"I had never experienced anything like this before. It was a voice that couldn’t be ignored, calling me to ordination – I remember 30 years on the exact time and place where it happened".

The Revd Canon Toby Hole, Director of Mission and Ministry at the Diocese of Sheffield, makes his solo Words of Grace debut today.

He talks about:

✝️Struggling to fit in at the church youth group he grew up with

✝️God’s call for him to be a vicar – and initially rejecting that calling

✝️Learning more about racism, class divides and homelessness during his curacy in Islington

✝️His calling to Sheffield – and persistence at choosing St Chad’s Woodseats

✝️His love of history

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The Revd Phil Barringer, Team Rector at The Rivers Team, makes his Words of Grace debut today.

Phil talks about:

✝️Serving in the area of his birth and first journeys to faith

✝️Balancing working in the secular world and serving as Team Rector

✝️The makeup of The Rivers Team and the areas it serves

✝️His first calling to ordination and initially being told ‘no’

✝️The missional opportunities for the future across Rotherham

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"Nine days after life-saving treatment, there was a heartbeat. The ectopic was a twin pregnancy. That’s where my faith journey started".

Nicola Adams, Centenary Project Administrator in the Diocese of Sheffield, joins Ben and Paul on the Words of Grace podcast.

Nicola discusses:

✝️ Baby loss and having a 1 in 37 million chance of Hope

✝️ Finding faith as an adult

✝️ Seeing the Centenary Project grow

✝️ Exploring New Zealand

✝️ Being fully involved in her local church following a chance conversation

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