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The Deanery of Guernsey is advertising for a priest to servce as Vicar of St John's Church and Chaplain of Guernsey Prison. Full details can be found at www.churchofengland.org.gg/vacancies. Closing date, 27 April.

Holocaust Memorial Day will be marked in Guernsey on the evening of Thursday 26 January with a commemorative gathering that remembers the victims of the Holocaust and other acts of genocide both in Guernsey and around the world and serves to ensure that its lessons are learned by future generations. The gathering, led by the Very Reverend Tim Barker, will be held at 6 pm in the Town Church, St…

His Majesty The King has has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Reverend Beverley Joan Hervé to the Crown living of St Michel Du Valle, Guernsey.  Mrs Hervé has been serving as assistant curate in the parishes of Castel and St Matthew Cobo. Mrs Hervé will begin her new ministry on 28 February 2023, at a service during which His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor will present…

A statement from the Dean of Guernsey, the Very Reverend Tim Barker: I am delighted to be able to announce that the Reverend Penny Graysmith has been appointed as priest in charge of St Peter Port (the Town Church).  Penny is currently serving as Chaplain of Guernsey Prison.  Penny will begin her new ministry on 1 March 2023. I am also able to announce that the Revd Peter Graysmith will take…

This year's Church of England Christmas film follows one person through life's journey, with an invitation to everyone to come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Watch the Church of England's Christmas film here.  Details of Christmas services can be found on the web pages of our churches - or find your local church by clicking here.

The Church of England has today (Wednesday 5 October) published the national report on the past cases review 2 (PCR2) . The media release from the Deans of Guernsey and Jersey can be found here.  The local report for the Channel Island deaneries can be found here, with an executive summary here. 

The sermon at the Liberation Day service on Monday 9 May 2022 at the Town Church in St Peter Port, Guernsey was preached by the former Bishop of London, the Right Reverend and Right Honourable Lord Chartres GCVO. It is available here. 

The Channel Island deaneries (Guernsey and Jersey) are participating in the Church of England's review of all past safeguarding cases.  A letter from the Dean of Guernsey, the Very Reverend Tim Barker, sent on 30 April 2021 to Guernsey's Anglican churches, can be found here.  In his letter, the Dean writes,  'I encourage anyone with any information regarding church-related abuse to be part of…

Following the conviction in the Guernsey Magistrate's Court of a former incumbent in the Deanery of Guernsey on a charge of indecent assault, the Dean of Guernsey, with the support of the two vice deans, has issued an open letter to the people of Guernsey, which is available here.  The Dean writes, "We are truly sorry that the actions of our former colleague have caused distress and harm to…

A service in commemoration of His late Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will be held at the Town Church in St Peter Port on Sunday 18 April at 4 pm. All are welcome to attend (but should aim to be seated by 3.45 pm).