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SOUTHWARK 28 September 2006 The following are to be ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Croydon, The Rt Rev Nicholas Baines, on Sunday 1st October 2006 at 11am at Croydon Parish Church
The following are to be ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Kingston, The Rt Rev Dr Richard Cheetham, on Sunday 1st October 2006 at 11 am at Holy Trinity, South Wimbledon
The following are to be ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Woolwich, The Rt Rev Christopher Chessun, on Sunday 1st October 2006 at 11 am at The Good Shepherd, Lee
Note: Stipendiary means they receive the equivalent of a salary, NSM means non-stipendiary (i.e. they are unpaid for their work) and OLM means Ordained Local Minister, who are also non-stipendiary but can only serve in their local parish. Short Biographies follow.. Shola Aoko, 50, is married to Matthew, who is a civil
engineer and a Pentecostal minister. They have three adult
children. Shola grew up in the suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria, and came
to the UK in 1977. She currently works in a care home for older
people. She enjoys reading and spending time with family and
friends. David Billin, 51, whose home parish is Holy Trinity,
Wallington, is a railway engineering consultant. He is married to
Lynn who will be ordained priest at Michaelmas 2006. Music is an
important part of David’s life: he has played guitar and electric
bass in church, accordion in a barn dance band and double bass in
an orchestra. He is interested in photography, wildlife and model
railways and enjoys walking holidays in the UK June Boyce-Tillman, 63, has taught in primary and
secondary schools in South London and is now Professor of Applied
Music at the University of Winchester. She has worshipped at St
Paul’s Furzedown for some 25 years. For many of these she sang in
the choir and ran the junior choir and Sunday School. She is a
composer writing a variety of music, including hymns and anthems
which have been widely sung in the UK and the English speaking
world. A collection of 150 of these, many of them written for
international liturgical events, will be published in July 2006
under the title A Rainbow to Heaven. She is a liberation
theologian with a deep belief in the transformative power of
liturgy. She enjoys dancing, reading, walking, swimming and
attending concerts and theatre. She is looking forward to being
able to serve her South London parish which is full of exciting
diversity. She has two grown-up sons and one grand-daughter. Susan (Sue) Clarke, was born near Manchester. She came
to London as medical student and is now a Consultant in nuclear
medicine at Guy's hospital. Sue has two grown-up daughters. She
enjoys travel, music and the company of friends. Sister Anita Cook C.S.C., 61, is Leader of the Community
of the Sisters of the Church and Provincial of the UK Province.
She is based at St Michael’s Convent which is in the parish of St
Andrew’s, Ham. Anita’s interests are the theatre, reading and
horse riding. Ola Crown, 59, was born and educated in Freetown, Sierra
Leone. Ola travelled to London with his wife, Elizabeth, and three
children when civil war broke out in Sierra Leone. The family were
warmly welcomed at St John Walworth. Ola is co-founder and
president of the Afro-Caribbean group. Andrew Dovey, 46, works as a Senior Procurement Manager.
He enjoys running in marathons and has completed nine to date.
Andrew is married to Karen, and they have two children. His home
parish is St John the Evangelist, Shirley. Alison Healy’s home parish is St Luke, Charlton. She
works as a counsellor and dance therapist in secondary school. She
enjoys ballet and dance, and is also a season ticket holder for
Charlton Athletic Football Club. Her father and twin brother are
both ordained to the priesthood. Ross Hutchison, 45, was Canadian-born but moved as a
child to the family's native Scotland (Ross' surname is spelt the
Scots way, '...ison' not '...inson'). His career has taken him
from the Civil Service to the Accountants KPMG, where he is
currently Head of Internal Communication. Ross is a pianist and
enjoys poetry and fiction, as well as opportunities to cook for
friends. Richard Jones, 53, works for the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office in the Diplomatic Service, and it was on a
posting in the British Embassy in Fiji that he first started to
think about non-stipendiary ministry. He has a particular interest
in Japan and collects modern Japanese prints and pottery.
Richard’s other interests include classical music, swimming and
holidays in Spain. His home parish is St Barnabas, Clapham Common. Barbara Kingston, 61, is widowed with a married son.
Welsh-born Barbara has worshipped at the Church of The Good
Shepherd for over twenty years, and has a special interest in the
Ministry of Healing. Both she and her late husband were trustees
of Crowhurst Christian Healing Centre and Barbara has some
involvement with Burrswood Christian Hospital and healing centre.
She is a retired nursery/infant teacher and continues to work with
children in the parish. She belongs to a walking group and loves
travelling, music, gardening and reading. Stuart Leck, 44, is an agency services manager for In
Touch which provides supported housing. He enjoys watching sport
and is interested in aviation history. Stuart’s home parish is St
Luke, Woodside. Teresa Munro, 54, was born in Wimbledon. She is Head of
Drama at Hayling Manor School, and has extensive experience of
work with young people as a volunteer. Teresa has adult twin sons.
Spare hours, though rare, she spends at theatre or cinema, eating
out or walking the family dog. Christopher Noke’s home parish is St Luke’s, Kingston
upon Thames. He is a Senior University Lecturer in Accounting. In
his spare time, Christopher enjoys the theatre and pottering
around the garden. John Ohen, 64, spent his early childhood in mid-western
Nigeria. He came to Britain at the age of 1 and he is married with
four daughters and two foster children. He worked for a local
authority for 20 years as a social worker and now works for a
voluntary organisation for London homeless. His hobbies include
travelling, reading and music. John was licensed as a Reader in
2003. Carol Rowles, 55, works part-time in a London Borough of
Sutton primary school. She has been involved in a number of
aspects of church life at St Philip w. Christ Church, an Anglican
Methodist Joint Church. When not teaching, studying or involved at
church, Carol enjoys shopping with friends or spending time in the
garden. She is a member of the National Trust and the Tate
Gallery. Diana Thornton, 41, worked as a music therapist in
psychiatric hospitals and special schools before she became a
full-time mother, bringing up three children. Diana’s interests
include music, walking and gardening. Her home parish is Mortlake
with East Sheen. Susan Elizabeth Wheeler-Kiley, 59, was commissioned as a
Southwark Pastoral Auxiliary in 1996 in which role she worked as a
volunteer at a local Association for Pastoral Care in a Mental
Health drop-in centre. She has a particular interest in the areas
of mental health, homelessness and disability. Sue is married to
Fred and she enjoys attending steam fairs with him. Other
interests include gardening and reading. Sue is a trustee of
Keyring, a national charity providing support networks for people
with learning difficulties, and is a committee member of the guild
of Church Braillists. Ends. Diocesan
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