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feature “A Long Time Coming” Former Cranbrook Primary School governor has a calling to the church, writes Trisha Fermor AFTER YEARS of selfdoubt, former Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer Sandra Marsh is facing a lifechanging move as a priest. Mrs Marsh, who was born in Northern Ireland and has vivid memories of the troubles, will become the Rev Marsh when she is ordained at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 June. The former chair of governors for eight years at Cranbrook Primary School said her decision had been “a long time coming”. She added: “I kept putting it off and I still question myself. Am I good enough to do it? I was really surprised when the former vicar of St. Dunstan’s, the Rev Richard Williams, asked me to be his church warden. I remember asking myself, `I don’t know why I am here, but I have been called.’” Despite that, Mrs Marsh, who lives in Dorothy Avenue with her husband Simon, found her lack of confidence continuing, until she finally made the decision to undergo more than two years’ theological training, with more to come. One of five children, Mrs Marsh faced hardship not only while in the RUC but earlier “... I WAS A POLICE OFFICER AT THE HEIGHT OF THE TROUBLES AND THAT IS WHY I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM.” when her father, a tug boat captain, was drowned in an accident. “I wasn’t a teenager because I was bringing up my brothers and sisters because my mother had breakdowns. I was a police officer at the height of the troubles and that is why I can understand where young people are coming from.” She is particularly concerned about the rising vandalism in Cranbrook and the need for youngsters to have somewhere to meet. Mrs Marsh, a mother of three, has worked at the Hospice in the Weald and in the Headcorn benefice during her training which also included time as a street pastor in Maidstone. “The study is intensive and you go through a lot of inward change,” she said. “It is very interesting but relentless.” After her ordination, Mrs Marsh, whose father-in-law was a priest on Romney Marsh, will be saying goodbye to Cranbrook and moving to Eastry, taking on responsibility for five parishes. The move will include an additional flock to care for. “When we go, we will be taking our chickens and quail and are hoping to have ducks.” ABOVE: Sandra Marsh Nevill Estate Yard, Eridge, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9JR 01892 543233 The best selection of pianos in www.thepianoshopkent.co.uk the South East: upright and grand; new and restored; acoustic and digital. PianoShopWT180.indd 1 04/01/2017 16:06 The perfect piano for everyone! Nevill Estate Yard, Eridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9JR Tel. 01892 543233 www.thepianoshopkent.co.uk Parish Cake • Spring 2018 31 Piano Shop Kent.indd 1 13/03/2017 11:04
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