Life Before Trinity: Recent Episodes
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Delving into the previous lives of students, spouses and staff members before their time at Trinity.
Before coming to Trinity to train for ordination Ruth was a Debt Centre for CAP (Christians Against Poverty) where she led a team of volunteers to help people from all walks of life to become debt free.
On this episode of the Life Before Trinity we caught up with Chris Harrigan - one of the new faces at Trinity in 2020. One of Chris's roles at Trinity is the 'Mission Rep.' With that in mind, we took the opportunity to grill him on his experience in mission before coming to Trinity to train.
Liz is a dispersed learner at Trinity on the MA programme at Trinity. Liz is married to James and they co-lead a church called Unlimited in Exeter. They launched Unlimited in 2007 as part of a diocesan strategy to re-engage unchurched young people in Devon. Get a window into the realities, trials and joys of planting a church in this episode of 'Life Before Trinity' with Liz!
Since the death of George Floyd earlier in 2020 there has been renewed zeal across the world to address issues around racial injustice. In honour of Black History Month we talked to some of the BAME students at Trinity about their experiences of racial inequality and what white majorities in the church can do to acknowledge and confront the issues at hand. Dive into this powerful and prophetic episode of Life Before Trinity!
We're digging into the past and present lives of Hannah and Josh in this episode. Hannah is a Head of Year and a science teacher for a school in Bridgwater and Josh was a Children and Families worker for St Paul's Church in Weston Super Mare. St Paul's has an incredible ministry with vulnerable people in recovery. St Paul's has shaped Hannah and Josh and their conviction that the church should reflect the 'gospel for the poor.'
Delving into the depths of Sophie's previous job at M&S HQ and seeing God at work in unexpected places.