We are delighted to announce that the Rev'd Jake Madin and the Rev'd Hannah Madin have been appointed as joint Vicars of St. John Newland. We look forward to welcoming them to the family of SJN in the near future. Here is a message from Jake and Hannah:We are so excited to have been appointed as joint Vicars at SJN. We cannot wait to get to know you all and follow Jesus with you. We have been so excited to hear about what God is doing in Newland and we are looking forward to joining in. We met whilst training to be Vicars and have shared a joint ministry in Scarborough for the last five years. Before that we were living in York where Hannah worked closely with your wonderful curate Jenny. In our spare time we enjoy playing board games, cooking, making things and going for days out with our children who are 4 and 5.We are praying for you as we prepare to come and join you.Every blessing, Hannah and Jake
On Sunday 25th August, the church said farewell to Rev Richard White with an emotional and joyful service, followed by a church family barbecue.<br><br>We wish Richard and Louise many blessings as they start their new chapter in Dorset.
As St John's welcomed Richard White as our new Priest-in-Charge on Monday 28th June, so we said a very fond farewell to Erik Wilson who has steered us through the last nine months as Interim Minister.Erik was Vicar of nearby St Martin's (where Richard's wife Louise has just become Curate) many years ago before spending 20 years as Vicar of St Barnabas in Middlesbrough, from where he retired to Beverley with his wife Jane in 2018. They both answered the call from Archdeacon Andy and Bishop Alison to re-start worship at St John's after a gap of several months, as the 2020 Covid pandemic measures began to lift last October.St John's is growing once again through Erik's faithful teaching and warm leadership; as he and Jane return to worship and ministry at St Mary's in Beverley they go with our gratitude, our love and our prayers. We know they’ll be staying in touch, and we look forward to Erik leading worship at St John’s every now and again.
The next Vicar of St John's will be the Revd Richard White, currently Director of Making and Nurturing Disciples in the Diocese of York and a former Canon of Liverpool Cathedral.Richard, 50, is married to Louise, who is shortly to be ordained and will serve as Curate at St Martin’s in Hull. They have two grown-up children.For the last two years Richard has been responsible for setting up projects to help the Diocese of York meet the challenges of working with younger adults and people in places of hardship; in Liverpool he pioneered a weekly café-style service at the Cathedral and a project supporting parishes 'planting' new congregations. Previously he worked for eleven years for Youth With A Mission (YWAM). He trained for ordination at Trinity College, Bristol.Richard said, "I'm humbled and grateful to God for this call to St John's at a time of great change and huge opportunity. The church family at St John’s has strong roots and is ready to grow, and I’m hugely grateful to Erik Wilson for his warm and faithful ministry at St John’s this year and into 2021. I'm so looking forward to meeting the sisters and brothers I will come to know as friends.”Richard hopes to move to St John’s in June 2021, with Canon Erik Wilson continuing to serve as Interim Minister until that time.
