Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him
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Born UK 🇬🇧 Baptised Malta 🇲🇹 Ordained South Africa 🇿🇦 Home in Suffolk. Vicar, Franciscan, General Synod Sweetie 🍬🧚‍♀️ Fairy, Chaplain to anything with a badge 🏳️‍🌈Love💝Wins🏳️‍⚧️
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churchtimes.bsky.social
The latest issue of the Church Times is out today 🗞️

Mullally makes history: Sarah Mullally was named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury last Friday. She is to be the first woman to hold the post.

Our writers examine what her leadership might bring, through a profile, commentary, and features ✍️
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stedscath.bsky.social
This year’s service for Prisons Week will be on Sunday 19 October at 10.30 am Eucharist. Discussion and refreshments after the service. This year's preacher is The Venerable James Ridge, Chaplain General and Head of Faith Services at His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
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westminsterabbey.bsky.social
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, a reminder that the Abbey is open every day with spaces are set aside for private prayer. Anyone is welcome to come and spend a moment of contemplation with us.

You can find out more on at: www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us/plan-your-visit/access-facilities-and-faq
A single lit white candle burning in Westminster Abbey
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churchtimes.bsky.social
"After more than seven years spent overseeing a large and polarised diocese, Bishop Mullally is eminently well qualified to navigate her way through the complexities presented by the Primacy. She presents as the ultimate safe pair of hands." #nextABC

Read this week's Leader ⬇️
Leader comment: Mullally understands the scale of the task
‘She is eminently well qualified to navigate her way through the complexities presented by the Primacy’
www.churchtimes.co.uk
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westminsterabbey.bsky.social
The Innocent Victims' Memorial was dedicated #onthisday in 1998.

Lying just outside the Abbey's west door, the memorial is to remember those who have suffered death, torture and oppression throughout the world.
A photograph taken looking up at the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey A circular stone memorial reading:
Remember all innocent victims of oppression, war, violence Five posies of spring flowers laid on the Innocent Victims' Memorial - a circular stone memorial outside Westminster Abbey
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Wow 😮
May need to register as a Mature Student reading an obscure subject so that I can get a cheaper version 😉😁
A notice from Microsoft 

Effective 14 February 2025, the price for Microsoft 365 Personal subscriptions will increase from GBP 59.99* per year to GBP 84.99* per year.
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Any chance of a recording or copies of talks? It’s just a little too far to travel at short notice 😔
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#LastLaugh

I bet nobody will see this one coming....
A cartoon of a red number 1 with arms and legs raising one finger on one hand.

I bet nobody will see this one coming....
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monknunanglican.bsky.social
Today in our prayer we remember the Community of the Good Shepherd in the Netherlands
Society of the Sacred Advent in Australia
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churchofengland.org
From online donations, QR code templates to contactless devices - join us for a practical session on Tuesday 14 October from 12-1pm, exploring how digital tools can boost your church's giving this Advent and Christmas.

Register now at cofe.io/ChristmasDigitalGiving.
Laptop screen displaying a logo of "Digital Giving", with the subtitle "Supporting Parish Ministry", surrounded by colourful abstract shapes. Below are logos for "Digital Labs" and "The Church of England." Decorative holly accents are present on the frame.
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carolinepennock.bsky.social
God bless The Church Times for their ongoing insistence on responding moderately but forcefully to the Reverend Canon Nigel Biggar’s nonsense. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Even given all that Biggar writes about the universality of slavery and the complicity of Africans, three things might be said. First, Britain played a key part and, however others may want to respond to their own history, it is morally responsible to face up to our own heritage. Second, as a Tory, he might have made more of Burke’s view that society is a partnership not just between the living, but between the living, the dead, and those still to be born. Third, guilt is not the only spur to action. There are the obligations that we owe one another irrespective of any personal responsibility for atrocities in the past.
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jonmsweeney.bsky.social
A decade ago I was having breakfast with a friend and telling him my problems. He said, remember to stay closer to the Tree of Life than to the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil. I often return to that wisdom.
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#txt4today✝️

I remember you upon my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night.
For you have been my helper
and under the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

(Psalm 63v6-8)
A swan with a sleeping white baby nestled between its wings

#txt4today✝️

I remember you upon my bed 
and meditate on you in the watches of the night.
For you have been my helper 
and under the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

(Psalm 63v6-8)
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPray✝️

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the Church door, you will not find Him in the Chalice.

(St. John Chrysostom)
A homeless person sleeping outside a church door

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the Church door, you will not find Him in the Chalice.

(St. John Chrysostom)
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPonder

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness…
it's right in front of me if l'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

(Brené Brown)
Words in green quotation marks on a yellow background 

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness…
it's right in front of me if l'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

(Brené Brown)
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Sleep is the body’s medicine 💝
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
So blessed, when the Call is hard to follow, to be able to make rosaries 📿 as gifts for friends
They give me calm & space to breathe as I weave prayers for friends whilst bending wire
A bonus is recycling necklaces from Charity Shops instead of using new beads.
It costs me more but everybody wins
A rosary of small red heart shaped beads with a golden crucifix of the Trinity A rosary of small green and white pebble shaped beads with a white enamelled cross and tiny jewels A rosary of oval shaped variegated red beads and gold cross with a silver corpus A rosary of small red heart shaped beads with a golden crucifix
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#LastLaugh

If a dog can swim…..

…..are they avery good buoy?
Cartoon of a smiling puppy swimming 

If a dog can swim…..

…..are they avery good buoy?
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fullfact.org
💷 Can asylum seekers claim benefits?
🏥 Do they get free NHS treatment?
📱 What about free iPhones?

Our new explainer answers some commonly asked questions about the support given to asylum seekers in the UK.
What support do asylum seekers get in the UK? – Full Fact
Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking charity
fullfact.org
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riponcuddesdon.bsky.social
Cuddesdon staff, Sarah Brush & Pete White, were among contributors to a video produced as part of 'Diversifying the Common Awards Curriculum' project. The theological educators reflect on the importance of engaging with the perspectives of scholars of global majority heritage. youtu.be/r67aHpH_V5w
Why Global Conversations Matter | Pastoral and Practical Theology
YouTube video by Common Awards at Durham University
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suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#txt4today✝️

The jar of meal was not emptied,
neither did the jug of ail fail
(1 Kings 1716)

The answer for famine is generosity
A baguette and a jar of olive oil

The jar of meal was not emptied, 
neither did the jug of ail fail
(1 Kings 1716)

The answer for famine is generosity