The Leadership Team

Elders

Dave Colebrooke: Dave moved to Hook in 1996 from Winchester specifically to lead the church. He is employed full time in this capacity with his main gifting being pastor/teacher. Having overall responsibility for the church life he could also be described as ‘Lead Elder.’ Dave is married to Angie, and they have three children, Thomas, Timothy and Elizabeth.

David Grant: David moved to Hook in 1998 and after serving in many different capacities in the local church, became an Elder in January 2003. David is employed full time as a tutor in a local sixth form college. David is married to Ann and has two daughters, Rachel and Jo.

Simon Jones: Simon is the newest elder at Hook New Covenant, being made an elder in May 2005 (see photos here). Simon works locally as a doctor and is married to Miriam. They have two children - Matthew and Lydia.

Trustees

The Trustees are legally responsible for the finance and assets of the church as a registered charity. They are accountable to the members of the church and to the Charity Commission. The current Trustees are:

Dave Colebrooke
David Grant (Secretary)
Dave Butler (Chair)
Pete MacPherson (Finance)
Carl Gardner

Other Teams

Finance Team

The finance team deal with the day to day administration of the money such as cashing up, paying bills and wages etc. They also act in an advisory capacity to the Trustees and Elders. The finance team includes a member of the Trustees.

Worship Team

The worship team is headed up by a group of leaders responsible for organising the public worship times of the church, under the oversight of the Elders. They also are responsible for recruiting and training worship group members, teaching new songs to the church, being examples to the church of passionate worshippers, encouraging and giving space for the exercising of spiritual gifts in the meetings etc.

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