Welcome

I moved into the area in the middle of the pandemic, August 2020 to be minister to three other churches. Since September 2022 I have pastoral care of Winchester Road, Lighthouse in Walthamstow and Leyton Methodist Churches.

Our family, my husband, myself and our son, moved along with many pets, from Scotland.  I met my husband Zak after I had taken time out of studies to do missionary work in Kenya where I worked as a chaplain in a Girls secondary boarding school and went on to work in Mombasa Methodist church.

In between study and ministry I was a Probation Officer with Essex Probation for five years.  My life has not been dull!  It is these experiences, and ones of fostering while growing up, that have given me a passion for social justice, equality, equity, diversity and inclusion and I am fortunate enough to be on working groups for the Justice, Dignity and Solidarity strategy (JDS).

My other passions are gardening (I’m a ‘plant and hope’ sort of gardener), crafts, and if I get time perhaps a little baking or sweet making.  I would like to learn to ball room dancing but I know I will never manage to get to go on Strictly.

Winchester Road I have found to be a very welcoming place.  There is an innate energy to help others, grounded within and because of the journey of peoples’ faith.  Raising money and resources for food banks and charities, sending a substantial number of shoe boxes to children in Eastern European countries for Christmas, welcoming a new Ukrainian congregation, and recently voting to host Same Sex Weddings, all embedded into who we are as a faithful community.

I am excited to be part of the life, mission and ministry of this vibrant and welcoming church.