Teignbridge Methodist Circuit
Rev Kevin Hooke
Circuit Superintendent
Minister responsible for
Totnes, Ipplepen, Ashburton, Buckfast,
South Brent, Dunstone and Poundsgate Methodist Churches
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07772571647; kevin.hooke@methodist.org.uk
Kevin joined the Newton Abbot Methodist Circuit in 2007 becoming Superintendent Minister of the Teignbridge Circuit in 2012 .
He undertook a sabbatical during the summer of 2016 which resulted in an Illustrated Psalter, featuring stunning photographs of Dartmoor. In 2024 he took on the additional role of Superintendent of the South Devon Circuit and became one of the four Deputy Chairs of the newly formed South West Peninsular District.
Rev Gill Daniel
Gill was a country girl from the farming sphere of North Cornwall before Ministry took her to Queens College, Jersey and the Black Country, She is delighted to be back in her Devon homeland closer to her family.
In her late twenties she felt her heart 'strangely warmed' and this faith led her into many wonderful adventures for God; Preaching, the Ark Angel Christian bookshop, Lay Chaplaincy at HMP Dartmoor, and now Ministry - the best vocation in the world with the best boss in the world !
Sharon Hurlow
Lay Minister with responsibility for
Bovey Tracey Methodist Church and Teignbridge Zoom Fellowship
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01803 921494; 07940 201821; sharon.hurlow@sky.com
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Sharon has had a very varied and diverse career path. Starting as a nurse, she married and had children, worked in a bank in a bank, then worked for Teen Challenge, a Christian charity helping people with addiction where she taught and preached about Jesus.
Sharon moved back to Devon to care for her parents and became Circuit Administrator and a Steward, trained as a Local Preacher, and now acts as a Lay Minister serving Bovey Tracey Methodist Church and the Southwest Zoom Fellowship.
Rev Helen Bell
Minister with responsibility for
Bishops Teignton, Dawlish, Shaldon & Teignmouth Methodist Churches
07874 301221; helenbel136@btinternet.com
Sara Crouch
Lay Local Pastor with pastoral responsibility for
Totnes and Ipplepen Methodist Churches
07845 278253; saralaypastor@gmail.com
Sharon Canning
Pastoral responsibility in Ashburton, Bovey Tracey, Buckfast and South Brent Methodist Churches
01626 866199; sharoncanning@btinternet.com
Sharon works in the Circuit's Moorland section visiting homes, nursing/residential homes and hospitals providing pastoral support to members, their families and sharing faith and prayer in times of crisis and bereavement.
She reports to the Superintendent Minister, keeping him informed of situations and needs, and where necessary, liaising with appropriate circuit and district officers.
She also works to support and encourage pastoral visitors and class leaders, seeking to build up networks of care and has developed a telephone ministry. She also promotes Dementia Friendly Church and Safeguarding awareness, among others, as ways of enhancing the caring ministry of the whole Church.