Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO INSTITUTE Diocese: Ely Benefice: The 5fold Team Ministry To: PCC Secretary of St Michael And All Saints Long Stanton I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that it is my intention to institute to The Benefice of the 5fold Team Ministry on 8 May 2025 THE Reverend STEPHEN RICHARD DOVE who since ordination has held the preferments listed below: Dated: 10 March 2025 Signed: Acting Bishop of Ely OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS HELD SINCE ORDINATION Curate, Trumpington (St Mary and St Michael) Ely 2021 - 2022 Curate, Northstowe Bishop’s Mission Order Ely from 2022
We are delighted to be able to announce today the appointment of a new Team Vicar. The Revd Edward (Ed) Green will be joining 5folds in September. Ed has a background in teaching prior to his training for ministry and is currently Assistant Curate at Little St Mary’s Church in Cambridge. Ed is married to Katie and they have a young daughter born in 2024. We pray for Ed and his family as they prepare to join us later in the year. From September onwards we will therefore once <a></a>again have two, full-time priests leading our group of churches which is very good news.<br><br>The Acting Bishop’s official announcement of Ed's appointment reads as follows: The Acting Bishop of Ely is pleased to announce that The Revd Edward (Ed) David Green, currently Assistant Curate at St Mary the Less, Cambridge is to be Team Vicar in the 5folds Team Ministry (subject to satisfactory DBS check). Ed’s licensing date is still to be confirmed but it is expected to be sometime in September.
We are delighted to be able to share the news announced in our churches today that the Revd Stephen Dove (pictured below) has been appointed as the new Team Rector of the 5folds Team Ministry. He will take up his post on 8 May 2025. The official announcement made by the Acting Bishop of Ely, Rt Revd Dagmar Winter, was as follows:"The Acting Bishop of Ely is pleased to announce that The Revd Stephen Richard Dove, currently Assistant Curate in The Northstowe Church Network Mission Initiative in the Diocese of Ely is to be Incumbent (Team Rector) of the 5folds Team Ministry."We offer our warmest congratulations to Stephen, assuring him of our support and prayers as he prepares to take up his new post. We look forward to welcoming him to our churches and the villages in which we are based.
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