Have a go at our next caption competition (click on image to see full picture). Send entries by email only to captioncompetition@churchtimes.co.uk by 9 a.m., Monday 29 June

We invite readers’ ideas for photos: please provide a credit and confirm that those pictured are happy for the photo to be used.

Here is the winning entry for the previous competition: 

Diocese of OxfordConfirmations will now be conducted by episcopal drones Michael Doe

A SELECTION of this week’s entries:

“The Bishop, strong with the Spirit, was delighted to see his Yoda-like levitation skills at work” (Ed Banks); “Hurrah! That’s the end of my last diocesan synod!” (Patrick Irwin); “When playing catch with the Almighty, it can take some time for him to return the ball!” (Fiona Drinkell); “Did I just throw my finger up with that ball?” (Ann Fitzpatrick); “I asked for higher education. This is not what I meant” (Deborah Clarke); “A new-style piñata for the Bishop’s birthday” (Alistair Bolt); “He was known as Deacon John / With his graduation cap upon / He did fling it into the sky/And nearly reached God on high / But alas down it came / Now Bishop John is not the same!” (Angella Willis); “The forecast said sunshine, but he got a hail of a surprise” (Martin Kettle).

“There’s never any Blu-Tac handy when you need it” (Richard Strudwick); “The Bishop sought inspiration for his sermon from the RAF test flights overhead” (Richard Hough); “Five minutes on Photoshop and the first ‘Spot the Mitre’ competition will be ready to go” (Philip Lickley); “Looking to heaven, toasting to earth” (Chaz Griffiths); “Do I take my crosier or my brolly?” (Alison Woods); “I said ‘Lift up your hearts’ — not the entire clergy team” (Helen Newton); “The Bishop pondered what mitre been, had he thrown it into the ring for Canterbury” (Charles Walster); “Like bridal bouquets, catch it and you’re next in line. Vacancy in See? Sorted!” (John Saxbee); “Micah’s Mighty Mitre Might Miss Michaela” (Paul Vincent).

“The outsourcing to the latest Amazon service proved a great success as the drone lowered the mitre to exactly the right place at exactly the right time” (Richard Burbridge); “The Bishop was having great fun with his mitre and the secret remote-control button on his crosier” (Jeannie Chamberlain); “I’ve heard of flying buttresses but . . .” (Maria Shepherdson); “VAR check: did the Holy Spirit assist that header?” (Elly Hoult); “It’s Corpus Christi, and the pancake that was tossed by the Assistant Curate on Shrove Tuesday is finally coming back to land in the frying pan” (Andrew Dotchin).

“We shouldn’t really fly them if they’re not the right liturgical colour” (Neil Inkley); “Yippee — it’s Ordinary Time!” (Don Manley); “I know we have flying bishops — but I didn’t know we had invisible flying bishops!” (Steve Davies); “There is more than one way to be a flying bishop” (Philip Goggin); “With the Bishop just about to pronounce the blessing, a UFO appeared. ‘They mitre warned me!’ he said” (Geoffrey Robinson).

As ever, the winner receives a prize of Fairtrade chocolate, courtesy of Divine Chocolate.

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