Our Team
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Superintendent Ministers:
Rev. Richard Byass
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Rev. Richard ByassCircuit Superintendent Minister Arnold, and Phoenix Farm Methodist Churches, Burton Joyce Community Church, and The Church on Rise Park Richard was born in West Africa and spent much of his early life there. After secondary school back in the UK he thought he was going to go into architectural design, but God had other plans and as a result of responding to a distinct call on his life, he ended up first at Cliff College and then in training at Manchester before entering circuit ministry in 2004 in Cheshire. Richard is married to Becca, who happens to be the District Wellbeing Officer, and they have two daughters, Elizabeth and Felicity. Now in his third appointment (previously in North Herts.) Richard is still keen to bring an emphasis of pastoral care and welcome as well as seeking to enable people to grow together as church. He is studying for an MTh. at the University of Aberdeen and hopes that that ongoing learning will encourage and develop the communities he is part of in the Circuit in mission, faith and fellowship. |
Rev. Andrew Charlesworth
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Rev. Andrew CharlesworthCircuit Superintendent Minister Aspley, Awsworth, and Nuthall Methodist Churches A cradle Methodist, Andrew grew up in Manchester before studying Maths at Nottingham University and upon graduation started working as a Medical Statistician. When the call to ministry came, Andrew and his family (Wife – Sarah, Daughters - Phoebe & Abi) began the journey that first took them to study at Wesley House in Cambridge, before Andrew began his ministry in the Coventry and Nuneaton Circuit. After 8 years Andrew moved to Nottingham to continue his ministry as a first time Superintendent. Andrew continues to be excited to live out God’s call on his life to serve God’s people in the Methodist Church and far beyond. He deeply believes that church matters and doing church well matters. Since arriving in the area Andrew has also been appointed as one of the Deputy District Chairs. |
Presbyters and Deacons:
Rev. Moses Agyam
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Rev. Moses AgyamCircuit Minister Gedling Road, Main Street, Ravensworth Road, and St John's Methodist Churches Moses is originally a native of Ghana, West Africa. He came to England as a teenager in 1999 for his education. Before training for the ministry, Moses pursued research studies at London School of Theology (an associated college of Middlesex University) where he also worked as a research assistance and a tutor in New Testament studies in the Department of Open Learning and Adult Education from 2009-2014. Moses began circuit ministry in Nottingham East Circuit as a probationer following initial ministerial training at The Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham. Moses’ deep interest and passion is to help the church to hear afresh what the Spirit is saying through the Scriptures, so that we are all resourced and equipped in our walk of faith today. He is married to Diana and they have three children, Philothea, Moses Jr. and Phoebe. Moses describes his love priorities in this order of importance: books, which helps him make sense of God and world, family, which keeps him out of mischief, church which makes God’s loving presence possible, and Arsenal football club, which always break his heart and makes him weep like St. Arsenius (the weeping saint) albeit with occasional surprises of joy (like winning the FA Cup!). |
Rev. Yanyan Case
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Rev. Yanyan CaseCircuit Minister Arnold and Calverton Methodist Churches, and Bestwood Park Church Yanyan, originally from China, came to the UK in 2004 when she was exposed to the Christian faith for the first time and her life has never been the same since. Having been deeply touched by the Gospel of Jesus, Yanyan’s passion is to bring the love of God through Christ to all people and to grow deeper discipleship with fellow believers. Yanyan went to the University in Preston to do her master’s degree in human resource management where she met her husband Jonathan. Their Methodist journey started from the Central Methodist Church in Preston. Before going to The Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham for ministerial training, they lived in Derby for ten years where Yanyan trained as a Local Preacher and also obtained another master's degree in Missiology with Cliff College. Yanyan and Jonathan have a daughter Olivia (born in 2009), and apart from leading worship, Yanyan also enjoys singing, reading, travelling and learning different cultures. |
Rev. John Wiseman
