The lifeblood of the church is lots of people serving in all kinds of ways. Much of this is behind the scenes. Here are some of those who serve in various roles, usually as volunteers.
The Bible makes it clear that a team of leaders should be appointed to oversee every local church. These leaders are men given the title ‘elders’. Our team of elders have the responsibility of taking the church forward in the purposes of God, of caring for the members of the church and encouraging them to grow as followers of Jesus.
Ade moved to Uckfield to assume the role of team leader in 2013. He previously has been a church pastor in Crewe before working as a secondary school teacher in Sheffield. He works full-time for the church and is responsible for the preaching and teaching amongst many other things. Ade is married to Hannah and they have two school age children. He enjoys spending time with his family, follows Liverpool F.C. and loves reading.
Jon has been an elder for over 30 years. He is a director of a local business that specialises in geotechnical and structural monitoring of civil engineering projects all around the world. He is married to Siri whom he met in 1980 whilst working in a refugee camp for Vietnamese Boat People in Hong Kong. They have lived in Uckfield since 1984 and have three grown-up sons. In addition to serving the church as an elder, Jon has many passions including bird watching, riding motorbikes and supporting Norwich City. Siri helps oversee the mid-week groups.
Steve has been an elder in the church since the late 1990s. He works for Spring Harvest where his responsibilities include their French holiday park. Steve and his wife Ann have two children and three grandchildren. Together they lead one of the church home groups. Steve loves cycling, although usually only when the sun’s out.
Lawrence grew up in Wales and moved to Sussex in 1984, living in the village of Newick with his wife, four children and a cat called Roxy! Lawrence has a passion to see people reach their full potential in Christ and to see the prophetic released within the body of the church. Lawrence became an elder in 2018 and oversees the Community Groups, who meet together weekly, as well as assisting with pastoral needs in the church, and preaching.
Grace started as our administrator & Company Secretary at the beginning of 2023 having been a trustee for a couple of years already. She is married to Charlie and they have two small children.
Sandra is our treasurer and is responsible for ensuring our financial records and accounting are correct.
Dave is our safeguarding co-ordinator.
Trys heads up the worship team.
The church is a registered charity with seven trustees: the four elders plus three other church members (including Grace above) who help to oversee the legal governance of the church.
Colin is our Chair of Trustees and oversees the finances of the church.
