Staff

Stewart Betts

Team Rector

Church of England Clergy-person

Rachael Warnock

Free Church Minister
Baptist Union of Great Britain

Yvonne Desroches

Pioneer Curate

Church of England Clergy-person

Maureen Luke

Lay Minister

(Precious)
Licensed with Pastoral Responsibility for Boothville Community Church

Gemma Broadhead Tots Leader

Gemma is responsible for the Tots group, serving children and families in the local community.

Lynne Nelson

Community Support Organiser

My role involves encouraging community activity and engagement in the Talavera ward by promoting activities and signposting people to support services.

I run two groups weekly Mondays at thorplands hub and Wednesdays warm space in blackthorn

I work in partnership with other local projects to organise, book venues and run events that local people can engage in (fundraisers, jumble sales, fish)

Linda Withers

Church Administrator and Building Manager

Linda manages our building, including dealing with room hire. She also oversees the work of the team in the Church Office and is often the first person you speak to when you contact us.

Kristin Hatherly

Baptist secretary, Lay Preacher

Kevin Potter

Treasurer

Kevin manages our finances in partnership with the Finance Team.

Denise Kennedy

Foodbank Manager

Nish Sadikot

Foodbank Project Manager

Sonya Naik

Volunteer Development Manager

Richard Seaby

Church Warden

John Weaver

Church Warden

Maureen Timms

Methodist steward

Chris Pearson

Assistant Priest

Carla Smith

Food Bank Administrator

Julie Parsons

Fundraiser for The Emmanuel Group of Churches

Liz Bateman

Chair Of Foodbank Trustees

Anna Austin

Community Support Officer

My role is to support people in the local community, bringing them together at different social events I organise, helping to prevent loneliness. I work mainly with the elderly and vulnerable adults, but everyone is welcome to join any of my groups.
At present I run a Memory Café supporting people and their carers living with dementia and memory loss.
I also run a games group and a singing group