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      <image:title>About - The work of CTS is shaped by our Standing Committee</image:title>
      <image:caption>Made up of two of our senior church leaders, members elected by our AGM and the Denominational Ecumenical Officers. The County Ecumenical Officer, the Rev Canon Jonathan LLoyd, is our 8 hour a week member of staff who coordinates our work. CTS is a registered Charity in the UK, and the members of the Standing Committee are its Trustees within charity law. The Presidents of CTS are our senior/regional church leaders, who elect a CTS Chair each year. The CTS Chair for 2022-2024 is the Rev Dr Jonathan Pye, Chair of the Bristol District of The Methodist Church.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About - CTS seeks to encourage all areas of ecumenical church life, especially in the areas of:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sharing knowledge and ideas, deepening relationships and creating dialogue between our different Christian traditions so we can learn from one another. Developing and supporting new initiatives and partnerships. Understanding our differences, sharing our gifts and building on what we have in common. Prayer, spirituality and community engagement.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-02-22</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.ctsomerset.org/people</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>People - Somerset’s senior church leaders</image:title>
      <image:caption>Left to right The Rt Rev Nigel Stock (Anglican), Major Paul Billard (Divisional Commander, Salvation Army), The Rev Nigel Manges (Regional Minister, South West Baptist Association), The Rev Dr Jonathan Pye (Chair, Bristol &amp; District of The Methodist Church), Bishop Declan Lang (The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton), The Rev Dr Daniel Haylett (Chair, Plymouth &amp; Exeter District of The Methodist Church), Major Gill Billard (Divisonal Commander, Salvation Army), The Rev Gary Woodall (Regional Minister, West of England Baptist Association), The Rt Rev Dr Michael Beasley (Bishop of Bath and Wells, Anglican). The new URC Moderator has not yet been appointed. The Rt Revd Ruth Worsley (Bishop of Taunton, Anglican) is currently Acting Bishop of Coventry.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>People - Our County Ecumenical Officer for Somerset is Jonathan LLoyd</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jonathan is an Anglican priest and retired archdeacon living in the City of Wells. He was born in Somerset and has served in church ministry in England, South Africa, Denmark and Canada. He is a Canon Emeritus of the Diocese in Europe of The Church of England. His ecumenical experience includes being a member of the Porvoo Contact Group for five years - helping to develop the partnerships of the Anglican/Lutheran communion across the Nordics, Baltics and Ireland/UK. Jonathan was a World Council of Churches monitor in KwaZulu/Natal in 1993 in the period leading to the first democratic elections in South Africa. He works for CTS for 8 hours a week on a flexible basis.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-09-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Links - Churches of CTS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Baptist www.swbaptists.org.uk and www.webnetwork.org.uk Roman Catholic cliftondiocese.com Anglican (Church of England) www.bathandwells.org.uk United Reformed Church (URC) www.urcsouthwest.org.uk Methodist https://bristolmethodist.org.uk and www.pemd.org.uk Quakers (Society of Friends) www.quaker.org.uk Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.uk/severn-and-somerset</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Links - Churches Together</image:title>
      <image:caption>Churches Together in England (CTE) www.cte.org.uk Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CBTI) www.ctbi.org.uk Conference of European Churches (CEC) www.ceceurope.org World Council of Churches (WCC) www.oikoumene.org</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Portishead Churches Together www.facebook.com/portisheadchurchestogether University of Bath Ecumenical Chaplaincy https://www.bath.ac.uk/teams/chaplains Chaplaincy network https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/chaplaincy Wellington Team Churches www.wellingtonteamchurches.org.uk Taunton Team Chaplaincy www.tauntontc.co.uk Locking Castle Church (LEP) www.lockingcastlechurch.org</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Links - Somerset Links</image:title>
      <image:caption>Churches Together in Keynsham and Saltford www.ctksinkeynshamandsaltford.co.uk Christians Together in Nailsea &amp; District www.google.com/view/nailseamethodists/church-life/christians-together Churches Together in Glastonbury www.together.ourchurchweb.org.uk/glastonbury/ Christians Together in Minehead www.together.ourchurchweb.org.uk/minehead Churches Together in Weston-super-Mare and District www.ctwd.org.uk</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-07-12</lastmod>
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