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Rev. John WisemanCircuit Minister Sherwood, Thurgarton, Hucknall Central and Hucknall East Side Methodist Churches Born and brought up in the Promised Land ie Wigan, John is a former biochemist and physiotherapist who has lived and worked at a street clinic for destitutes in Calcutta, India and taught physiotherapy at a spinal injuries centre in Bangladesh. His ministerial training took him to Manchester, Atlanta and Cambridge (where he trained alongside Andrew) before being posted to his initial appointment in Swansea followed by a further 5 years in Poynton. John enjoys trail running at a sedate pace in the Peak District and local area, has an extensive film collection, enjoys live music and theatre and is the author of a daily, often irreverent, on line blog. In 2017 as part of his sabbatical, John walked 800km across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. John enjoys looking for creative ways to make the gospel message contemporary and compelling to the world in which we live. |
Deacon Jenny Jones
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Deacon Jenny JonesDeacon Serving the LGBT+ community in Nottingham and working alongside the poor on The Meadows Jenny is married to Alistair (Ali) a Presbyter in the Nottingham Trent Valley Circuit. She has three children, two step-children and four grandchildren. A cradle Methodist she spent the first 50 years of her life in London. Her background is in finance, but she developed a passion for helping young people understand the skills needed for adult life (ie how their learning related to the outside world). Whilst working for a charity and preparing a Lottery bid she met the local Deacon and immediately knew where God had been calling her for years. Jenny trained at The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham and her first diaconal appointment was in Leeds before she moved to Nottingham in 2017. In Leeds she worked closely with the Council on financial inclusion and welfare reform. Jenny loves spending time with her grandchildren even though they live in Manchester and Southampton. She is also passionate about gardening. |
Deacon Helen Snowball
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Deacon Helen SnowballDeacon Gedling Road and Phoenix Farm Methodist Churches Deacon Helen Snowball was born and raised in Darlington, Co Durham, with two sisters and a labrador. After 6 years working in London as a secretary, she returned to Darlington and worked for Lloyds TSB and then a Turkish property developer. An accredited local preacher, she finally listened to God’s call, and candidated to become a deacon, and began ministerial training at The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham in September 2017. She was stationed to Nottingham from September 2019, predominantly working with Gedling Road and Phoenix Farm Methodist Churches, and has felt very much welcomed in the circuit. As a deacon, she enjoys being a member of the Religious Order and the daily rhythm of their rule of life and their daily prayers, but she also enjoys reading, eating out, watching movies and is especially enjoying her first years in ministry here in Nottingham. |
Lay Staff:
Elaine Lloyd
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Elaine LloydCircuit Administrator Elaine was circuit administrator for the Nottingham East Methodist circuit prior to the formation of the new Nottingham North East circuit. Originally from Yorkshire, she has lived in Nottingham since coming here to study. Married with a grown up son, her interests include reading, cooking and gardening. |
Cath Smith
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Cath SmithPastoral Worker and Circuit Administrator Pastoral worker at Aspley and Ravensworth Road Methodist Churches Born in Sheffield, Cath remains a Yorkshire ‘Gal’ at heart despite living in the East Midlands since starting at Leicester University in 1983. She met her husband Nigel there and they have been blessed with two grown up children and a new daughter-in-law. Cath feels that she is now at that point of life where she learns more from her children than they learn from her! Part of the Methodist Church all her life it was a huge privilege to begin working for the church in 2014, firstly as circuit administrator and also in the last two years as a church pastoral worker. To her great surprise*, Cath was accredited as a local preacher in 2014. Cath always seeks to bring people closer to God, whether that is through different forms of worship or walking alongside them in their pastoral need. (*Editor's note: though no-one else's!) |
Marc Williamson
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Marc WilliamsonCircuit Youth Worker Marc works closely with Nuthall, Hucknall Central and Hucknall East Side Methodist Churches, and supports schools associated with the churches in the former Nottingham North circuit through chaplaincy and assemblies (amongst other things). Born and raised in East Anglia, Marc has worked for churches since leaving school, having spent time working for the Church of England in Buckinghamshire and The Church of Scotland and an independent church in Glasgow. Returning to England after 10 years in Scotland, Marc moved to Nottingham North to work with the Circuit in September 2016 with his wife Suzanne and 2 children, Micah (born 2014) and Eliana (born 2016). Marc enjoys music, film, reading, photography, computers and technology, sport, food, coffee and a whole host of other things! Marc’s vision is to see the young people of the circuit deepen their faith, get excited about worship, equipped for mission and ready to share the Gospel with their friends. |
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