Meet The Team. |
Staff Team
Rev Tim GleghornVicar
Tim, his wife Jo and their two children Joshua and Hannah came to us from Christ Church Winchester, where as Assistant Curate Tim led the church through an 18 month vacancy.
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Yein PangYouth and Community Worker
Yein is British Born Chinese and grew up in Bath as a takeaway kid before moving to Bristol as a teenager. He attended the University of Exeter where he studied Theology and is now thrilled to be back working in Bath - a city that he loves.
Yein enjoys keeping fit, cooking and trying new food. He also finds a lot of satisfaction from chopping wood and attempting to play the guitar. |
Janet CornishOperations Manager
Janet spent the first fourteen years of her working life as a teacher in Exeter prior to joining the community at Lee Abbey in North Devon. She then moved to Surrey working in a variety of settings including five years as a Funeral Arranger.
In 2009 she moved back towards the west country (where she feels most at home) when she became Deputy Warden of a Christian Retreat House in Wiltshire. She joined the team at St Swithin's in July 2013.
In her spare time, Janet enjoys meeting up with friends and family, inflicting her love of children's books on her many nieces, nephews and godchildren and walking as much of the countryside as her stamina lets her!
Phone:
01225 789168 |
Sandy GoodingParish Secretary
Sandy is the veteran of the staff team. She started at St Swithin’s in 1997, working out of an office in the basement of the former rectory, and she continues today to offer brilliant admin support and care with us.
Sandy has 3 adult children, and 2 step children. She enjoys her lovely garden, her cat and hosting her wonderful home group each week.
Phone:
01225 789168 |
James CollieWorship Pastor and Church Planter
James joined the team in November 2017 from Christ Church Winchester where he had been on team for over seven years as a worship pastor.
He's passionate about creativity, community and equipping God's people to discern and follow His voice.
In his spare time, James enjoys a long meander in nature with a camera, noodling on a guitar or watching football with friends.
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Fran Youing'sCurate
Hi! I’m Fran. I live in Saltford with my husband, Adrian and our dog Barney. We have two children, Becca (21) and Tom (18). We are officially ‘empty-nesters’ and it’s taking some getting used to! I was brought up in Sussex, and having spent a number of years in and around the south east of England, I now consider myself to be ‘properly’ Somerset.
I love music, playing the piano, leading worship and anything that involves singing! I enjoy frequent visits to coffee shops, chatting with friends, the theatre, days off walking the dog, pub lunches, good books, holidays and of course spending time my lovely family.
For many years I’ve worked with young people, most recently in Trull where I spent 10 years employed as the church youth worker, before pursuing a call to Ordination. My curacy will be a combination of working in the parish, and working with students at Bath Spa University.
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Hi, I’m Emily, I’m really excited to be joining the St Swithin’s family as a youth intern for the next 10 months. I’m passionate about sharing my faith with those around me, and discipling young people to walk into the fullness of Christ. In my free time, I enjoy creative writing, bible journalling, running, and eating cake with my friends.
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Who is on our Church Council?
Laura Gracey
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Amanda Aston
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Mike Banner
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Dan Darwin
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Rebecca Armstrong
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Tim Gleghorn
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Brenda Carter
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Catherine Harrison-Smith
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Fran Youings
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Melanie Wortham
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What does a PCC do?The PCC is there to help identify God’s vision for St Swithin’s and in partnership and support of the Rector ensure we fulfil God’s gospel purpose for us in the city, nation and world.
The PCC aims to be in partnership with the missional God, to help create a church where church members grow in their walk with God and bring others into relationship with Jesus Christ.
The PCC provides leadership and direction in all areas of church-life. We are here to serve the Body of Christ, so that the whole of St Swithin’s flourishes.
The PCC is there to ensure St Swithin’s is well governed. This includes fulfilling and developing good practice in our legal,
Church of England, Charity Commission, Health and Safety, financial, estate and human resource requirements. The PCC aims to be a channel of communication within St Swithin’s and for the local and national church.
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We are a CharitySt Swithin’s is a registered charity, as such the Charity Commission offer advice on the hallmarks of an effective charity:
Each PCC member is a trustee and has responsibilities.
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Legal StuffThe PCC is a team made up of members of clergy and lay members of the church.
Together they are responsible for the overall wellbeing. Practical as well as spiritual, of their church, the church members and the church buildings. The PCC also has a duty to promote the mission of the church within the wider community. Some of the responsibilities are devolved to the Minister and Churchwardens, but to quote from the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956 section 2 ‘It shall be the duty of the minister and the PCC to consult together on matters of general concern and importance to the parish’. Members of the PCC have the right to be consulted, to know what is proposed and to have opportunity to express an opinion on it.
The Minister is Chair of the PCC though s/he may on occasion ask another member to chair a particular meeting.
A treasurer, a secretary and vice-chair will usually be elected to office at its first meeting after the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). |
