Deacons to be ordained at Exeter Cathedral next month

A service for those being ordained Deacon will be conducted by the Bishop of Plymouth, Rt Rev John Ford on 15 September at Exeter Cathedral.

Fifteen people will be ordained, one of them as a Distinctive Deacon.

The pre-ordination retreat is being led by the Venerable David Gunn-Johnson, Archdeacon of Barnstaple, and the retreat chaplain is Rev Henry Pryse.

The ordinands are:

Ben Bradshaw to serve in the Braunton Mission Community, with the Rev Anne Thorne (Braunton with Saunton and Knowle).

Madeline Bray to serve in the Bideford and the 4 Villages Mission Community, with the Rev Claire Rose-Casemore (Bideford, Landcross, Littleham, Monkleigh, Weare Giffard).

Elizabeth Burke to serve in the Roborough Team Ministry, with Father Simon Rundell (Bickleigh and Shaugh Prior).

Philip Butcher to serve in the Honiton Team Ministry, with the Rev Sue Roberts (Honiton with Monkton, Awliscombe and Weston, Buckerell, Combe Raleigh, Gittisham).

Katie Cross to serve in the Two Rivers Mission Community, with the Rev Kim Mathers (Alverdiscott, Atherington, Beaford, High Bickington, Horwood, Huntshaw, Newton Tracey, Roborough, St Giles in the Wood, Tawstock, Yarnscombe).

Nicholas Debney to serve in the Benefice of Dartmouth and Dittisham,with the Rev Will Hazlewood.

Annita Denny to serve as a Distinctive Deacon in the Raleigh Mission Community, with the Rev Anne Charlton (Budleigh Salterton, East Budleigh with Bicton, Otterton).

Sidney Humphries to serve in the Mission Community of Littleham-cum-Exmouth with Lympstone, with the Rev James Hutchings.

Stephen Hunt to serve in the 4 Villages Mission Community, with the Rev Gwen Smith (Landcross, Littleham, Monkleigh, Weare Giffard, Bideford).

Stephanie Jeffs to serve in the Benefice of Tiverton St Peter and Chevithorne with Cove, with the Rev Robert Gordon.

Peter March to serve in the Benefice of Heavitree with St Mary Steps, with the Rev Robin Eastoe.

Mark Nightingale to serve in the Benefice of Alphington, Shillingford St George and Ide, with the Rev Stephen Bessent.

Mike North to serve in the Start Bay Mission Community, with the Rev Pam Kemp (Charleton with Buckland-Tout Saints, Chivelstone, East Portlemouth,Slapton, South Pool, Stokenham).

Andrew Overton to serve in the Sacred Heart Mission Community, with the Rev Keith Haydon (St Mary Laira, Plymouth St Gabriel, Plymouth St John Sutton on Plym, Plymouth St Simon).

Ann Stuckey to serve in the Benefice of Seaton and Beer, with the Rev Jeremy Trew.