{"id":348,"count":1,"description":"Judy French was appointed Archdeacon of Dorchester in 2014 having been Rector of St Mary\u2019s Charlbury and All Saints, Shorthampton,where she has been in post for 17 years.  \r\nJudy had the privilege of being part of a historic moment when she was one of the youngest of 37 women who were among the first to be ordained priest in the Church of England in Coventry Cathedral in 1994. \u201cIt was 20 years ago and it was the beginning of something exciting for the whole Church.\"\r\nHer  role will bring back her deacon\u2019s experience of servanthood. \u201cIt\u2019s about serving our churches, clergy and people, and working with diocesan staff, to help them with the challenges of church life and mission today,\u201d said Judy,who has family in Singapore, Washington DC and New Zealand, supportive parents and some good friends.","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?ctc_sermon_speaker=judy-french-archdeacon-of-dorchester","name":"Judy French: Archdeacon of Dorchester","slug":"judy-french-archdeacon-of-dorchester","taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/ctc_sermon_speaker"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon&ctc_sermon_speaker=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}