Episodes
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Revd Debbie Coyne, Team Vicar at the Rivers Team and Revd Helen Terry, Priest in Charge of St Francis Bramley and St Leonard’s Thrybergh, are our guest hosts for today’s International Women’s Day special.
Debbie and Helen talk about:
✝️ The women who inspire them
✝️ Who their top five dinner guests would be and why
✝️ Building up and encouraging other women in the Diocese
✝️ Their clergy roles in the Diocese
✝️ Some of the amazing women in the Bible
Head to episodes 13 and 39 to hear Debbie and Helen’s solo episodes on the podcast.
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"I had quite a big God moment…and fighting injustice has been the main thread through my life ever since"
Revd Rachel Price, Assistant Curate at St Peter’s Bentley, is today’s guest on the Words of Grace podcast.
Rachel discusses:
✝️ How she grew in confidence in faith in early adulthood
✝️ That ‘God Moment’ and how it shaped her faith
✝️ Her calling to fighting injustice
✝️ The social outreach work going on at Bentley
✝️ How Bentley feels like home
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Revd Fiona Kouble, Vicar of Christ Church Ardsley and All Saints Darfield, joins us on the Words of Grace podcast.
Fiona talks about:
✝️ Being a cradle Christian and how her dad’s ordination training influenced her own faith journey
✝️ Dropping out of school and exploring different careers early in life
✝️ Ministry training in Durham
✝️ Helping people struggling with grief
✝️ Departing soon to be Vicar in Tideswell
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"I have absolutely loved my time in the Diocese of Sheffield. It’s been a brilliant place to work – there are great things going on with some wonderful people".
Bishop Sophie has kindly given her time to a farewell podcast episode ahead of her departure to be the next Bishop of Coventry.
✝️ How the Bishop of Coventry role first came about
✝️ The similarities between the Dioceses of Sheffield and Coventry
✝️ Her highlights as Bishop of Doncaster
✝️ What she will miss from the Diocese of Sheffield
✝️ What advice she has for the next Bishop of Doncaster
A reminder that Bishop Sophie’s farewell service will take place at Sheffield Cathedral on Saturday 1st March at 11.30am.
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Beth Burras, Director of Focal Ministry at the Diocese of Sheffield, is on the podcast today.
Beth shares stories on:
✝️ Focal Ministry and her passion for building people up
✝️ Her love of Yorkshire and the impact it’s had on her life
✝️ Serving in different roles with Church Army and helping people training as Church Army evangelists
✝️ Her plans for seeing Focal Ministry grow
✝️ The best music gigs she’s been to
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"I had this absolute sense of peace - a fullness of peace."
Revd Emily McDonald, Assistant Curate at Sheffield Cathedral, is on the Words of Grace podcast today.
Emily talks about:
✝️ Growing up in a mixture of church traditions and theology
✝️ The moment she felt called to ordination by God at 17
✝️ Serving in different placements with the Ministry Experience Scheme
✝️ Training for ordination in Durham
✝️ Her initial reluctance to the Cathedral role before embracing it fully
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"I just had an overwhelming sense of the presence of God with me. It’s hard to put it in other words"
Revd Julie Bacon, Associate Archdeacon Transition Enabler for Rotherham and Laughton, is on the Words of Grace podcast today.
Julie discusses:
✝️ Working in the London Stock Exchange before retraining as a solicitor
✝️ Experiencing a transformative moment with the Holy Spirit while in Ilkley
✝️ The Christian studies course which led her to follow a calling to ordained ministry
✝️ Why being an AATE is the best job in the Church of England
✝️ Which skills transfer over from law to ministry
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"I had never experienced anything like this before. It was a voice that couldn’t be ignored, calling me to ordination – I remember 30 years on the exact time and place where it happened".
The Revd Canon Toby Hole, Director of Mission and Ministry at the Diocese of Sheffield, makes his solo Words of Grace debut today.
He talks about:
✝️Struggling to fit in at the church youth group he grew up with
✝️God’s call for him to be a vicar – and initially rejecting that calling
✝️Learning more about racism, class divides and homelessness during his curacy in Islington
✝️His calling to Sheffield – and persistence at choosing St Chad’s Woodseats
✝️His love of history
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The Revd Phil Barringer, Team Rector at The Rivers Team, makes his Words of Grace debut today.
Phil talks about:
✝️Serving in the area of his birth and first journeys to faith
✝️Balancing working in the secular world and serving as Team Rector
✝️The makeup of The Rivers Team and the areas it serves
✝️His first calling to ordination and initially being told ‘no’
✝️The missional opportunities for the future across Rotherham
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"Nine days after life-saving treatment, there was a heartbeat. The ectopic was a twin pregnancy. That’s where my faith journey started".
Nicola Adams, Centenary Project Administrator in the Diocese of Sheffield, joins Ben and Paul on the Words of Grace podcast.
