Ian has been Rector of Middlewich and Byley
since November 2001. He is married to Sue
who works as Personnel Manager at Crewe
YMCA. They have three boys Joe, Danny
and Will.
Ian trained at Oak Hill Theological College
and then served as curate at Christ Church
Purley (Southwark Diocese). Prior to Middlewich he was Team Rector in the Tas Valley
Churches (Norwich Diocese).
Ian loves all sport and regularly gets called away on
urgent Diocesan business either on the cricket field or the golf course! Prior to
ordination Ian was a Chartered Surveyor working as an Estate Manager at Gatwick Airport.
Ian also serves on the Diocesan Advisory Committee that is concerned with Church
building changes and developments and is the Rural Dean of Middlewich Deanery.
Liz is married to Tony and they have two
grown up sons who live in the London area.
She joined St. Michael’s in January 2004 as
a Reader. At the same time, the Bishop of
Chester invited her, to her great surprise, to
go forward for ordination. She has been
serving as NSM curate since she was made
deacon in 2006. She was ordained priest in
2007.
As well as the normal duties of a curate, such as Sunday Services, baptisms, weddings and funerals, she often leads the healing service, teaches the Christianity Explored group, and acts as pastor to two of the Cell groups. She is thrilled to see the church growing both in numbers and in faith, and is keen to bring the love of Jesus to the people of Middlewich and Byley.
Steve and his wife Ruth moved to Middlewich
from Kent in 1998 when Steve got a new job
in Warrington. He is a Chartered Engineer
and spends his days designing systems to
Pump waste water from place to place.
They have two married children who still live
in Kent, and three grandchildren.
Steve’s hobbies are books and old machinery, preferably involving steam.
Since moving to Middlewich Steve has been licensed as a Reader and is also Pastor to some of the Cell groups.
Jacqui and her husband Bob have lived in
Middlewich for 22 years. They have one son
who lives in Lincoln.
Jacqui came to know of Christ’s love for her
18 years ago. This life changing experience
has led her into many activities within the
church and she was licensed as a lay reader last October.
Jacqui says “I so enjoyed myself at last October’s Licensing Service. God gave us all a very special time and blessed us so much. Although it seems to be an ending it is only now that it begins. God has so much more for you and I do to. Please continue to pray for me and I am definitely continuing to pray for you. God bless you and thank you for your support and encouragement. It is a great privilege to work all the more for Him who loves us so much. It is also a great privilege to know you and be a part of the family of God in St Michael’s and St John’s.”
Tony is married to Liz and joined St. Michael’s
with her in January 2004. He has been a
Reader since 1985 and was Representative
Reader for the Deanery when he joined
St. Michael’s but has now handed over to a
successor.
Tony is currently the Co-
Groups and would be pleased if anyone interested in joining a Cell Group would contact him.
He is one of the leaders at the Healing Service, on Tuesdays, and is also a member of the choir. His professional life was as an Industrial Chemist at ICI and Brunner Mond and, despite retiring in 2000, is still being called in as a Consultant.
Lay Reader: Christine Hamill-
Christine is a Reader at Middlewich and Byley
and married to Simon. Christine is particularly
interested in music and sings with the choir
at Middlewich and plays the organ at Byley
and has many other musical interests. She
enjoys all sorts of studying and is currently
learning Arabic!
Christine is on the PCC at Byley and a member
of Deanery Synod.
Pastoral Care Worker: Elaine Reynolds
Elaine has lived in Middlewich for most of her
life. She has three daughters and trained as
a nurse before becoming a teacher in 1985.
Elaine has worshipped at St Michael's
since
she was 10 and has always taken an active
part in church life being involved in all
aspects of children's work and social events.
Pastoral Care Worker: Sylvia Bosomworth
Sylvia is married to John and they have three
children and five grandchildren; they have
lived in Middlewich for 16 years and Sylvia
has been a member of St. Michaels from the
week she moved here. She has been a
member of the church all her life and has
always taken an active part -
and cub units, Sunday School, Synod, PCC, Youth Clubs etc.
Director of Music and Jeremy Coles
Family Work:
Jeremy is 40, married to Michelle with 2
children Nathan and Emily. He is the son of
clergy parents and was brought up in a
Christian family. His faith grew and after
University he went into full time youth work.
He worked in several churches before
becoming a Housing Officer at Crewe YMCA.
