Our Ministers

From Monday 1 September: Rev Jenny Dyer MA MTh
Home telephone: 01582 712431
Rest day: Monday
e-mail: jenny.dyer@methodist.org.uk

Deacon Chris Greening
Home telephone: 01582 713773
Rest day: Saturday
e-mail: chris_greeningpe@yahoo.co.uk

Rev Jenny Dyer
Minister

Chris Greening
Deacon

Rev Jenny Dyer

"When I left University, I became first a solicitor specialising in charity law, and then a full-time mum. It was when my children started school and I was looking to return to my legal career that I felt that God was calling me into the ministry. We were living in Liverpool at the time, and I trained on a course based in Manchester. I was a minister for six years on the Wirral and then for seven years in Coventry, where I was also Free Church Chaplain at Warwick University.

"My family consists of three students! My husband, Nigel, had a career in telecoms, but is now studying for a PhD in Biology at Warwick University. My daughter, Naomi, is reading Art and English Literature at Aberystwyth. And my son, Jacob, is waiting for A-level results and hopes to be studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge, or Physics at Warwick.

"I enjoy running to keep fit, cycling to get around and climbing mountains any chance I get. Among my less active spare time activities (what spare time?) I am exploring my family history and trying to get my mind around New Testament Greek."

Deacon Chris Greening

"I have just started my new appointment as Methodist Deacon at High Street Church and my family and I have been made most welcome. Ministry in Harpenden will be a bit different from my last appointment which was working in one of the most deprived areas of Barnsley for six years.

"A Deacon's ministry is about making good links between Church and community, giving people value and worth and above all sharing the love of God in Jesus. I look forward to getting to know people who are involved in the many activities at High Street Church and Wesley's coffee shop, as well as people who live and work in the local community.

"I'm married to Pete who is a Training Consultant who travels frequently with his work. We have two daughters Jo and Susie. Jo has just graduated in Politics and is living with us again, and Susie is working in Barnsley following her Fashion Diploma.

"Before moving to Barnsley, we lived in a village near Matlock, Derbyshire where we were all involved in the local schools, Churches and community life. We enjoy returning when we can, to visit friends and enjoy the surrounding countryside."