On Tuesday 6^th September, The Revd Philippa Good was licenced as Priest in Charge of the Portway and Danebury benefice which includes the parishes of Amport, Grateley, Monxton, Quarley, Nether Wallop and Over Wallop.

Phillipa and her family are now living in the rectory at Over Wallop.

Contact details can be found on the Monxton Matters website.

The Revd Philippa Good, ‘Phili’, was born in Esher and brought up in Salisbury. She is married to Charles and has four children. Edward (26, living and working in Hong Kong), Peter (24, just finished his degree and has started a PGCE, married with a baby), John (16, just finished GCSEs and starting A-Levels), and Emma (14 and in Year 10). She also has three dogs (one Jack Russell and two Labs) and a cat.

Phili trained for ministry through the Portsmouth Pathway, a Diocesan based course which is linked to Cuddesdon Theological College and uses the Durham Awards programme. Her Curacy was spent in Farlington, near Portsmouth where the term ‘I have had an idea’ was first heard and kindly joined in with!

Her previous job was in the Meon Valley, between Winchester and Petersfield, looking after four churches, learning to balance the needs of differing rural churches and locations and exploring further where her ministry would take her.

When Phili isn’t busy around the parish, she can probably be found walking the dogs, being creative in the kitchen or with crafts for assemblies and sermons, working in the garden or quite possibly paddling in a chalk stream somewhere, being peaceful with God and listening for His word. Oh, and singing!