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Events
6th July 5 PM
Tea and Worship
18th July 7:30PM
Music for a Summers Evening With Joan Phillips and Irene Griffiths
Our Parish Priest
David was brought up in Dorset and on leaving school worked for 13 years as a farm
worker.
He married Niki in 1994 and now have three children Daniel, Rachel and Charlotte.
A growing sense of call to be a priest led David to offer himself for ordination.
He was recommended for training in 1998 and began training at The College of the
Resurrection in Mirfield West Yorkshire.
David was ordained Deacon in Salisbury cathedral in 2000 and Priest in St John ’s church Devizes in 2001. And served his title as curate in the Parish of St John’s and St Mary’s, Devizes Wiltshire. David was appointed Priest in Charge of
St George’s church Brockworth in 2004.
Our Readers
Short Biographies of our Readers
Gordon Trained at WEMTC ( West of England Ministerial Training Course) 1990 –92 previously called Gloucester School for Ministry.
He was Licensed at St John’s Parish Church, Cirencester November 1992 to serve at St George’s Church, Brockworth.
Gordon is a Member of St George’s Parochial Church Council since 1976. Now ex-
Gordon has also been a Churchwarden at St George’s Church between 1976 – 1996 which included interviewing Fr Peter Naylor as new Parish Priest in June 1976 .He was a Member of both Selection Committees that were involved with the appointment of two new Parish Priests ( Fr Martin Ennis) when Fr Peter Naylor moved in 1994, and ( Fr David Gill) when Fr Martin Ennis moved in 2004
Gordon's main Duties include preaching about once a month and leading non-
He was enrolled as a member of St George's branch of the Mother's Union in November 2007.
Gordon has attended Saturday workshops, residential weekends and other Readers events.
Following on from a weekend which was held at Prinknash Abbey and called a Lusillo Louisa came home ready to do all she could to love and serve the Lord. Louisa enrolled in a course called Frame Work For Faith which lasted three months and which she enjoyed very much.
Our then curate Bill Boon who was also a dear friend of Louisa's suggested that she should look into the Lay Readership telling her "it was just up my street"!! Louisa did look into Lay Readership and was accepted for training. After three years Louisa was licensed at Gloucester Cathedral on 23rd September 1995 to St. Katherine’s Matson, After two years Louisa had her license transferred to St. Georges Brockworth were she worked with Father Martin Ennis until he left and now work with our present Priest Fr David Gill.
Louisa has been greatly blessed in her Lay Readership and is at the moment exploring her vocation to the ordained ministry.
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