The Portable Priest | Pat Allerton

Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

Great Lakes Outreach

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.9 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Pat’s creativity during lockdown - singing ‘Amazing Grace’ and sharing a quick message of hope on the streets of London - made him a mini-media sensation, and further doors have opened up to share the gospel to millions as a result. An unconventional vicar, he’s both bold and winsome, and that has proved costly at times. You can buy A Pocketful of Hope at https://www.yellowkitebooks.co.uk/titles/pat-allerton/a-pocketful-of-hope/9781529395280/ (yellowkitebooks.co.uk) https://www.instagram.com/theportablepriest/ (@theportablepriest) on Insta. --- Choose Life in 2023: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/people/simon-guillebaud/choose-life-2023/?utm_source=inspired_descriptionandutm_medium=podcastandutm_campaign=inspiredandutm_id=inspired (greatlakesoutreach.org/chooselife) Support us: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/get-involved/inspired-give/?utm_source=inspired_descriptionandutm_medium=podcastandutm_campaign=inspiredandutm_id=inspired (greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired) If you'd like to receive a weekly podcast episode link that you can share with your friends on WhatsApp, click this link to join the group with ease: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp (simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/#whatsapp) For more from Simon visit: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/ (simonguillebaud.com) --- Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi and Beyond: https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/?utm_source=inspired_descriptionandutm_medium=podcastandutm_campaign=inspiredandutm_id=inspired (greatlakesoutreach.org)

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0:00.0	I did it outside Charing Cross Hospital.
0:02.0	It got seen by like 5 million people.
0:04.0	Wow.
0:05.0	Got messages from the nurse aside saying,
0:07.0	thank you so much for coming to Charing Cross yesterday.
0:09.0	At the time I was in there treating a woman who would go on to lose her fight with COVID-19.
0:15.0	When I heard this music, I was bawling crying, but it gave me such a sense of peace.
0:24.1	Welcome, everybody. This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired. Inspired is all about telling, well, just
0:29.8	inspiring stuff, you know, hopefully it'll do what it says on the tin. There's so much
0:33.4	bad news that it bombarded him day by day. And the fruitfulness of this podcast is down and reflective of how people want to hear good
0:42.8	news stories of overcoming faith, of authentic faith and the nitty gritty of life.
0:47.5	And some of it is more lighthous than others.
0:49.8	I'm quite sure this week's going to be a lot of fun because I've got my old mate Pat Allerton with us.
0:55.4	Welcome, Pat.
0:56.3	Thank you, Cy. Great to be with you.
0:58.3	Yeah, it is great to be with you.
0:59.4	I hope you can last the hour because at the time of recording Pat's wife, Kirsty, is due to give birth tomorrow.
1:08.5	So we're hoping that's going to last.
1:09.9	In terms of introduction to Pat,
1:11.5	I first met Pat at university. Well, he was a university. I'm six years old. I'm 49. Pat's 43.
1:17.6	He was a student at Edinburgh, so that was 20 years ago. And mutual friends there,
1:23.7	was what was it, Mary, Kate Lyle and Gideon Reeves and that old vintage. And I came up
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