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People |
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Minister - Rev Brian
Harley |
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Brian is married to Janet
and they have three grown up children and they are also registered
General Foster Carers, having looked after one young person for over a
decade and are now looking after another.
He grew up in a Methodist Church in a London suburb and came to a personal faith
in Christ at
the age of 15. He soon became a youth leader and went on to join The
City Temple URC in central London when he and Janet got married in 1983.
He served as an elder and worship leader and worked as an insurance
underwriter in London for 13 years (something in the City!) before feeling
the strong call of God to move on into full time ministry.
He trained at Westminster College, Cambridge and came directly from there to
Shanklin in September 1994.
Brian sees his main gifts as Bible teaching,
leading worship and pastoral care; he is also an able guitarist. As well as
pastoring the local church, he is deeply committed to working with other
Christians on the Island and has been involved in planning and leading
various events. He also regularly takes school assemblies and his wife Janet is one of the founders of
CatURpillars.
 He is Chairman of the Committee of
GEAR, The Group for Evangelism and
Renewal within the United Reformed Church and a Council member of the
Evangelical Alliance.
Brian is pictured left speaking at a
GEAR conference.
Contact:
Brian
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10 Dracaena
Gardens,
Shanklin,
Isle of Wight. PO37 7JQ
( (01983) 862485
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Robin Wightman -
Church Secretary
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Malcolm
Stevens -
Property |
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 Robin
was elected an Elder in March 2018 and
produces our weekly notice sheet, as
well as helping with property matters. He was appointed as Church Secretary
in March 2019.
Contact:
Robin |
 Malc
was re-elected as an Elder in March 2014 and took over leading our Property
Team from March 2015. He occasionally leads services and
has been heavily involved with the
property team that looks after our church building for a number of years, and giving oversight to
the technical team running the PA and Projection facilities.
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Colin Tamcken -
Treasurer
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Rita White -
Assistant
Treasurer |
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 Colin
was re-elected as an Elder in March 2014, and after a spell of being
Assistant Treasurer, he once again took over the role of Treasurer in March
2015. |
 Rita
took on the role of Treasurer from Colin in 2012 having been part of the church family
for a number of years but stepped down to be Assistant Treasurer in March
2015. |
Yvonne Sparks - Youth &
Children
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Alistair Rye |
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 Yvonne,
who was elected an Elder in March 2019,
works with our Youth & Children and
is in charge of craft activities for our
Encounter Café services.
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 Ajay
was
elected an elder in March 2017 and is involved in our youth work |
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Carole Smith |
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 Lou
was elected as an Elder in March 2019 and has a keen interest in prayer and
pastoral matters. She also oversees the catering for Tuesday lunches. |
 Carole
was re-elected as an Elder in March 2016 and was appointed as Church Secretary,
a role she had previously carried out. However, she relinquished this role in March
2019. |
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Peter Dawson |
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 Carol
is from Zimbabwe and moved over here in
2008. She had volunteered on a Christian
Mission programme there for 15 years and
has now got involved in church
life here. She was elected as an Elder
in 2012 and serves this role around her shift patterns
as a care worker at the local Leonard
Cheshire home. |
 Peter
was
elected an elder in March 2015 and can sometimes be seen playing the drums
in our services. He has also been
working to get our services online during the pandemic. |
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Page Last Updated
18 April 2021 |
