Ministerial Reviewers Biographies 2011

Ministerial Consultants 2011 London Diocese Stepney Episcopal Area The Revd Michael Ainsworth Michael is the Rector of St George-in-the-East, a historic church with a modern interior, four flats, and a crypt housing a nursery school and North Thames Ministerial Training Course (part of St Mellitus College, with which he has pastoral and teaching involvement) So he knows about managing complex sites! The parish, and the brilliant church school with which he works closely, are Bengalimajority His previous ministry was in the north-west, where he was Team Rector of a busy traditional parish in Salford, and area dean, and before that Rector of a 1930s council estate parish Prior to that, he was chaplain and tutor of the Northern Ordination Course, teaching liturgy and ethics to ordinands across nine dioceses and all the theological traditions He has also worked in HE chaplaincy Apart from parochial and ministerial training experience (including inspecting colleges and courses), Michael is vice-chair of the Church Buildings Council, seeing many major re-ordering and development projects in London and across the country He has served on General Synod, and was chair of the House of Clergy in Manchester diocese a role with 'shop steward' and clergy welfare elements He has a particular interest in the changing culture of wedding and funeral ministry, and is the Anglican member of the ecumenical Churches Funerals Group Michael's wife is ordained and works as a national church education officer; they have four adult children The Revd Paul Bagott Paul has been vicar of our most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell and St Mark’s Myddelton Square for fifteen years He trained at Westcott House, served his title at St Peter and St Paul Chingford in the Diocese of Chelmsford and served a second curacy at St Saviours and St James the Less Pimlico While in Clerkenwell, he was Chaplain to the Moorfields Hospital for three years and was Chairman of the Governors of Clerkenwell Parochial School and still continues to serve the governing body He is currently a member of the Diocesan Board for Schools In the fourteen years at Clerkenwell both churches have been major fund raising projects to repair their roofs At St Marks they give a home to The London Christian Meditation Centre At Holy Redeemer they have developed The Exmouth Market Centre as a community centre He was glad to have had the opportunity to have a colleague in training as Stipendiary Assistant Curate and another colleague this year who is Self-sustained minister Paul serves on the Stepney Area Council, helped in the planning of the Stepney Area Pilgrimage to Rome and currently helping plan a Pilgrimage for the Stepney Area to Spain He has recently been appointed a Priest Vicar at Westminster Abbey for his work as the Chaplain to the Society of Our Lady of Pew He is Assistant Chaplain on the Council of the London District of St John’s Ambulance He serves on the United Kingdom Committee for the Papua New Guinea Church Partnership and is a member of the Groucho Club Paul was born in a vicarage, the youngest son of a cleric, so clergy life came as no surprise to him! The Revd Peter Bernhard Peter Bernhard-After 29 years in the insurance and reinsurance business, retiring as Deputy Chief Executive of an underwriting Agency, Peter was ordained Deacon in 2006 and priest in 2007 He served his title at St Luke's Homerton Terrace and is now attached to Holy Redeemer and St Mark's in Clerkenwell He also serves as an examining chaplain, sub-dean of the college of self-supporting ministers, Treasurer of the London Chapter of the SCP and ACU chaplain at Sadlers Wells He has been involved in career development interviewing since the mid eighties He is married with sons in their twenties The Revd Philippa Boardman Has served in three parishes since ordination in 1990 - in Waltham Forest, Hackney and currently Tower Hamlets, as Vicar of St Paul and St Mark, Old Ford She is passionately committed to building up the people of God, to the parochial system and to embracing our church buildings as assets for mission rather than burdens This latter has included the renovation and re-opening of a formerly derelict church building in the parish The current challenge is keeping the building open, staffed, safe and paying the bills! She is committed to regular work supervision and the day-off for survival/flourishing Has enjoyed working with curate colleagues over the years and annual placements with ordinands Has also served on General Synod The Revd Jonathan Clark Jonathan is Rector of St Mary Stoke Newington and Priest-in-charge of St John Brownswood Park, with previous experience in university chaplaincy and theological education "I have experience in spiritual direction, tutoring, and work consultancy as well as ministerial review People tell me they value my sense of humour, unflappability and analytical skills I bring to ministerial review a concern for the whole person, and the aim of making the review serve your needs I particularly value working across the whole spectrum of church tradition and theology.” The Revd Fraser Dyer Fraser was a consultant in the voluntary sector for almost twenty years, with a specialism in managing volunteers He is co-author of two management books for charities, and his most recent book, Why Do I Do This Every Day?, explores the nature of meaningful work He was previously employed by Traidcraft and Greenpeace and remains committed to fair trade and sustainability