Simon has been the Rector of Middlewich
& Byley since July 2011. He is married to
Katy and they have three teenage
children. Before training for the ministry
Simon studied civil engineering at Liverpool
University and then went on to work as an
engineer with a local authority. Simon
trained for the ministry at St John’s
College, Nottingham, and was ordained
deacon in 1999 at Exeter Cathedral.
Prior to his appointment as Rector of Middlewich & Byley Simon worked in parishes in both Exeter & Bristol dioceses. He has also worked as a tutor for a theological training course. As Rector Simon is the team leader with responsibility for the life and worship of St Michael’s & St John’s churches.
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. In 2010 Liz was appointed Deanery Subwarden of Readers.
As well as the normal duties of a curate, such as Sunday Services, baptisms, weddings and funerals, she often leads the healing service, takes the Confirmation Classes, and acts as pastor to two of the Home 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 was licensed as a Reader in 2004. He,
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, until his
retirement in 2007, he spent his days
designing systems to pump waste water
from place to place.
Now that he is retired, he lectures part-
Steve and Ruth have two married children who still live in Kent and, at the last count, five grandchildren.
Steve’s hobbies are books, music, photography, old machinery (preferably involving steam) and visiting the grandchildren.
Jacqui married Bob in 1985, and has one
son Robert who lives in London and
attends St. Mary’s Church in the city. She
was licensed as Reader in 2006 and has
since trained to take funerals. She not
only has the most blessed privilege of
preaching Jesus in Middlewich and Byley,
but also preaches (sometimes taking
her guitar and singing) around the Deanery for those who are in vacancy. She is also the Alpha Leader which is a wonderful way of helping people come into the knowledge of Christ. She never stops thanking God for the work he has called her to. She loves the variety of the work and the people in the precious town of Middlewich where she has lived since 1984. Her hobbies are reading, jogging and walking the two dogs Lulu and Jazzy. If you see her, say hello!
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-
Home Groups and Pastor of two of them. He would be pleased if anyone interested in joining a Home 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.
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 has been married to John for 56 years
and they have three children and five
grandchildren and two great granchildren.
They have lived in Middlewich for 20 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 married to Michelle with two
children, Nathan and Emily. He was brought
up in a Christian Family and is the son of
clergy parents; his late grandad also being
a vicar.
After University Jeremy trained for a year with Operation Mobilisation. He was Youth
and Children’s pastor at a church in Bradford for seven years before moving to Crewe
to work in a similar role at a Pentecostal Church. He worked at Crewe YMCA for several
years where he became the Housing Manager. The Family attended West Street Baptist
Church during this time where Jeremy was on the Leadership Team.
Jeremy is a gifted
musician and children's evangelist and has developed a wide ministry which includes
not only the regular work at St Michael’s but also holiday clubs and youth camps.
Jeremy’s passions include Bradford City AFC, strong curries, music and Jesus -
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 Roman Catholic Independent school most of his working
life. He has been retired from full time parish work since 2000 but continues to take a full part in the ministry at Middlewich and Byley.
He has many skills and interests. He speaks several languages including Russian, is learning Italian and, as a Classics teacher, taught Greek and Latin.
His interests include stamp collecting and singing in the choir and writing poetry. Mostly, he is just a joy to be around.
Lorraine teaches Philosophy of Religion at
St Nicholas Catholic High School in Hartford.
She is married to Mike (PCC Vice Chairman)
and they have three adult children and three
grandchildren.
Lorraine has been active in Christian ministry since her days as a drama student in Birmingham, and later she studied Theology at the University of Wales, Bangor. She was licensed as a Reader in 2007, was selected for ordination training in 2009 and was Ordained as Deacon in Chester Cathedral on 3rd July 2011.
As well as preaching and leading services, she leads the card making group which seeks to draw in people who are not yet part of the church family and sings in the Festival Choir.
Mike is married to Lorraine (Curate). He
came to faith in his first year at University,
and has held lay leadership positions at
several churches as work has taken the
family round the country over the years.
Mike has held a range of technical and
management positions in the Coal and
Nuclear industries, from which he retired in 2010. As PCC vice chairman he has taken a keen interest in building the business structure and project work of the Church. Most recently he headed the management team for the refurbishment of Number 28 Hightown, selected (as part of a team) our new Rector and is dealing with a number of smaller projects.
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!
Pastoral Care Worker: Sue Ikin
I am married to Graham and we have two
sons and two grandsons.
We came to worship at St Michael’s and all
Angels in October 2009 and found a warm
welcome. In my previous parish I was
involved in children’s and youth work. I felt
God was calling me to a different ministry, so I went on a foundation for ministry course and this lead to Pastoral training. I was involved in baptism preparation, sick visiting, home communion and welcoming.
I was licenced as a Pastoral worker in 2007 and my licence was transferred to the Benefice of Middlewich and Byley in October 2010.
I look forward to my ministry at Middlewich.
Married to John, a retired GP, and now Vicar
of St John’s Sandiway.
I became a Christian 20 years ago at
Davenham. I’ve been Warden, and Parish
Rep. I was commissioned as a Parish
Assistant in 2000 and set up the Pastoral
Care network – the ‘Circle of Care’.
I was licensed as Reader in 2006, and during my training, ordination was suggested to me. I went through the process and, to my surprise, was recommended for training and on the 18th June 2011 was ordained as Priest.
We have a large family – seven children, six daughters and one son – and 10½ grandchildren
and 2 step-
I am both thrilled and privileged to be Curate at Middlewich and Byley. My passion is for family – to value, nurture and encourage everyone, across the ages, stages and wages! I am very much a people person and look forward to being part of all that God is doing, and sharing his vision to make Jesus known.
