We are delighted to announce the appointment of the Rev’d Ian Hepburn as Team Rector in the Turton Moorland Team, Bolton Deanery, Diocese of Manchester. <b>He will be licensed in a special Service at Christ Church Walmsley on Tuesday 18 February at 7.30pm. </b>Ian currently serves as the Hulme Lecturer/Associate Vicar of the benefice of St Peter w St Philip Bolton-le-Moors. Prior to ordination he served as a paramedic for fourteen years.Ian writes, ‘I’m <a></a>delighted to have been appointed as the next Rector of the Turton Moorland Team, for the opportunity to serve the six churches and the communities they are rooted in. I’m really looking forward to joining you in this wonderful team, as together we continue to build our churches and seek to bring the joy and love of God to every part of our community. I am excited to meet and work with the schools, uniformed organisations and all the people of these parishes, and my family and I look forward to engaging with new opportunities to grow, nurture and serve the churches of the Turton Moorland Team. And our dog, Snoopy, will be thrilled with the opportunity for new walks and places to explore!It has been a privilege to serve at Bolton Parish Church and St Philip’s over the last five years, as curate and Hulme Lecturer. Throughout this time, I have met and worked with so many remarkable and lovely people and have made many wonderful friends here. It will be sad to say goodbye. But looking ahead, I’m eagerly anticipating the new opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in my new role, and journeying with you all. Please keep both teams in your prayers at this time.’The date of his installation is still to be arranged.
