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A little bit about me… I grew up in a Christian family and came to faith in Jesus as a teenager – I was the one in the youth group with all the challenging questions!
My main hobby is drama, an interest which began in a church youth group, and I have written stories, and scripts for films and theatre.
About me I have been worshipping at St Mary’s Great Baddow since joining the youth group in my teens; later I went on to assist in leading youth work as a young leader.
band-drumming atheist in my teens, I came to faith through a local parish church youth group; and I retain a passion for working more creatively to share the faith with those outside usual church circles.
Born in Birmingham in 1960; grew up in a village near Lichfield; came to faith in Christ through youth group in local church; read Theology at Manchester University; felt call to ordination; became a Reader; taught RE in secondary school in east Manchester; trained for ordination at St. John’s Nottingham; curate in Oldham (town centre team ministry) then minister in charge of daughter church in Urmston, south Manchester; spent a year looking after two rural parishes; helped set up Team Ministry in inner city Salford; appointed to staff of Cranmer Hall Durham; involved in St Nicholas
I teach 3-11 year olds in Sunday school and previously helped with the youth group.
Particular highlights were participating in the music of the church and taking our youth group to the annual youth pilgrimage camping at the Anglican shrine in Walsingham which it was my huge privilege to do many times.
I grew in my faith through an active youth group and Pathfinder camps.
However, all the time I was working and helping to bring up our four children, I was heavily involved in my local church, variously as homegroup leader, youth group leader, PCC secretary, PCC vice-chair, churchwarden, and leading the church through an interregnum concluding in a church graft.
attending a youth group that led me giving my life to Christ.
In the past three years our youth group has grown from single digits to over 20, led by excellent volunteers, and the church has broadened – in age range, socio-economics, faith and pre-faith.
My current involvement includes catering for our youth group, serving on the PCC, and leading a home group; I have previously been a Foundation Governor at the local Church of England primary school, where my wife works part-time.
I was part of an active Crusader youth group in my teens (now ‘Urban Saints’), and it was through the ministry of Crusaders – by God’s grace – that my faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour became real and personal.
I ran an ecumenical youth group for young people aged 11–14, bringing together members from the
Over that time I have served as a Home Group Leader, a Youth Group leader and in 2020 completed my training as a Reader (pictured above).
My first Sunday in church in London after university, I volunteered to help run the youth group (and, of course, ended up leading it!).
I helped with holiday clubs for children, helped to lead the youth group, sang in the choir, and took part in other performances and various parts of services.
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By God's grace our church weekly youth group has grown from 12 to around 22, and a good number of them come on their own, without a parent behind them.
- Before ordination in 2003 I was in sales for 13 years whilst leading our church youth group.
As my faith deepened, I began serving, helping to lead the youth group, running the crèche and serving on the worship team.
This is what I would bring to General Synod My background In 1965, age 16, I was the youngest member of the 17+ Youth Group at St Giles’ and St George’s, Ashtead, where I grew up.
• With two Dad’s from the Church, I ran and did much of the planning for a Youth Group for ages 13-18.
With greater costs associated with university, more young adults are staying at home where there is often a void after youth group.
Like every youth group leader, I wrestle with how to help young
The parish is where most people encounter the Church of England – at a baptism, a wedding or a funeral; at Christmas and Easter; through a food bank, a choir or a youth group; when somebody is lonely, frightened, bereaved or searching for meaning.
We now live in Headington, Oxford and serve as home group leaders, and our children love the fun and fellowship of the youth group and playing music for services.
I found my own faith through our youth group KFC (Kids for Christ), and currently serve in St Faith’s on the PA team, kids team and welcome team.
Why I am standing for General Synod I want to see young people’s voices heard in Church of England structures I am passionate about the future of the Church of England, which has a wonderful opportunity, as a Christian Presence in Every Community, to share the Good News of Jesus with my generation. I care deeply about the future of the planet (it’s the one God has given us to look after), and want to encourage the Church of England to support policies which will protect the environment, and help people effected the most by climate change. I want to foster better relationships with other churches – encouraged by the multi- denominational youth group in which I grew up. I am concerned with diocesan finances, and want to work for a better funding settlement from the Church Commissioners. I play an active role in my local Parish Church, and the importance of the CofE in every community in England cannot be underestimated.
It’s vital that the Church continues to engage with and bring the Gospel to Children and Young People; as a previous Youth Group Leader I know that.
I came to faith as a teenager in the youth group.
Today, he co-leads a youth group that regularly welcomes more than twenty every week.
I participated in running the local church youth group as well as being a member of the Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade (CLCGB) for over 20 years.
My early Christian life was grounded in an ecumenical youth group, held in a Pentecostal church, attended by Christians from Baptist, CofE, and Methodist churches.
From leading services, to running the messiest youth group activities, to serving on Bishops’ Council, there is not an area of church life nor excuse to talk about Jesus I will not get involved in!
Susan and I met at our church’s youth group.
I grew up going to our village church where I worked my way through Sunday School, the choir and the youth group, but left it and my faith behind when I left home.
Before too long, I was leading a youth group, running Alpha courses and serving on the PCC.
I came to faith at 16 after I was invited to be a musician for the church pantomime and met the youth group who introduced me to Jesus as my Lord and Saviour.
I grew up in a suburban parish with a broadly Anglo-Catholic liturgy and an evangelical youth group.
a church steward, a rep. on the local Churches Together group, a helper with the church youth group and one of the co- founders and chairperson of
I have taught our children in junior church on Sundays, and our youth group in their mid-week bible study for many years.
I came to faith in my youth through an invitation to a church youth group, and greatly value the role of children and youth work in our churches.
About me I grew up in a village in Sussex, where I belonged to the church choir and youth group.
The youth group at the chapel was vibrant and once confident in my faith, I became actively committed to evangelism and nurture among my peers.
My focus since 2021 has been leading our 14-18s ministry at Christ Church, running a youth group for 16-20 young people every Friday where we study the Bible, ask big questions, discuss the things that matter to them, worship, pray, and of course have fun and eat together!