Clergy

Ian Rumsey

Ian, Colleen and their two teenage sons moved to Macclesfield when Ian was appointed Vicar of HTH in 2004. Ian is “still amazed to have been asked to lead such a wonderful church”. He hails from a village just outside Cambridge and spent his early working life as a slightly bewildered seismologist. After ordination Ian served in a number of churches in Cumbria, handily placed to allow him to indulge his love of the fells. He has never lost his childhood love of football and Scalextric, wishes he was better at woodwork and the saxophone than he is, and reckons one day he might have the courage to preach from Romans.

Ian says faith for him is still an adventure and that the Lord continues to surprise, chastise and encourage. Ian’s passion for the church is that it grows to be more and more Jesus-shaped, a grace-community of people loved into life and signed up to God’s transformation business, where the struggler finds hope and where young and old alike are resourced to serve their Lord and their neighbour.

John Allister

Curate

John has been the curate at HTH since 2009. He grew up in Stockport, and spent 5 years working as a physics teacher before training for ordination. He says his priority in ministry is to help others know, love and serve Jesus better – at the moment he does this largely by preaching and teaching, though he also ends up speaking on Science and Religion quite often. He has been married to Lydia since 2010. Hobbies include quizzes, reading historical fiction and rescuing their cat.

The PCC membership 2012/13.
PCC stands for Parochial Church Council and it is the decision making body of the church.

Ex-officio members (not elected)
Clergy
Ian Rumsey
John Allister

Wardens
John Cobham & Lisa Moncur

Deputy Warden
Geraldine Hackney
Sue Lowndes

Reader
Hellen Watson

Giving and Gift Aid Secretary
Wendy Thomas

Youth Minister
Andy Leary

Children’s Worker
Becky Gibbs

Elected members

Until 2013
Sarah Leary, Rachel White, Steve Drake, Pauline Ockerby, Tony Witkowski

Until 2014
Giles Gaddum, Andrew Melville, Steve Raw and Brian Cripps.

Until 2015
TBA

Office Team
Administrator – Wendy Thomas
Prayer Diary – Christine Button
Notices & In Touch – Rachel Stewart
Verger – Sue Lowndes