New Vicar Appointed
We are delighted to announce the appointment of the Reverend Deborah Snowball as the next Vicar of St Mary's, Rickmansworth.
Deborah has been Assistant Curate in the Sawbridgeworth town ministry since 2004. She was ordained deacon in St Albans in 2004 and priest in 2005.
Prior to ordination, Deborah's experience includes teaching (Nursery to Year 8), work as Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Dunstable and Music Co-ordinator, London. She was Director of Music for St Augustine's Church, Dunstable and a member of the Benedictine community at Burford Priory, Oxfordshire.
Deborah has a Bachelor of Education degree and a Certificate in Theology from Ripon College, Cuddesdon.
Within the Diocese of St Albans, Deborah is a member of Diocesan Synod and a member of St Albans Diocesan Initiatives in Spirituality Working Party, with particular responsibility for children and the newsletter.
Deborah is a keen musician. She has sung in choirs, played and conducted in a variety of musical ensembles, organised concerts for charity and has taught privately.
Among her hobbies, Deborah includes tap dancing, reading, sewing, art and the arts.
We very much look forward to welcoming Deborah to Rickmansworth.
Deborah will be licensed as our Priest-in-Charge on Monday 8th October 2007.
The service will commence at 8.00 pm.
A message from Deborah:
"I am delighted to have been offered the post of Priest-in-Charge of St. Mary the Virgin, Rickmansworth and am very much looking forward to getting to know all the members of the church community.
This will be an exciting move for me personally, building on past experiences as well as being filled with new possibility.
I hope that, together, we will be able to grow in faith and commitment to the God who loves us - as well as in the confidence and desire to share this message with others. I am looking forward to seeing where God will lead us."
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