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Former trucker Paul is villages’ new vicar
LORRY-driving reverendPaul Kish is looking forward to his new full- time job as the vicar of Yalding, Laddingford and Collier Street. The father of four moves into the
parish with wife Anna at the end of August, setting up home at Yalding Vicarage. It follows a period of 15 years as a self-supporting, unpaid minister, helping parishes without a vicar. He will be familiar to congrega-
tions at Boxley and Detling and also at Sutton Valence School, where he has also been a teacher, chaplain and head of department. Rev Kish says he is now looking
forward to putting down roots, al- though he admits working has kept him in the “real world”. “Under my cassock I’ve still got
the soul of a lorry driver,” he laughs. Rev Kishwas born in Ilkley,York-
shire, and trained as a priest in 1996. He moved to his wife’s native Kent, and the family currently lives in Goudhurst. He has two daughters at univer-
Gary Collville,whohas held the fort since Rev Paul Filmer took retire- ment in 2014, following a long ill- ness. He will lead his last service at
The Reverend Paul Kish
sity and anotherwhoattends Invicta Grammar School. His son Charlie, the youngest, is at Oakwood Park school in Maidstone. Rev Kish takes his first service at
Yalding (9.30am) and Collier Street (11am) on September 25, while de- tails of the venue for his institution on September 21 have still to be an- nounced. He takes up the role from Rev
Yalding church on August 1 at 9.30am and at Collier Street at 11am and on August 28 he will take his final service at Laddingford at 11am and Yalding at 1pm. The parish magazine thanked Rev Collville for his time serving the parish, adding: “The Bishop ‘sent’ Gary to us during a time of great need for our Benefice and he has guided and helped so many during this time. “IknowGary has enjoyed his time
with us, albeit a testing time as any Interregnum is, andwe wish him the very best of luck and many prayers for his next journey.” Rev Collville thanked the congre-
gation for the friendship and hospi- tality he has enjoyed, adding: “Be assured, I will be praying for you all in the new future you will have shortly, with a new vicar in tow.”
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