He is a trustee of Daily Life Ltd, a disability-led organisation through which artist Bobby Baker produces her work (lately focussing on mental health), and of Soul of Europe which supports Revd Donald Reeves' peacebuilding work in Britain and the Balkans He is now assistant curate at St Peter De Beauvoir Town, and pleased to be living within walking distance of several excellent pubs, an independent cinema and two jazz venues Ms Vivette Ferguson Vivette is a teacher, (part-time) at Tyssen Community Primary School in Hackney She was a headteacher of a church school and the Hackney Representative on the London Diocesan Board for Schools for several years She has two grown up children and has lived in Hackney for over forty years She worships at St Peter De Beauvoir Town, a culturally diverse church where she has at one time or another been Churchwarden and Deanery Synod Representative Vivette is a Pastoral Assistant Vivette is a member of SAMEAG The Revd Nikki Groarke Nikki has been Vicar of St Stephen’s Canonbury for two years, and prior to that was curate then Associate Vicar at Ascension, Balham Hill Her passion is to see everyone become the amazing people God made them to be, living life wholeheartedly and fully playing their part in building God’s kingdom Before ordination Nikki worked in marketing for a publisher in Oxford, and then co-ordinating the bereavement service in a hospice She has much experience in staff and volunteer management and training, strategic goal setting, and enabling and equipping emerging leaders She is involved in Post Ordination Training in the Stepney area and is a mentor for the CPAS Arrow Leadership Course, and enjoys walking alongside those who are growing as leaders, helping them think about how to integrate ministry and work, replenishment and refreshment, time with family and friends, together with planning in physical and spiritual development so they can live life to the full for the long haul The Revd Tom Keighley Ordained in 2003 as an MSE, Tom is a nurse who has worked in clinical practice, education, research and management He has developed empowerment programmes and has a history of engagement with minority groups and issues Since 2001, he has worked as an independent consultant in health care, in particular with the EU Commission assisting in the Accession process With extensive experience in mentorship, leadership and personal development, his work as a spiritual director, with a strong Franciscan bias, has been underpinned by the SD programme at Durham University His consultancy work is based on process management and the achievement of change in a personal development framework He is an assistant priest attached to Christ St John with St Luke’s on the Isle of Dogs and acts as Bishop’s adviser on healthcare He has recently been appointed as Dean for SSMs in the Stepney Area and elected as Provincial Formation Guardian for the SSF Tertiaries in the European Province The Revd Alexandra Logan Alex has been Vicar of St James The Less Bethnal Green since February 2007 and before that served as a Curate at St Marys Church in Penwortham, near Preston Before ordination she trained a youth and community worker, specialising mainly in housing and homelessness This included time spent working on projects with young people on outer city estates in Cardiff and Lancaster, a post as a housing advice worker at Homeless Action in Lancaster, and working for Shelter, setting up a Resettlement service in Fleetwood for ‘at risk’ young people She is passionate about ‘vision’ in the local church and working collaboratively with the congregation to make this happen, so that the church can properly serve the local community She is learning that this is a slow business, that it really is God’s work, and that leaning back is sometimes what’s required She enjoys time spent in local schools, being a trustee for Crossroads Counselling service and occasionally joining the East London Pensioners for their weekly bingo sessions in the church hall She enjoys living in a busy vicarage and takes seriously the need to escape and develop good habits around holidays and days off so as not to become too eccentric She enjoys art, cooking, growing vegetables and is seriously considering keeping some bees Mr Paddy Marsh Paddy is a retired solicitor and a reader at Christ Church Highbury, married with three grown-up children In his 40’s he took a five-year sabbatical from his law practice to be warden of Scargill House (a holiday and conference centre in Yorkshire run by a Christian Community), afterwards returning to his practice After retirement from the law he took a diploma in counselling at London University, and has worked as a counsellor within the NHS and privately He enjoys hill-walking, reading and watching rugby and cricket on TV Mrs Elizabeth Marshall Elizabeth is retired from a career in the civil service, the private sector, and latterly the Financial Services Authority, where she worked mainly on consumer issues and education She worships at St Mary, Bow, where she is at present Lay Chair of the PCC; has been a churchwarden and was also Lay Chair of the Deanery Synod She has been an examining chaplain for several years and was governor of a Tower Hamlets secondary school Among current activities, Elizabeth is a Council member of Queen Mary University of London, and chairs the College’s Research Ethics Committee; she also assists the Bar Standards Board on professional regulation of the Bar She is a member of the Court of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, and