Faith Stories - Petertide Ordinations

Catching up with a curate

Catching up with Revd Richard Wallis, a curate who has been working with the Eight Saints Cluster for the past year was a surprisingly serene experience. Eight Saints isn’t in […]

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From serving in the Line of Duty to serving God

  It’s not every day you get to meet someone who was in the real Line of Duty and find out he’s answered the call to ordination. For the very […]

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Petertide Ordinations 2019: Claire is jumping in with both feet!

Claire Jones will be ordained as a deacon in Truro Cathedral on June 28. She will be one of 11 being made a deacon during that service and once ordained, […]

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Petertide Ordinations 2018: Tess shares her extraordinary story of obedience

For some, the pathway to becoming ordained is a clear calling that is impossible to ignore and fulfilling to follow. For many others, the journey can take rather longer, the […]

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Petertide Ordinations 2018: Richard remembers the dream God had for him

Richard was fourteen and at Spring Harvest when he first heard the call to be ordained, but it was almost three decades later before he said yes. “As a teenager […]

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Petertide Ordinations 2018: Ben never wanted to be a vicar!

Ben never wanted to be a vicar, he says. And yet when you talk to him about the journey he’s been on and the life he anticipates that lies ahead, […]

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Petertide Ordinations 2018: Alex’s family excited to be joining St Illogan Parish

Alex Sharp’s first experience of living in Cornwall was as a student studying for a Fine Art degree at the then University College Falmouth (now Falmouth University). On completing his […]

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Petertide Ordinations 2018: Stephen is open to wherever God leads him

Stephen Williams, who worships at St Mabyn Church, is not completely new to ministry having previously been a Methodist minister serving in a number of circuits including north Manchester, Nottingham, […]

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Petertide Ordinations 2018: Graham’s looking forward to getting back to mission

Graham Adamson will be among those being ordained at Truro Cathedral at Petertide. Graham and his family have returned to Cornwall in time for the services having just finished studying […]

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Rachel’s Story

Rachel Monie is one of just two people being ordained as Deacon at Truro Cathedral in this year’s Petertide Ordinations. Rachel, who is new to Truro diocese, will be moving […]

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