sex and That, 1985; Facing Anxiety and Stress; The Unfolding Kingdom, 1987; Facing Depression; Facing Conflict, 1990; The Better Marriage Guide, 1998; Conflict, 1999; Living by God's Master Plan, 2000; and D is for Depression, 2006. British Library website accessed 19:37 GMT 9 May 2017
  6. Web site: Webb-site Who's Who: positions of Lawson, Michael Charles . 2022-04-17 . webb-site.com.
  7. ‘LAWSON, Ven. Michael Charles’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 8 May 2017
  8. Web site: Universal Edition . 2022-04-17 . www.universaledition.com . en.

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