is a trustee of several local charities Mrs Ruth McCurry Ruth has lived in East London for 36 years and for many of those years was a teacher in Tower Hamlets, and then in Hackney For the past 20 years she has worked in publishing She is a clergy widow and belongs to St Paul’s, Bow Common; she is involved in New Step; was a member of the Archbishop's Commission which produced Faith in the City, a Trustee of the Church Urban Fund, and a member of the MOW Theology Group and the Archbishop's Urban Theology Group The Revd Prebendary David Paton David is presently Master of the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, the Retreat House and Conference Centre in Limehouse Having been a Barrister for 12 years, he was ordained in 1983 and for the next 15 years he was a parish priest in the Stepney Area at St Matthew Bethnal Green, St Mary, Cable Street and St Barnabas, Bethnal Green and the Area Dean of Tower Hamlets He moved to the City Deanery in 1998 where he was Area Dean He is a Spiritual Director to clergy and laity from all churchmanships The Revd Tom Pyke Tom was born near Manchester, but moved to South Wales at six months of age He went to school in Cardiff and there nurtured a love of the sea, boats and ships which has never entirely left him He went to Durham University and read English Language and Medieval Literature, finding that the best bits of the course were to with pre-Conquest texts In Durham he formally became an ordinand Tom did two years with the OTC in the North East, , and a respect for the work of the Armed Forces goes back to this time At Durham Tom met Sue, they were married in 1986 and they have two school-age children Tom nursed at St Christopher’s Hospice for a year, and then went to Ridley Hall for three years He enjoyed the rigour of Tripos, and came out away from Cambridge a lot broader in views He isn’t very keen on labels Though his worship and spirituality is catholic he likes mission which has an emphasis on personal discipleship, and which is characterised by awe at God’s grace His first curacy was in the Team Parish of Hitchin After five years there he moved to be Chaplain in an ecumenical team at Aston University Five years on again, and he moved a little north, and a bit sideways to be Industrial Chaplain and Vicar for the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham In this role he worked on the regeneration on community in a newly residential area In November of 2006 Fr Tom moved to the Isle of Dogs to be the Vicar of both Christ Church and St Luke’s St Luke’s is currently the focus of a redevelopment scheme Tom is also RNR Chaplain to HMS President, a role that brings a different perspective, and refreshment to his ministry He is keen to encourage other priests to offer themselves as reservist chaplains in the armed services Tom’s work interests are in a traditional pattern of pastoral ministry, utilising the skills of lay teams Outside work Tom enjoys gardening, hill walking and DIY He writes poetry when the Muse is active, especially enjoying playing with the different kinds of sonnet He tortures the guitar and the recorder every now and then, but only for his own amusement Mrs Carol Rider Carol has lived in Central London for over 17 years, during this time she has brought up children, gained a Psychology degree and Systemic Family Therapy accreditation For the past years she has worked full time in a small primary school in Tower Hamlets engaging parents and working with the extended schools agenda She worships at Christ Church Spitalfields The Revd Tunde Roberts Tunde was born in Nigeria He was educated to secondary level before coming to live permanently in the UK in 1975 He is married to Folakemi and lives with the family in St Olave’s, Woodberry Down He studied economics and accountancy before working for a publishing company where he became General Manager He was ordained in 1991 and first served as an SSM curate before becoming stipendiary priest at St Barnabas Mitcham He came to Woodberry Down in 1999 For almost three years he has also been priest-in-charge of St Andrew’s Stoke Newington He is a school governor and was a former trustee of Christian Aid and a former Governor of the USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) He was a former chairman and treasurer of the Association of Black Clergy Tunde was installed as a Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral on 14 October 2007 and is Archdeacon of the Diocese of Ondo, Nigeria Ms Hendrika Santer Bream Hendrika has more than twenty years' experience of working in Personnel Management in the Health Service She now works on developing an organisational culture that will support continuous improvement In previous roles she had particular responsibility for developing working relations between management and unions, for equality and diversity, and for advising managers and staff on all kinds of subjects including employment law, recruitment, performance and training Hendrika is a school governor and has in the past been a Trustee of a local Mind organisation, church secretary and church warden She and her family worship at St Paul’s Bow Common The Revd Kevin Scully Kevin Scully has a broad range of professional experience, having been a journalist, writer and actor before his ordination in 1993 He has served all his ordained ministry in three churches in the Stepney area and held the Vocations brief (including Director of Ordinands) for three years He has been a member of the London Diocesan Board for Schools