'The Vine'
Minister's Letter
Pause for thought
from Rev Clive Fowle
And then there were three: - that is ministers!
Sadly the Methodist Church has been unable to find a replacement
for Revd Hugh Cade so I as the Superintendent minister will be
assuming pastoral responsibility immediately. As well as having
overall responsibility for the whole circuit, I also have responsibility
for Rugby Methodist Church Centre (RMCC).
For those of you who do not know me, I was born and brought up
in Kingston upon Thames Surrey, where I became a Christian at
the age of 19 years and also developed my life long passion for
buses, trams and trolleybuses !! So if you have any old bus
memorabilia, I shall be pleased to hear from you ! I am married to
Ann, who works at Brooke special needs school in Rugby as a
Teaching Assistant. We have three grown up sons who are all
connected with university life either through study and/or work. I
was ordained in 1983 and have served as a minister in Milton
Keynes, Birmingham and Leamington Spa. I was also a Lay
worker in London and Chelmsford.
‘Healing and Reconciliation’ are important words for me in my
Ministry. In the past I have sought to develop church links between
East and West, particularly with the former East Germany. It was
through that work that I became involved with the former Yugoslavia and I am now responsible for TOUCH OF HOPE, a peace
project based in Eastern Croatia. I hope that you will be able to
meet my fellow workers in Croatia who from time to time come to
the UK for planning and advocacy work. I run workshops in
‘HeaIing the hurts of war’ in Croatia with people who are badly
wounded emotionally and in other ways. Our project seeks to
rebuild shattered communities.
As welt as working in Croatia, I am deeply involved with MEDIA-
TION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT (MACS) which offers mediation for neighbourhood disputes, parent-teenager problems and
workplace disputes. We shall be running a training course in Rugby
in mediation skills starting in the Autumn. Please contact me if you
are interested.
So that in a nutshell is me! Please contact me if there is a pastoral
need. Invite me to your groups and just keep me informed of
anything that you feel is of interest especially anything to do with
buses !
Clive Fowle
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