Retirement Announcement from Revd Jayne Lewis to the Launde Deanery Minster Community

For personal family reasons, I have decided that now is the time to give informal notice of my intention to retire next year.
I want to devote more time to family and friends than is possible in what has been a very full-time six day a week ministry.
I am very conscious that my retirement will have significant short and longer-term implications for the Launde Deanery Minster Community (details of this will follow).
I have therefore felt strongly that I would like to share this with you well in advance of me leaving, in order to assist Jonathan, Madeleine, Wendy and you all to discern the best way forward. So, this is not currently a farewell and I sense that good can come of this situation.
For your information, I am formally required to give three months notice. My current feeling is that I will probably retire Summer 2025.
Every blessing,
Jayne