I am Philip Young, I am 66 years old and live in Felixstowe, Suffolk.
I believe that Love is God and God is Love and that Love transforms the individual and the world.
I am a priest in the Church of England and help out at my local church. I am also a Quaker and a pacifist and believe that to work for a world without war is both worthwhile and desirable. I am also a member of the Franciscan Third Order and seek to follow the way of Jesus as a Franciscan.
I love gardening, sailing, and swimming in the sea every day if I can. I enjoy writing and have recently written sixteen poems about love.
I am very happily married. I am a member of a local Rotary Club and love the Rotary motto, ‘Service above Self’ I have run the London Marathon five times for Water Aid and once to raise money for the rebuilding of St. Thomas’ Church Hall in Norwich where I was Vicar from 2007 to 2012. Before moving to Suffolk Coastal four years ago I was the Environmental Officer for the Diocese of Norwich. I have loved living in East Anglia since 1980.