Chaplaincy - Diocese of Bath & Wells

Chaplaincy is journeying alongside people wherever they find themselves.

In Bath and Wells, over 300 chaplains serve in our schools and colleges, hospitals and hospices, residential care homes, railway stations, industries, retail establishments, courts, armed forces, police services, and other places of work and leisure. Every day they are living and telling the story of God’s love with sensitivity, generosity and grace.

Chaplains listen and look out for everyone, regardless of age, profession or status. They offer hospitality and welcome to people of all beliefs and cultures.

“Chaplaincy is one of the ways our diocese shares God’s love in the wider world. In schools, workplaces, hospitals, communities, and public spaces, chaplains offer compassion, support, and prayer to people of all faiths and none. Here in Bath and Wells, we celebrate and encourage this ministry of presence – being alongside people where life is lived, and where God is already at work.”

Revd Richard Kelley, Chaplaincy Adviser

Watch the videos below to find out more

Dr Paula Gooder: ‘Faith in wide spaces’

Dr Paula Gooder, author, broadcaster and Canon Chancellor at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, was keynote speaker at the 2024 Chaplaincy Gathering. Here she explores faith in the wide spaces and public squares of the scriptures and our current contexts.

Paula Gooder – Faith in wide spaces – Chaplaincy Gathering 2024

Chaplaincy in education

Grab a cup of coffee and join Weston College chaplain, Revd Julie Birkett, to find out more about chaplaincy in education.

Find out more about education chaplaincy

Agricultural chaplaincy

In this video, agricultural chaplains in the diocese share a series of reflections.

Rural Mission Sunday 2020

Taunton chaplaincy

Taunton Team Chaplaincy work in the YMCA, residential care, shops, railways and local government, and hear their organisations talk of the impact of their ministry and mission.

What does chaplaincy mean to you?

‘Where the Spirit Leads’

Here’s a little glimpse of an amazing gathering of chaplains in education across the UK and one from the USA, looking at the theme ‘Where the Spirit Leads’. We laughed, learned, ate and dreamed together. This is two great days crammed into three minutes.