Tell us about your family
;Richard and I met while training for the ministry at the Queen’sCollege in Birmingham. We are both from the Nottinghamshire inthe English Midlands, I grew up in Nottingham and Richard inNewark.We began our married life in the South Pacific with Richardsministry in Tonga. I taught in one of the church’s high schools inTonga. Our eldest daughter, Liz, was born here and is still veryproud of her Tongan roots.
And what about your ministry?
My ministry began in 1976 as Methodist Chaplain to theUniversity of Kent at Canterbury.I served as a Hospital Chaplain at Northwick Park hospital innorth London. During my time here our younger daughter,Miriam was born.In 1987 we were appointed to a shared ministry in the HighgateCircuit in London where we had pastoral charge of Muswell HillMethodist Church.I served for one year as Training Co-ordinator of the MethodistDiaconal Order, setting up initial training for deacons withcolleges and courses throughout Britain.I spent six years as the Overseas Service Secretary of theBritish Methodist Church with responsibility for overseeing theselection, training and placing of mission partners from Britainand Ireland with partners churches around the world.For four years I was Continuing Ministerial Education advisor for the Diocese of Oxford where I was responsible for theprofessional development of 500 ordained ministers and almostas many lay ministers.In 2002 the Methodist Church in Britain gave me permission toexercise my ministry as a trainer and coach largely in thechurches and the voluntary sector. I have been working withpeople, to help them to discern where it is God is calling them toserve in the churches and the wider community.In 2008 I enter the 32nd year of ordained ministry in theMethodist Church.Latterly I have been serving as a minister outside the circuitstructures.I am working mainly with clients in Ireland and developing a newbusiness here alongside my ministry at Mountpottinger.I have been extremely fortunate in where God has called me toserve over the years. I have had a very varied and very richexperience of ministry.
And where are your children now?
Our daughters are now grown up and live in England.Liz works in Mission Education with the British Methodist Churchand lives in London. Miriam is a Drama teacher in a comprehensive school in the Cotswolds.She is married and lives in Tewkesbury.
Who is the ReverendDiane Clutterbuck?
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