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Elizabeth and I are deeply grateful for your ministry, wisdom, love and support over your time in Bath and Wells. Spending time with you and members of your family has been enriching and left us better people. We're sad to see you go, but pray every blessing on you and your family. x Andrew

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During lockdown I got an unsolicited call from Bishop Ruth just to see how I was getting on, which came at just the right time. Thankyou for your deep pastoral concern for your clergy, and your love for all God's people. May the Lord bless you in this new adventure!

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Thank you for your kindness and wisdom in our diocese and towards me and my family personally. I sincerely wish you every blessing in your new role.

Martin Little

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It was an honour and privilege to be Confirmed by you at a special service in Weston-super-mare some years ago. I was inspired by your words and blessed by your ministry on a very special day for me. You also led a wonderful service at our church commissioning the new court chaplains, another inspiring and love-filled, joyous sermon. Your letters and encouragement whilst Bishop Peter was sick showed your compassionate and wise leadership. Our loss is Liverpool’s gain. God Bless you and your family.

Jen, Churchwarden @ St Mark’s, Worle

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It has been a deep honor working with you.  You have a compassionate heart and an excellent memory for our loved ones.  I am not surprised that you have been called to facilitate peace through your very genuine self with God's guidance.   Sally x    

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It has been a deep honor working with you.  You have a compassionate heart and an excellent memory for our loved ones.  I am not surprised that you have been called to facilitate peace through your very genuine self with God's guidance.   Sally x    

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I am so grateful for your care and guidance for me during some ups and downs of ministry. Very sorry to see you go but please know my prayers for you.

Tom

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It is a source of inspiration how you hold together the big picture and still make time and space to see the small things. May your next step bring joy to you and your family, and thank you, Caroline

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Loved joining you in Zambia for the 30th anniversary celebrations.

Sarah

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Thank you very much for your warm support for the Groups following the Diocesan Exploring Your Spiritual Journey course, and for your inspiring talks on "Bread for the Journey". We all remember with gratitude your loving care for everyone in the Diocese, and we will pray for God's guidance and strength for you in your new role. We wish you and Howard every blessing.

Victor

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For your compassion, wisdom and leadership. Your support following our family tragedy was deeply appreciated. You will be missed so much in this diocese, and our love and prayers go with you into the next chapter.

Ana Lawrence x

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Thank you for your ministry across the diocese and particularly in Christ Church, Nailsea and Tickenham. We have all benefitted from your wisdom and compassion.

Personally I will always remember you cheering in the background of an airport when I received a telephone call telling me I was selected to train for ordination.

Liverpool are very lucky to be welcoming you for the next season of your ministry.

Go well and know that God has plans beyond all you can imagine

Nicki Bradford

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When I was a volunteer Chaplaincy visitor at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton you visited to license the new volunteers.

Your wise and wonderful words have stayed with me, and having been to other services where you were preaching, I have added those words to my respectful and genuinely happy memories - huge thank you for everything!

We will miss you, but hope you will be happy and fulfilled in Liverpool - as someone else has written, our loss is their gain.

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It has been a pleasure and privilege to work with you these ten past ten years. The parishes here and the whole diocese has benefitted from your wisdom, your pastoral heart and your big wide smile. Prayers for you as you step into your next phase of ministry. Lucky Liverpool.

Richard

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You will never know how much I valued your pastoral support over the past few years to ordination. I consider you a true disciple of Christ whose life and work here will be treasured and not forgotten. May God continue to strengthen and protect you as you walk with Christ on to your new life in Liverpool. Julie Kimber

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Bishop Ruth, wow 10years as Bishop of Taunton and what a great privilege to of known you and thankyou for your Ministry here in Bath and Wells. For your support of LGBTQIA+ people across the Diocese and the work you do within the Living in Love and Faith process.

May I wish you all the Best as you prepare to move to become Bishop of Wigan and Interim Bishop of Liverpool. With Every Blessing

Darren

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Dear Ruth,

Thank you for always being so kind and caring. You made me feel so welcome when I joined the Education Team at the diocese and then continued to be lovely whenever our paths crossed. I shall really miss you.

Best wishes for the future.

Fliss Cobley

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The Tolland community wish you all the best in your new position of Bishop of Liverpool.

We were all so delighted when you mentioned your visit to Tolland at Jamie Fox’s licensing service.  And what an event it was!  The American and Union flags up by the altar and an array of Stetsons in the congregation!  Certainly a day to remember for our USA visitors from the Wolcott Society and Tolland residents.

Maureen, Margaret Armstrong and I still talk about that very special clypping service that you led – it will go down in Tolland church history.

With love and best wishes for the future.

Linda Lloyd, Maureen Canney and all at Tolland

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Dear Bishop Ruth

Thank you for your faithful and respected ministry as Bishop of Taunton during your 10 year stint here in Bath and Wells. As a former ordinand in Coventry Diocese it was good to know the diocese was in a safe pair and hands during their time without either the Diocesan or the Bishop of Warwick. I'm glad your peripatetic role as Bishop has come to an end with hopefuly now some permanence as you relocate to Liverpool Diocese. Members of our family in Warrington will look forward to welcoming you! Tim and Pippa Price

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Dear +Ruth, it has been a real privilege working with you. Thank you for the support you have given the diocese and in particular your support for the diocesan staff. Wishing you the very best as you continue your ministry in Liverpool. Enita Andrews

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Arriving in the diocese during lockdown was a strange time, but a beautiful card and plant had been thoughtfully sent and was waiting on the doorstep. Thank you for all your teaching, prayer, humour and warmth. You will be greatly missed! With my prayers, & many blessings as you move to Liverpool. Chantal

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Dear Bishop Ruth,

I want to express my deepest gratitude for your exceptional pastoral care, your unwavering love for God, and the gentle, compassionate way you care for people. Your constant personal approach has been a true gift, and I have felt especially blessed by the way you have supported and cared for us during your time at Bath and Wells.

Your presence has been a beacon of grace and kindness, and I will always be thankful for the impact you've had on my journey.

With heartfelt thanks and every blessing,

Fabian Wuyts, St James Taunton

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Thank you for the support you have given me as a Reader in Training and then as an Ordinand. Your wisdom and leadership was really valuable to me and I remember a very formative session on Leadership you gave over zoom to the Readers in Covid. I am sure Liverpool will be very blessed by your ministry. Wishing you many blessings in new friends and challenges in a wonderful part of the world, Caryl