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First Growing Faith Leader Commissioned at Service in North Devon
The first Growing Faith Leader for Children and Families has been commissioned by the Archdeacon of Barnstaple at a service in North Devon. Debbie Vickery, from St George’s and St Paul’s church in Tiverton, was commissioned at St John the Baptist Church in Bishop’s Tawton on Sunday 2 March. Debbie said, “I’m really excited to be commissioned as a Growing Faith Leader for Children and Families. Having done Catalyst training last year and the Foundations…
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The Bishop of Exeter visits Secondary School that is Inspiring Students to ‘Live Life to the Full’
The Bishop of Exeter, the Rt. Rev’d Dr Mike Harrison, visited a school in Exeter that is striving to become an ambitious and inclusive school, by helping students to ‘live life to the full’. St Luke’s Church of England School, Exeter, is part of the Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust, which looks after 16 schools. Bishop Mike visited the secondary school on Tuesday 25 February. During his visit, he met with students to hear about their school…
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Exeter’s New Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor Looks Forward to Supporting Churches
The Diocese of Exeter’s new Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (ADSA) has started work. Dave brings a wealth of experience, having spent the past five years as a District Safeguarding Advisor with the Methodist Church (Southwest Peninsula District) where he led safeguarding initiatives, supported victims, conducted risk assessments and worked closely with key agencies such as the police and children’s services. Prior to this, Dave had an extensive career in law enforcement serving as a detective…
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New Diocesan Director of Ordinands a ‘committed nurturer of lay and ordained vocations’
The Rev’d Dr Joel Love is to be the new Diocesan Director of Ordinands (DDO) for the Diocese of Exeter. Joel is currently the vicar of three churches in Rochester in Kent. He did his curacy at Lancaster Priory. Before that, Joel worked at a project management company and taught French and German at the University of Birmingham. His postgraduate research was in the literature of the Swiss and German Reformations. Joel is a spiritual…
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Church For All: New Inclusion Champions to make a difference in Devon churches
The Diocese of Exeter is committed to seeing more inclusion of children, young people, and adults who have disabilities, additional needs or who are neurodivergent. Wednesday 12 February 2025 saw the official launch of Inclusion Champions across the Diocese of Exeter. An Inclusion Champion is someone who is welcoming, relational and passionate about seeing everyone in their church involved in the community, and offering their gifts and talents in service of God and others. A key…
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Bishop’s Statement on General Synod Safeguarding Changes
As Bishop of Exeter, I am committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and enabling the voices and experiences of abuse survivors to help shape our safeguarding culture. I welcome the General Synod’s decision to transfer the National Safeguarding Team to an independent body (Model 3) and thus move to independent scrutiny, together with the amendment to call for further work as to the legal and practical requirements necessary to implement Model 4. You can…
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