and the working group supporting ministry with Deaf people Liturgy is something of a passion for him He has taught on a range of courses and taken workshops in liturgy and eucharistic presidency He is used as a spiritual director Kevin has a natural affinity with clergy who struggle with team dynamics and building matters while trying to be a pastor in diverse settings He is currently in his tenth year as Rector of St Matthew’s Bethnal Green The Revd David Silvester David is Team Rector in the Hackney Marsh Team having previously been vicar of St Jude and St Paul's, Mildmay Grove He was Area Dean in Islington and is currently deputy Area Dean in Hackney He is also a school governor David has also served in parishes in Walthamstow and Barking in the Chelmsford diocese He is an evangelical, committed to parish ministry in inner-city London and to telling the Christian gospel in ways that are relevant and accessible The Revd Dave Tomlinson Dave has been vicar of St Luke’s West Holloway since 2000, and describes it as the best job in the world Prior to being a vicar, Dave led Holy Joes for ten years – a group that met in a pub in south London offering space for church drop-outs and unchurched spiritual seekers to explore God-stuff over a pint of beer, or a glass of wine Dave is the author of several books including The Post-Evangelical and Re-Enchanting Christianity He is also a regular speaker at events like Greenbelt Dave is a qualified teacher of the Enneagram, a personality indicator combining ancient wisdom and modern psychology, which he uses constantly in counselling, pastoral work and spiritual direction He is married to Pat, and they have three children, three grandchildren, and a dog called Woody Ms Liz Watson Liz’s principal commitment is to the path of contemplative prayer and she has worked in a variety of voluntary capacities for The World Community for Christian Meditation (www.wccm.org) over the last twelve years These have included running a volunteer-staffed office and a Christian meditation teaching centre She is presently UK Coordinator as well as leading meditation courses, days and retreats The Community is ecumenical and involved in inter-faith dialogue She also offers spiritual direction Liz returned to the church in 1992 and has since seen it from several different angles As a member of Bath Abbey congregation she ran the gamut of PCC, Deanery Synod, healing ministry team, leading prayer workshops and putting herself forward as a possible candidate for ordination Instead she married a C of E priest and became a vicar’s wife, opened a Quiet Garden, got involved with some creative liturgy, did some small scale training of readers (small r), intercessors and pastoral carers and became Cornwall convenor for Affirming Catholicism And took the opportunity to explore some theology through the part-time MA at Exeter University Before moving to London in 2002 she and her husband and another couple had a shot at creating a residential community a very formative two years She now worships at St Mary, Stoke Newington Prior to 1992 Liz pursued a career in public libraries to senior management level, exercising broad-based management skills, buildings, budgets, operations, people, but she gradually realised that what interested her most was how to get the job done better by helping people grow The Revd Prebendary Andy Windross (EMR only) Director of Training and Development in the Stepney Area, overseeing the provision of lay and clerical training Specific responsibilities include Area Director of Ordinands, the Ministerial Review process and Director of POT Married with three grown up children and two grand daughters He has worked in the Stepney Episcopal Area for over thirty years as Team Vicar in Bow, latterly as incumbent at St Peter De Beauvoir Town before taking up his present role He has been Area Dean of Hackney, chair of Governors at various schools in the Borough, served a four-year term as a Borough Councillor and was chair of the Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust for almost seven years The Revd Prebendary Alan Wynne Trained as a teacher and taught Music and History before ordination A curacy in Watford and a spell as Chaplain of Liddon House and the Grosvenor Chapel in London were followed by eleven years as Chaplain and Head of Religious Studies at Archbishop Tenison's School in south London and an honorary curacy at the church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch Before becoming Team Rector of Poplar he was Vicar of St Anne's, Hoxton He spent two terms on the Continuing Ministerial Education Course at the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, USA, and has been involved in Post Ordination Training since 1989 He is a Past President of Sion College and is the Stepney Area representative on the Bishop of London’s Mission Fund He still enjoys ordained ministry and has a passion for music and a weakness for travel  ... tutoring, and work consultancy as well as ministerial review People tell me they value my sense of humour, unflappability and analytical skills I bring to ministerial review a concern for the whole... and all the theological traditions He has also worked in HE chaplaincy Apart from parochial and ministerial training experience (including inspecting colleges and courses), Michael is vice-chair... church with a modern interior, four flats, and a crypt housing a nursery school and North Thames Ministerial Training Course (part of St Mellitus College, with which he has pastoral and teaching