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My Life, Work and Ministry:
Notes from Retirement

by George Lovell

A supernumerary Methodist minister reviews and reflects upon his early life, his training and work as an engineer, his call to the ministry and active ministry in Wales and London, his doctoral research, his role as a consultant on church and community development with Avec, his work as a research fellow, and his ministry and work in retirement.

Prepared for online publication by John S. Summerwill

Dr Lovell died on 7th October 2018 aged 89r, just before the publication of this autoethnography. Although he was aware that it was in need of further editing and correction, his failing health in the last year or so of his life prevented him from doing any more work on it, and he was reconciled to leaving it as it, warts and all. He and I are grateful to the Trustees of Avec for allowing it to be published on the Avec Resources website. JSS

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My Life, Work and Ministry: Notes from Retirement

by George Lovell

Contents

Introductory Section

Status of the Notes

My Vocational Life

Concluding Reflections

My Life, Work and Ministry:
Notes from Retirement