Trevor Jones

Archdeacon Emeritus of Hertford Canon Emeritus St Albans & Exeter Cathedrals Trustee St Luke's Foundation Exeter. Hon Law graduate Hertfordshire University

[Pope Respecter @poperespecter1]

Breaking: Pope Leo calls out Israel.

He stated that they continue to make Palestine suffer and demanded a guarantee for the Palestinians their own state (the "2 state solution").

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

Happy New Year! While filming her New Year’s message for the BBC, Bishop Sarah spent time at @EvelinaLondon Children’s Hospital, meeting staff caring for children and families, and at Saint, where community, care, and belonging are at the heart of daily life.

Watch the full message on BBC iPlayer. https://t.co/jXzHGgUr1R

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

On this day eight years ago, my dearest Dad died at home of bowel cancer.

His death was a good as it can possibly be - cocooned within the love of his wife, children and grandchildren, with his symptoms palliated beautifully. This was in no small part thanks to a small army of NHS community and palliative care nurses who visited daily, unstintingly, infusing Dad’s final days with acts of quiet yet priceless tenderness. How I wish everyone were able to receive such a service (I am painfully aware of the patients I sometimes treat who are dying on trolleys in hospital corridors - a travesty of what a good death should be).

Curled up in grief the day after Dad died, I posted a tweet of thanks to that small army, the NHS staff who had held Dad throughout those fifteen long months of the cruelties of cancer. Improbably, the tweet set off around the world, being seen some 9 million times. It struck a particular chord with people in America, whose replies, in their thousands, were often heartbreaking.

Why? I think because my tweet’s message was so simple. It spoke of gratitude to the NHS and for the fact that the one thing we never had to worry about during Dad’s illness was how we would pay for it - that his treatment might bankrupt us.

The NHS is flawed and failing, the product of decades of underfunding, understaffing, outsourcing and the leaching of funds into private ‘providers’ hands. But it is still a jewel in the UK’s crown - the embodiment of something vital and profound. We in Britain inhabit a society that believes, collectively, in treating patients in need, irrespective of their ability to pay. How simple and decent and profoundly kind is that?

My Dad gave his heart and soul to his NHS patients because he cared. It’s why I’m a doctor today.

Here’s to the NHS, its founding principles, and the fight to remain a society whose members continue fundamentally to care about each other.

And here’s to you, Dad.

[Steve Chalke @SteveChalke]

Last Friday Kemi Badenoch said that welfare spending is unchristian. I see things very differently. The Bible consistantly presents society with the collective responsiblity to support the most vulnerable; to care for those unable to 'pull themselves up by their own bootstraps'.

[Diocese of Exeter @CofEDevon]

This Sunday 16 November is Safeguarding Sunday - a chance for churches to reflect, take action, and celebrate progress in creating safer spaces. This year’s theme, “Action Speaks Louder,” calls us to move beyond words and live out safeguarding as part of the heart of our faith.

[Clergy Support Trust @ClergySupportUK]

Have you seen The Choral at the cinema? 🍿

It's the story of a community coming together in wartime, through the power of #choral music.

If you enjoyed it, Clergy Support Trust hosts the oldest choral music event of its kind in the world, celebrating 371 years next year, and we'd love to see you there.

Add Tuesday 12 May 2026 to your dairy, and join our mailing list if you want to be the first to know when free tickets are available to book.

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[Madeleine Davies @MadsDavies]

❤️ I started giving to our local hospice last week. Thank you to all who work in them.

[Church Times @ChurchTimes]

The Archbishop of York, @CottrellStephen, was forced to cut short a visit to a family in the south Hebron hills on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the Church of England delegation to leave the area. #WestBank #Israel #Palestine #ArchbishopofYork
https://t.co/AgsxzT3SU4

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

People with learning difficulties or autism should be given the support for living rather than support for dying.

[Simon Sarmiento @simonsarmiento]

Five reasons to be hopeful… about the new Archbishop of Canterbury - St Albans Times https://t.co/E68ETFQtMe

[Trevor Jones @archdtrevor]

Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture in partnership with University of Exeter Lecture by Steve Chalke, ‘Where there’s ruin there’s hope’ Monday 6 October 6.30pm Lecture Theatre B Streatham Court, University of Exeter. More details at https://t.co/UqvbX8g9zG see News

[Calgie @christiancalgie]

Theresa May's short and sweet speech objecting to Assisted Dying

[Diocese of Exeter @CofEDevon]

Exeter is one of the eight cities in the UK to host the Women's World Cup Rugby this year, and today it welcomed the French and Italian teams during a special service. Let's join in giving the teams a warm welcome to the city!

[Diocese of Exeter @CofEDevon]

"I'm pleased that the next generation of women are getting to play the games they want to play."
We were delighted to be apart of the Women's Rugby World Cup Welcome Ceremony today in a packed @ExeterCathedral.

[Holden Cole @HoldenCCole]

Most people think “Catholic = Roman.”

But the Catholic Church includes 6 liturgical rites and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, all in full communion with Rome.

Same faith, different traditions.
Here’s your intro to the other Catholic rites. 🧵

[Bishop of Southwark @BishopSouthwark]

A very moving address to General Synod by the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem The Most Revd Hosam Naoum - including video of full address - asking for prayers for continued resilience and Christian presence in the Holy Land https://t.co/e9gnLiGOYa

[Richard Chapman @SelsdonChapman]

The Church of England’s General Synod today passed a motion by 238-7 votes, requesting 'His Majesty’s Government work to improve funding and access to desperately needed palliative care services instead of enacting a law that puts the most vulnerable at risk.’ #AssistedDyingBill

[Archbishop of York @CottrellStephen]

It was a privilege to hear Archbishop Hosam speak at @ChurchofEngland @Synod today. We prayed for Hosam and the church he serves as they bear the weight of sorrow and hope in the Holy Land. We cry out to God for peace and justice in our world, and for the leading of His spirit.

[Jackie Searle @jackiesearle09]

Just putting this here for anyone who needs it this evening

[ELS @ecclawsoc]

The President and Trustees were saddened to learn that Sheila Ryan (née Cameron) died yesterday morning. She was a life member and former President of the Society. Requiescat in pace.