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| Rev Neil Taylor |
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| Rector, Eynsford, Farningham and Lullingstone |
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Coming originally from South London, Neil was ordained
in Sheffield Cathedral in 1975, having trained at Lincoln.
After being a Curate at Rotherham and then Doncaster
Parish Churches, he set up the Alston Team of
Parishes in East Cumbria. In 1988 he became Vicar of
St. Paul's, Maidstone and part-time Chaplain to the
Army. In 1998 he was
appointed Senior Chaplain at Maidstone
Hospital.
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| Neil was made Rector of Eynsford
with Farningham and Lullingstone in October 2002. |
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| Neil is happy to receive enquiries.
Please email or
phone. |
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| Rev Sue Fauchon-Jones |
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On 17th September 2006 we welcomed Rev Susan
Fauchon-Jones to the Benefice as part-time Assistant
Curate, following her Ordination at Rochester Cathedral
on the afternoon of Saturday 9 September.
Sue writes:
" Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And
I said, "Here I am. Send me!" (Isaiah 6:8)
God's calling
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overwhelmed Isaiah and
his response was simple, "I will go". In
that moment his eyes were opened not only to God but
also the excitement of all the possibilities that lay
ahead.
During these last four
years of training I have come to appreciate the possibilities
that the future holds for me and I can look back
on many experiences that have shaped my life as I start
my ordained ministry. I have come to value ecumenical
worship and its diversity as being affirming, liberating
and challenging. The academic work has also given
me
much food for thought and has helped me grow in body,
mind and spirit. My fellow students and tutors who
have journeyed with me have genuinely become much-loved
friends.
My parents were Hindus and I grew up among Muslims,
Sikhs and Buddhists. Growing up as a child in this
culture has also given me a greater insight into how
we must continue to engage with all faiths and cultures.
As I look to prepare for the next stage of my journey
and training, I am reminded that God will continue
to shape what I am and what I will become. I am passionate
about the vocation I am about to embark upon and I
am very much looking forward to doing the practical
work both collaboratively as well as helping to lead.
Of course the learning never stops and I will continue
post ordination training, alongside being a wife and
a mother, which I see also as a vocation all in itself!
I have been married for 21 years and the love, support,
encouragement and prayers of my husband Dudley and
our twin 15-year-old sons Edward and William have helped
and affirmed me in so many ways. This support continues
as I join you all in the Benefice of Eynsford, Famingham
and Lullingstone, and I look forward to learning from
your community, which I now come to serve. Parish life
will bring many joys and challenges and I believe that
this will further my own learning and growth. Above
all I look to the God who calls me not only into the
physical work, but touches the deepness of my spirit
where I must just 'be' in his presence, and to allow
that 'being' to embrace all my ministry.
Sue Fauchon-Jones
On Saturday 30 June 2007, Sue was ordained Priest.
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| Gillian
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| Pastoral Assistant/Co-Leader, Pastoral
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Married to Mike. Three
adult married daughters and four grandchildren.
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Trained as a nurse, working
as a Ward Sister before
marriage, a Midwife afterwards and later a Staff Nurse in N. Ireland.
School Nurse at Valence School, Westerham, caring for children with
physical and learning difficulties. |
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| Ran a Guest House in Scotland
for three years. Travelled widely throughout married
life, living both in UK and abroad. Moved house approximately
18 times. |
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| Moved to Eynsford in 1986.
By 1994 had completed the Diocesan Faith and Ministry
Course and Developing Ministries Programme. Authorised
as Pastoral Assistant to the Benefice in 2004. |
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| Rev Hazel Salmon |
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| Assistant Priest (Retired) |
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Hazel comes from Suffolk,
is a Biology graduate (London B.Sc) and has taught
in schools in Suffolk, Worcester and Kent. |
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Her retirement ministry includes
a Y group which eats
together and discusses the 'whys'
of faith and life and she follows her concern for healing
in its widest context (see
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| She is now able to explore
two different aspects of life. One is to listen
to the experiences of women priests within the church. The other is to learn
about the positive aspects of the process of ageing and an awareness
of the
integrity of the older person including those in dementia. |
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| Hazel continues her work with
the Acorn Christian Healing Foundation, as a
tutor of Christian Listeners, in nurturing Pastoral Teams in other churches,
in
spiritual direction and is involved in listening one-to-one in confidence.
