Rector: Rev Ian Bishop

 

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.

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Curate: Rev Liz Woode

 

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.

 

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Lay Reader: Steve Broadfoot

 

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.

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Lay Reader: Jacqui Briscoe

 

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.”

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Lay Reader: Tony Woode

 

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-ordinator for the Cell

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.

 

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Lay Reader: Christine Hamill-Stewart

 

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.

 

 

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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.

 

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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 - running guide

and cub units, Sunday School, Synod, PCC, Youth Clubs etc.
 

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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.

 

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Church Warden: Steve Bailey

 

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.

 

 

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Retired Priest: Simon Hamill-Stewart

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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Reader: Lorraine Reed

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PCC Chairman: Mike Reed

 

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-structuring the

business and project work of the Church. Both 28 Hightown and the re-ordering project have benefited from his steady hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Church Warden: Fiona Loney

 

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.

 

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Church Warden: Linda Webber

 

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-Executive Director of Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust before the merger with Central Cheshire.

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!

 

 

 

 

 

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