Who’s Who
Rev Nina Summerfield joined us as Associate Priest in the Benefice in December 2020 and lives in Upper Rissington with husband Clive and family.
In July 2025, Nina leaves us to become Priest-in-Charge of the Benefice of Lydney with Woolaston, Alvington and Aylburton in the Diocese of Gloucester. She will be licenced to her new role on Monday 7th July.
Nina’s last day with us will be Sunday 29th June.
Rev Hannah Allen is currently our Assistant Curate and as of 10th June 2025 we are thrilled that she will become our new Priest-in-Charge.
Hannah moved to the village with her husband Craig and daughters Izzy and Beth following training at Ripon College Cuddesdon.
Before training, she was employed by a local charitable trust working alongside those with an interest in making the county a place where everyone can flourish, especially those living on the margins of society.”
Hannah writes: "It is a huge joy and privilege that, (subject to HR), I will be serving as Priest-in-Charge in the Benefice of Bourton-on-the Water with Clapton and The Rissingtons, beginning with my licensing on 10th June. I very much look forward to journeying onwards with you as God leads us as parishes and a Benefice into the next season. With love, thanks and prayers for all that has gone before with you in this place and in anticipation of all that is to come, Hannah"
Retired Clergy
We are blessed to have a number of retired clergy & their families living & working amongst us. Rev David Cook and Rev Brian Chave join us for worship the most often - sometimes in the pew and sometimes at the front!
We are also pleased that Rev Christopher Etherton & Rev John Ovenden also help out from time to time.
Permission to Officiate
We are pleased to announce that Rev Jon Barwood has been granted Permission to Officiate in the diocese from mid-March.
Jon trained for ministry at the All Saints Centre for Mission and Ministry in the north west of England, before serving his curacy as a self-supporting curate in Arbory and Castletown in the Isle of Man. Jon and his wife Michelle relocated to Bourton last year, with their son Henry who is now attending the Cotswold School. They are very much enjoying their new life in the Cotswolds, and you may well have met them at church already as they have been worshipping in the Benefice.
Jon will be spending the majority of his time initially in our neighbouring Benefice of the Slaughters and Guitings assisting them as they enter vacancy, but he will also be taking services in his home benefice. He and Michelle are very much looking forward to getting to know more people over the coming months, so please do introduce yourself to them on the days when they are with us.
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