Who's who
The Holy Trinity Leicester staff members and their roles are listed below. You can contact them individually via email by clicking on their name, or by phone via the church office on 0116 254 8981. You can also reach other leaders at Holy Trinity via office@holytrinityleicester.org.
For details of current vacancies at Holy Trinity, please visit the job vacancies page.
Leadership Team
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Rev. John McGinley Vicar John is married to Bridget and in their family they have two daughters and a mad Springer Spaniel dog. Before being becoming a vicar he worked in Harrods in London managing the sports department and sport is the third passion of his life after God and Bridget! To relax he supports Liverpool Football Club, occasionally watches the Tigers and the Foxes and plays golf. |
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Rev. Elaine Sutherland Associate Minister Elaine is married to Mark and they have three children all currently in adult education. Elaine has been on the staff of Holy Trinity since 2004. She is passionate about mission and empowering Christians in Kingdom work. She loves to socialise, laugh a lot, eat chocolate and drink tea. |
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Alex Scott Associate Minister with responsibility for youth & children Alex has been part of the staff team since 2001, coming from a background in teaching and prior to that Christian youth work. He is married to Anne and they have two children and a cat called penguin. "Holy Trinity is the most loving church family I've been part of and it is my great joy to work here and to be part of what God is doing in Leicester." |
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Stephen Gorton Operations Manager Stephen is responsible for the organisation of church life, and is also Project Manager for the building project. Stephen has a background in computing and is married with Cathy with two young children. |
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Carl Robinson Assistant Pastor for mission & discipleship After having worked as an English teacher for the last nine years Carl joined our staff team in 2011 as Assistant Pastor. He is married to Sarah and they have two young children, a boy and a girl. His interests include running, proper music and reading. He is also rather keen on eating delicious food of almost any type. |
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Vic Sekasi Student Worker Vic is married to Martin and has been the student worker since 2005. Previously she was a student and studied Medical Biochemistry hoping to become a doctor. Fortunately God had other plans for Vic and gave her a passion to see university students lives transformed with the love of Jesus and become an ambassador for Christ in the universities. To relax she enjoys reading, walking, cooking, baking and watching films. |
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Michael Petrie Office Manager Michael joined the Holy Trinity staff team in 2009 after studying Genetics at Leicester University. In his spare time he is an Airsofting enthusiast and an adventurer at heart. "Whilst serving here at Holy Trinity, I've grown a passion and longing to see His church the way it was intended; a loving genuine community, devoted to Him. I am passionate about resourcing and equipping His people to enable this to happen". |
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Ally Heath Youth Worker (from 28th May 2012) |
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Nathan Obokoh Assistant Children, Youth and Schools Worker Nathan joined the staff team in 2010 and is involved in children's schools and youth work, as well as heading up Questions and making the odd film. Born in Leicester (though not really sounding like it) Nathan has a creative flair and is very excited about what God is doing in this city and is constantly bowled over by the way Christians at HT love one another. |
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Laura Cowley Engage Intern Laura is involved in children's ministry. She first moved to Leicester to study Fashion Retail Buying at De Montfort University. "Before this, God whisked me off to India for 6 months, where I learnt how not to be a self-obsessed consumerist and have been battling to live with better ethics and understanding for other people ever since I got back. My desire is to invest the truths of his grace in children and young people who are the next generation of his Church". |
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Oliver Packer Engage Intern Olivier felt God's calling to give a year of his life to serving God and to really see how a church works from the inside. "Currently I am discovering more about what God wants me to do and how that will take place. Holy trinity has been a place of growth and transformation for me and I hope it will be for you too." |
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Samuel Beckingham Engage Intern Sam is involved in youth ministry. After studying a year at a Christian music college Samuel felt God calling him to get more involved in a church rather than just playing the drums. Before joining Holy Trinity, Samuel has been involved at Oadby Baptist Church helping the youth work and on Christian camps. He is a big kid at heart and love's to share the joy that God gives him with others. |
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Jenny Barrett Homeless Outreach Coordinator Jenny is an experienced head teacher working part time with the staff team at Holy Trinity. Her main passions are leading the work of Triangle, an outreach ministry to the homeless and vulnerably housed in Leicester. She is also involved in the church office. |
Key posts
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Charles Ndigirwa Church warden |
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Rob Davidson Church warden Rob works in the IT industry as a project and office/premises manager although working in Leicester for over 24 years has only lived here for the past four years so we daren't mention which football team he supports! Since 1999 Rob has started and led a Christian school and is currently a Church Warden and Alpha co-ordinator. Rob is married to Christine has three children and four grandchildren with another on the way. |
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Jane Vowles Treasurer As a professional accountant in private practice, Jane experiences much joy when using her knowledge and skills to benefit the financial aspects of supporting the vision of Holy Trinity. With a busy family life of four grown up children and eight grandchildren, Jane and husband Drew also find time for walking, travelling and their garden in Oadby, with a passion for logging for their wood burner. |
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Jenny Ridge Pastoral Team Leader & PCC Secretary Jenny is married to Dave and they have 2 adult children. They have been members of Holy Trinity since 1987. Jenny works part time as a primary school teacher and enjoys singing with friends at the Lancaster Community Choir. |
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John Dade Worship Team Leader John and his wife Kerry moved to Leicester in 2009. He oversees The Worship Team. His desire is to encourage the development of the gifts God has given us and help lead the church into deeper places of intimacy and ministry. We are always wanting meet with those who are interested to join the team. If this is you, email John for further details. |
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Cheryl Pharoah Child Protection (Independent Person) & Safeguarding Adults (Independent Person) Cheryl has training and experience in these matters and is appointed as the church's independent person as part of our Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults Policies. Her contact email is: cpharoah@holytrinityleicester.org. If you are an external agency with a query in this area you should direct your enquiry to the the Vicar, Rev John McGinley at vicar@holytrinityleicester.org. |
