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| Rev Gary Owen |
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| Rector, Eynsford, Farningham and Lullingstone |
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After studying for a degree in Banking and Finance, Gary spent a year working for a church in Birkenhead. Seeing the difference God could make to peoples' lives, he felt a call to ordination.
Since training at Ridley Hall, Gary has ministered in Welshpool, Wrexham and now Eynsford, Farningham and Lullingstone. |
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| Gary is passionate to build a church that shares the good news of Jesus and shows God's love in practical ways. He is keen to help men connect their working and family life with the Christian faith. |
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| He is married to Helen, and they have four children: John, Tomos, Hannah and Georgie. |
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| Gillian
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| Pastoral Assistant/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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| 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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| 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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