Jeremy is very gifted as a musician and
children's evangelist and with Michelle has developed a wide ministry which includes
not only the regular work at St Michael’s but also holiday clubs and youth camps.
He became Director of Music and Family Work at St Michael’s in 2005.
Steve has lived in Middlewich all his life and
works full time as an Engineering Fitter
currently for the railways. He is married to
Sue and has three children, two
grandchildren and a third due in August.
Steve joined St Michael’s Church Choir at the
age of 7 and 51 years on he is still an active
Chorister. He was taught to ring the tower bells by the late George Bailey (no relation) when he was 17 and still rings today each Sunday morning prior to the 09.15 service.
Steve has been a member of the PCC since the age of 18 and has been Church Warden before for a 4 year period.
Steve enjoys DIY and has put this to good use over many years by helping to maintain the Church building and more recently number 28. He has also been responsible for the heating system in Church for some years now and can often be seen complaining when people leave the doors open in the winter months. He’s now looking forward to serving once more as Church Warden to St Michael and All Angels.
Retired Priest: Simon Hamill-
Simon is a retired priest living in Middlewich
with his wife Christine (Reader).
Simon became a priest later in life having
taught at a public school most of his working
life. He has been retired from full time parish
work some 6 years but continues to take a
full part in the ministry at Middlewich and
Byley.
He has many skills and interests. He is fluent in several languages including Italian and Russian!
His interests include stamp collecting and singing in the choir. Mostly he is just a joy to be around.
Lorraine qualified as a Reader in 2007. She
teaches Philosophy and Ethics at St Nicholas
High School in Hartford.
Lorraine is married to Mike (PCC Chairman)
and they have three grown up children.
Lorraine also sings with our music group and is a Cell Group Leader. She and Mike have developed a real love of Inverness and like nothing more than getting away from it all into Scotland.
Mike works for Sellafield Ltd as a Business
Manager and is married to Lorraine. He came
to faith in his first year at University which is
longer ago than he would like to admit, and
has held lay leadership positions at several
churches, as his work has taken the family
round the country over the years. Mike has
taken a keen interest in re-
business and project work of the Church. Both 28 Hightown and the re-
Fiona has lived in Middlewich for almost 20
years. She is married to Darren and they
have four children (Harriet, Oliver, Joshua
and Isobel). Fiona works as a Teaching
Assistant, supporting children with special
needs. She is a Kingdom Kids leader and
regularly helps at the Churches together
holiday clubs. She started worshipping at
St Michaels when her children were toddlers and enjoyed attending Praise and Play (now Smilers). Fiona is a regular at the 11am family service. She has previously served on the PCC and is looking forward to the challenges that the role of Churchwarden will no doubt bring.
Linda joined St Michael’s Church after semi-
retiring to Middlewich with her husband Chris
in December 2006. They have a married son.
During 24 years in Adlington, Chris was
organist for St Peter’s Prestbury Girls Choir
and Linda helped at Young Church in
Prestbury, prior to being a member of the
choir at St George’s Poynton.
Linda has also been a volunteer at local, county, regional and national levels having
founded the Prestbury Riding for the Disabled Group and in 1993 the Alzheimer’s Society
East Cheshire branch. She was an Alzheimer’s Society charity trustee at national
level for three terms and also a Non-
Linda is a member of St Michael’s choir and helps at SMILERS. She is grateful to members of the St Michael’s Church family for their love and support since Chris died in February 2008 and looks forward to serving St Michael’s through the churchwarden role in the future.
Parish Office Administrator: Pat Pugh
Pat is married to Martyn. In 1998 they left
Sully, (near Cardiff) when Martyn’s job moved
to Widnes. They settled in Middlewich and
she worked on a voluntary basis at
Middlewich Primary School, becoming a
Parent Governor and an active member of
The PTA. In 2000 she became Brown Owl of
the 1st Cledford Brownies and worked in this capacity for 10 years and is now the secretary for Kinderton District. Pat started work in 1977 as a Civil Servant working in various departments until the birth of their son Nathan in 1990 followed by daughter Gemma in 1991. Determined to bring up their children, she worked in various part time jobs ensuring that the children always came first. Her last job was with Adult Education Department of Sir John Deane’s College, enrolling students on courses and ensuring that classes ran smoothly on the evenings that she worked.
Pat loves music, dance and holidays in Spain and is really enjoying the challenge of Number 28!
