Richmond Team Ministry

The Revd Joe Moore was licensed as Team Vicar of St John the Divine, Richmond by the Bishop of Kingston on Wednesday 19 July.

Joe was previously Assistant Curate in the parish of St Mary, Battersea, where he served since August 2021. Joe was ordained deacon in June 2019, and has ministered in parishes in Croydon and Walworth. He trained for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham, prior to that he worked as Pastoral Assistant at St Anne’s, Hoxton and in retail. Joe read Religion, Philosophy & Ethics at King’s College London and was educated in Fulham and Pimlico. He is Chaplain to the Sondheim Theatre in London’s West End. He loves theatre, good coffee, spending time with loved ones, and walking his rescue corgi, Revel. Joe is passionate about preaching, raising mental health awareness and inclusion.

Joe writes: ‘I am excited and honoured to have been appointed to the Richmond Team, with special responsibility for St John the Divine. I look forward to joining in with the mission of God in this place, and all that this new phase of ministry might hold.’

Kew United Benefice

Kew United Benefice has been joined by assistant curate, Dr Hannah Swithinbank.  Hannah trained for ordination at Westcott House and the University of Cambridge and was ordained deacon on 24th June at Southwark Cathedral.

Before training, Hannah lived in Earlsfield and worked for Tearfund, leading their Theology team, working with churches and theologians around the world to grow church participation in community development and social justice, and this was an important part of her discernment of her call to ministry.

She grew up in west Cornwall, before moving to the other end of the UK to go to university in St Andrews, where she spent nearly ten years, ending up with a doctorate in Ancient History. She’s excited to move back to Southwark, to experience the joys of life in Kew, and to serve in the parishes of St Philips and All Saints, and St Luke’s. In her free time, she enjoys reading, and going to movies, theatres, and concerts, and before moving to live in college in Cambridge, she was trying to be a better gardener.