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Rev Neil Taylor
863050  
Joint
Rector, Eynsford, Farningham and Lullingstone

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.

 
Neil was made Rector of Eynsford with Farningham and Lullingstone in October 2002.
 
Neil is happy to receive enquiries. Please email or phone.
Rev Sue Fauchon-Jones
  
Joint
Assistant Curate

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

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.

Gillian Hill
 
Joint
Pastoral Assistant/Co-Leader, Pastoral Team

Married to Mike. Three adult married daughters and four grandchildren.

 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
Rev Hazel Salmon
 
Joint
Assistant Priest (Retired)

Hazel comes from Suffolk, is a Biology graduate (London B.Sc) and has taught in schools in Suffolk, Worcester and Kent.

 
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
Christian Healing).
   
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.
 
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.
Stella Baggaley
862812  
Farningham
Churchwarden, St. Peter & St. Paul's, Farningham
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Oscar Bayley
 
Joint
Reader

BAYLEY Oscar Stewart Morris, Lt-Commander Royal Navy, Barrister-at-Law.

 
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.
 
Reader All Saints Footscray 1989, St Andrew's Orpington 1994, EFL Benefice 1999. Chairman Sidcup Council of Churches 1990-92.
 
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.
Neville Brown
665185  
Joint
Organist and Choirmaster, Eynsford and Farningham

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 to accept.

 
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.
 
He 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.
 
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.
Peter Davis
  
Joint
Reader

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.

 
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.
 
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.
Guy Hart Dyke
  
Lullingstone
Churchwarden, St. Botolph's, Lullingstone
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Gerald Roome
 
Farningham
Churchwarden, St. Peter & St. Paul's, Farningham
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Alan Gillott
  
Joint
Reader

Married to Betty. Two adult married children and two grandchildren.

 
B.Sc. in Physics at King’s College, London plus teaching qualification
 
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.
 

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.

 
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.
 
Returned to Eynsford on retirement in 1986 and licensed to the Benefice. Completed an MA in Applied Theology at Canterbury in 1995.
 
Has had a life-long interest in choral music, singing his way around the world.
Linda Gwyther
 
Joint
Yz Up Leader
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Liz Meachin
  
Joint
Sunday School Leader
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Ruth Peet
862878  
Eynsford
Churchwarden, St. Martin's, Eynsford
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Frank Rogers
862519  
Eynsford
Churchwarden, St. Martin's, Eynsford

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.

 
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.
 
Frank is now retired after working as a computer programmer in London for a major clearing bank for 25 years.
Delia Rowbotham
  
Joint
Co-Leader, Pastoral Team
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Doreen Spence
  
Lullingstone
Churchwarden, St. Botolph's, Lullingstone
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