Anyone wishing to explore any of this can contact her on 866034 or by email. |
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| Oscar
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| Reader |
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BAYLEY Oscar Stewart Morris,
Lt-Commander Royal Navy, Barrister-at-Law.
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| Born 15 April 1926; son of
late Rev. J.H.S. Bayley, then vicar of St Oswald's Church,
Askrigg, Wensleydale. Royal Navy 1944-1966. Then worked
in London until 1992. |
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| Reader All Saints Footscray
1989, St Andrew's Orpington 1994, EFL Benefice 1999.
Chairman Sidcup Council of Churches 1990-92. |
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| Married to Pam. Daughter Amanda
and granddaughter Bianca at Redbourn Herts. Son Adam,
grandsons Damien, Dominic and Daniel, near Sydney Australia.
Hobbies travel, cooking and bridge. |
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| Neville
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| Organist and Choirmaster, Eynsford
and Farningham |
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Neville was appointed organist
of St Cuthbert's Church, Hull, at the age of fourteen,
and one year later moved to a much larger Church, St
Augustine's, where he stayed for 25 years. At age 16,
he was offered a scholarship to the Royal
Academy of
Music, but because of wartime circumstances,
was unable
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In 1968, his work in the field
of technical audiology brought him and his family to
the South East, where he was immediately offered the
post of Organist and Choirmaster
at a local Church. |
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started at St Martin's in 1977, but after seven years
(in the course of which, in 1981, he founded the Darent
Valley Choir) he was compelled to leave because of professional
and business pressures. When he retired eleven years
later, however, he was invited to return to St Martin's,
and was very happy to do so. |
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Eynsford and Farningham
Choir
Eynsford and Farningham Choir (adults and children) sing at the 10am and 6.30pm
Services on a Sunday. We sing a variety of traditional and contemporary music
throughout the church year and several times a year work towards various special
church occasions (e.g. the Christmas Carol Service) and events (e.g. the Midsummer
Concert). Practice is on a Thursday evening in St. Martin's, Eynsford usually
starting at 7.00pm for children and 7.30pm for adults. Newcomers will be very
welcome. Please call or email Neville for more information. |
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| Peter Davis |
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Married with two children and 4
grandchildren. Lived in Eynsford for a short period
from 1972 until his marriage the following year.
Now lives in Hextable.
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A Maths Teacher at Swanley School (now
Swanley
Technology College) since 1972 where he has
held pastoral jobs – Head of House, Head of
Year and then Teaching and Learning Manager for Years
9 and 10. |
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| Licensed to the United Benefice in
1977 and so has worked with the last four incumbents.
Chair of the Trustees of The Friends of Farningham
Church. |
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| Alan Gillott |
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| Reader |
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Married to Betty. Two adult married
children and two grandchildren.
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| B.Sc. in Physics at King’s College,
London plus teaching qualification |
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| Spent five years as Instructor Lieutenant,
RN, followed by thirty years with Shell Petroleum, working
in the UK, Japan, Netherlands and New Zealand, mostly
on refinery planning and economics. |
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Originally a member of the United Reformed
Church, ten years at the English (Anglican) Church
in The Hague was a formative time as the congregation
was of many nationalities and Christian Denominations.
Was encouraged to become a Lay Assistant and after
completing a correspondence course was licensed as
a Reader in 1980.
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| Transferred to New Zealand in 1981 and
licensed in the diocese of Auckland. The parish of Whangarei
is about the same area as the whole of South London – population
40,000! The parish had ten churches – some of them
very small, with services only once or twice a month.
Conducted services in most of them. |
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| Returned to Eynsford on retirement in 1986
and licensed to the Benefice. Completed an MA in Applied
Theology at Canterbury in 1995. |
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| Has had a life-long interest in choral
music, singing his way around the world. |
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| Frank Rogers |
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| Churchwarden, St. Martin's, Eynsford |
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Frank was born and brought up in Bromley,
and in his mid
20's worked for a year with VSO in Malawi.
On his return he learnt to ring church bells whilst
working in Derby, and continued ringing at Eynsford
after moving south on changing jobs. Here he met Jean
in the belfry, and they were married
at St. Martin's
in 1971.
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| They moved back to Eynsford in 1974. Frank
was Tower Captain from 1976 to 1992, has been on the
PCC several times, and was elected Churchwarden in 2003. |
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| Frank is now retired after working as a
computer programmer in London for a major clearing bank
for 25 years. |
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