Rev’d Canon Christine Goldsmith
It is with immense sorrow that we share the news that our beloved sister, Rev. Canon Christine Goldsmith passed into the arms of her Lord and Saviour in he early hours of Thursday morning ( July 30th ). She was at home, as was her wish, surrounded by the love of her family and her precious dogs and cats.
Having fought cancer for so long, she is no longer in pain and and we take comfort from the fact that Chris will rest in peace and rise in glory.
We were honoured to have Chris and Rick as part of our church family for so long and to witness her answer the call to ministry. We watched her undertake all the training required to become ordained at the same time caring for her husband, Rick who has MS and also running her charity for rescued dogs. She later lead the Diocese support programme to refugees. Chris was an amazing woman and an inspiration to many of us. Her beloved Rick was an immense support to her during her life, her ministry and her illness.
After her ordination as a priest in 2015 by Bishop Michael, Chris served as associate priest at St. Barnabas’, Limassol for a while before moving back to the UK and taking up the role as Rector of Leadenham in Lincolnshire caring for three churches there.
We continue to pray for Rick in his incredible loss and, especially, as he starts his chemotherapy having recently been diagnosed with Leukemia.
We will be organising a memorial service for Chis, sometime in September after everyone returns from the summer and we will invite others from across the parishes. We believe many people will want to come and remember her with us. I will let you know the date, when it is organised, and if it will be available on our YouTube channel. We will have many memories to share.