The RAF Marham Chaplaincy Team

RAF Marham Chaplaincy Services
Mission Statement:
To represent the Kingdom of God and to promote its values, to meet the pastoral, spiritual and moral needs of the whole RAF community and to enable that community to practise its various faiths.

Aims:
To provide appropriate pastoral care for all personnel and their dependants irrespective of religeous beliefs or status.

To provide spiritual and moral guidance in peace, transition to war and war.

To provide appropriate centres and facilities for worship to enable personnel to practise their faith within the reasonable constraints imposed by the RAF.

Station Churches:

St Andrew's - Church of Scotland and Free Churches
The Church is open for prayer during office hours.

Sunday 10:30
United Worship with CSFC and C of E.
Crèche and Sunday School facilities are available each week.
For more details call Padre Andrew Turner on Ext: 7225, Padre Mark Kennard on Ext: 7101, or the Chaplains' Clerk on Ext: 7550.


Padre Andrew Turner


Padre Mark Kennard


Padre James Caulfield



St George's - Roman Catholic Church
Week day Mass - as announced.
Father James Caulfield Ext: 7244,
or the Chaplains' Clerk on Ext: 7550

St Margaret's - Church of England
The Church is open for prayer during office hours.

Sunday 10:30
United Worship with C of E and CSFC.
Crèche and Sunday School facilities are available each week.
For more details call Padre Andrew Turner on Ext: 7225, Padre Mark Kennard on Ext: 7101, or the Chaplains' Clerk on Ext: 7550.



RAF Marham Church Centre
In addition to St Margaret's and St Andrew's Churches the Church Centre houses the offices of the Station Chaplains and the Chaplains' Clerk. The centre's rooms are frequently used for Church Groups and Welfare Meetings but they are also available for other meetings through the Padre's Clerk.

The Reverend (Wg Cdr) Andrew Turner RAF Church of England Padre
Have we met before?
"The Early Years"
Born, raised and educated in Ipswich (don't tell the Norfolk locals!)
1974 Married Liz - we have 3 sons born in 76, 77 and 81
80-83 After working as a trainee solicitor and an Admin assistant in the NHS I went to Theological College in Nottingham.
1983 Ordained at Bury St Edmunds - served as Curate in Framlingham for two years before becoming
85-91 Rector of Badingham, Bruisyard, Cransford and Dennington before going to RAF Cranwell in 91

"The RAF Years"
91-92 RAF Coltishall & RAF Neatishead
92-94 RAF Buchan detached to the Falklands from Aug 93 - Jan 94
94-97 RAF Coningsby
97-00 RAF St Mawgan
00-02 Ramstein Airbase
02-04 RAF Digby with "B" Sqn IOT at Cranwell for two courses - detached to Op Telic - Basra Airport - Nov 03 - Feb 04
04-06 Defence Acquisition Chaplain - covering AbbeyWood Bristol (DPA), Bath Sites (DLO) and Corsham sites (DCSA)
06-?? RAF Marham as Senior Chaplain

Ext: 7225

Church of Scotland and Free Churches Padre
Roman Catholic Padre
Father James Caulfield

Ext 7244

Chaplains' Clerk
The Chaplains' Clerk office hours are 0900 hrs to 1530 hrs Monday - Friday.
Ext: 7550



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