I was born and brought up in the Village of Westham, and attended Pevensey & Westham Primary School, Willingdon Secondary school and Eastbourne Sixth form College I began a nursing career in Hastings in 1985, qualifying as a Registered General Nurse in the May of 1988, working initially in paediatrics, then moving on to Adult Cardiac Care. During my nursing Career I completed a BSc. (Hons) degree course with Brighton University. I responded to a call to Ordained ministry towards the end of the 1990\u2019s, attended theological college at St. Stephen\u2019s House Oxford, obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Ministry and was ordained in the summer of 2000. Having served my Curacy at Eastbourne Parish Church, I have been Vicar of Saint Luke\u2019s Stone Cross with North Langney since 2003 and Priest in Charge of Pevensey Parish since September 2021. I graduated with honours with an MA in Christian Spirituality from Winchester University in the autumn of 2017. I will be licenced as Priest in Charge of Chiddingly, East Hoathly and Framfield on Thursday the 8th of June I am married to Clare and we have two grown up children; Chloe who is a Piano Teacher and lives with her husband in Rye, and Sebastian who lives with his Fianc\u00e9 in Bournemouth and manages a large Wetherspoons in the town centre.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m really looking forward to playing my part in the governance of the schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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