Nicola discusses:
✝️ Baby loss and having a 1 in 37 million chance of Hope
✝️ Finding faith as an adult
✝️ Seeing the Centenary Project grow
✝️ Exploring New Zealand
✝️ Being fully involved in her local church following a chance conversation
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"If people are coming to you with questions about faith, they want you to have the confidence to give them a robust answer. Don’t water it down; people respect authenticity and are crying out for it in a very inauthentic world."
Revd Edward Morrison SSC, Vicar of St John’s Mexborough, is on the Words of Grace podcast today.
Ed talks about:
✝️ Growing up in a non-church going family
✝️ Coming to faith aged 18 after attending a Christianity Explored course
✝️ Serving in the University of York’s Royal Naval Unit
✝️ Meeting people where they’re at when communicating the gospel
✝️ How the church can serve deprived communities
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"The birth of Jesus continues to be particularly meaningful for us in times of anxiety and uncertainty."
A Christmas Day message from the Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox.
You can also view the video version of this message on our Facebook and Instagram pages. Merry Christmas from the Diocese of Sheffield!
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Our 2024 Christmas special episode features a roundtable discussion with the following guests:
·The Revd Canon Toby Hole, Director of Mission and Ministry at the Diocese of Sheffield
·Revd Amy Hole, Vicar of Christ Church Heeley with Arbourthorne and Norfolk Park
·Revd Dr Daniel McGinnis, Principal of St Hild College and Assistant Curate at Hillsborough and Wadsley Bridge
The panel discuss:
✝️ The deep faith and convictions of Mary
✝️ What traditions Christmas does – and doesn’t – take from paganism
✝️ ‘Blue Christmas’ and the importance of stressing ‘God with us’ during hard times
✝️ The forgotten people in the birth narrative
✝️ What the birth of Jesus means for humanity
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"At every opportunity, the door opened. It wasn’t a case of planning out what we wanted to do, but being open to where God was calling us."
Dan and Julia Fall – Centenary Project Area Coordinator and Resource Centre Administrator – are on the Words of Grace podcast today.
They talk about:
✝️ How they first met at a Christian youth event as teenagers
✝️ Serving in youth ministry growing up
✝️ How the Centenary Project called them to South Yorkshire
✝️ Expanding the resource centre at Church House
✝️ Featuring on a BBC show and how it helped their spiritual life
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"I really feel God has been so good to me; I’m so thankful the Lord is here and has brought me to Wentworth"
Revd Marie Raffay, Priest-in-Charge at Holy Trinity Wentworth, joins Ben and Paul on the Words of Grace podcast.
Marie talks about:
✝️ Her own decision to follow Jesus as a student
✝️ Reader ministry
✝️ Her calling to ordination in Liverpool
✝️ Her belief that the church is called to make a difference in the world
✝️ Life in Wentworth and how it felt returning home
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Heather Waller, Church Army Evangelist in Sheffield, is on the Words of Grace podcast today.
Heather discusses:
✝️ What drew her to Church Army
✝️ When she set up Messy Church in her own home
✝️ Faith and Fun sessions at Porter Croft School
✝️ Inclusivity with faith and fellowship
✝️ Her recent Admitting and Commissioning Ceremony at Sheffield Cathedral
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Revd Gina Kalsi, Pioneer Priest at the Attercliffe and Darnall Centre for Mission, joins Ben and Paul on the Words of Grace podcast today.
Gina talks about:
✝️ Her calling to ordination
✝️ Moving to a new area just before lockdown
✝️ Attercliffe and Darnall as a Christian community
✝️ The afterschool activity for all ages: ‘Church Create’
✝️ Working across denominations
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Captain Kinder Kalsi, Lead Evangelist at the Attercliffe & Darnall Centre of Mission, is today’s guest on Words of Grace.
Kinder talks about:
✝️ Growing up in a Sikh family
✝️ When he came to know Jesus after asking searching questions
✝️ His calling to Sheffield and evangelising in the city centre
✝️ Developing a rhythm of prayer
✝️ The Attercliffe and Darnall Centre for Mission
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Revd Canon Ian Smith, Rector of St Peter Warmsworth and Oversight Minister for Wadworth with Loversall and Balby, is on the podcast today in one of his last engagements in the Diocese of Sheffield before he moves onto his new role.
Ian discusses:
✝️ Being a fervent atheist and how that changed at university
✝️ When he considered joining a monastic order
✝️ Teaching history in Zimbabwe
✝️ Reflecting on serving 22 years in the Diocese of Sheffield
✝️ His upcoming role as Team Rector in the Harwich Peninsula
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Revd Phil Batchford, Vicar of Rotherham Minster and St Paul’s Masbrough, and Christine Batchford, Manager of Rotherham Minster’s Social Supermarket, join Ben and Paul on the podcast today.
They talk about:
✝️ When they first met whilst working in Hong Kong – and how it wasn’t love at first sight!
✝️ Phil’s work in alcohol rehab and Christine’s work in speech and language therapy
✝️ How social justice has informed what they do
✝️ Being influenced by the work of Jackie Pullinger
✝️ Rotherham Minster and St Paul's as a focal point for the local community
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