Diocese of Chichester

Authorised Lay Ministers share in the public ministry of the local church, as they serve their local parishes.

The Revd Jayne Prestwood, Officer for Lay Vocation and Ministry, runs the lay ministry training programme. She said: “It is wonderful to mark the start of the Year by commissioning the Authorised Lay Ministers. Authorised Lay Ministry is now recognised across the Church of England as a vibrant and growing expression of lay ministry. I am delighted that we will be expanding our ALM training programme further to provide flexible and affordable skills-based training in a variety of different ministries.”

You can find out more about training for Authorised Lay Ministry from the Diocese of Chichester website here:

We offer our prayers for all those commissioned and the parishes in which they serve. 

Hear what some of the candidates said about their experience and commissioning.

Shirley Redford from  Church in the Wood & St Anne, Hollington St Leonard, listen here

Jane Hart Christ Church and St Mary Magdalen and St Peter & St Paul, listen here

Jane Lyndsay Stewart, St Mary Balcombe, listen here

Those now newly commissioned are:

ALM Candidates January 2022

CHAPLAINCY ELECTIVE
Claire Birkhead, The Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, Rustington
Fiona Bower, St Augustine’s, Bexhill
Caterina Brown, St George’s Church, Eastergate
Jo Browse, St Margaret’s, Warnham
Morag Davies, St Mary’s Parish Church, Horsham
Gill Lewis, Ashington and Washington Churches, Chanctonbury
Jane Lindsay-Stewart, St Mary’s Balcombe
Jane Wells, St Andrew’s West Tarring

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY ELECTIVE
Derek Shurvell St Margaret’s, West Hoathly
Sheila Smith The Parish Church of the Holy Cross, Woodingdean

MISSION ELECTIVE
Patsy Bailey, St Mary’s Newick
Janet Crawford, Parish of St Leonards on Sea, St Leonard and St Ethelburga
Alison Hudson, Holy Innocents, Southwater
Patricia Jackson, The Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton
Keith Leech, St Clement with All Saints Hastings
Christian Nilson, St Elisabeth’s Eastbourne
Tom Norris, St John the Baptist, Westfield
Amanda Pistocchi, St Giles, Kingston Buci
Susan Saunders, St Giles, Kingston Buci
Mary Wright, St Mary the Virgin, Willingdon

PASTORAL ELECTIVE
Jenny Barfoot St John’s, Upper St Leonards
Jenny Bewick St Augustine’s, Scaynes Hill
Pamela Chaston Henfield with Shermanbury & Woodmancote
Jeanie Civil St Wulfrans, Ovingdean
Hazel Delamere St John’s Meads
Jenny Dennett St Mary Magdalene & St Denys, Midhurst
Linda Goodwin St Mary’s Horsham
Ray Hassell St John’s, Meads, Eastbourne
Reg Haydon Holy Trinity Horsham
Pamela Herbert Church in the Wood & St Anne, Hollington St Leonard
Sally Martin The Ascension, Haywards Heath
Corinne McDonald St Nicholas, Saltdean
Ian Pavey St Margaret’s, Fernhurst
Maureen Pavey St Margaret’s, Fernhurst
Christopher Pearce St Mary Magdalene Rusper
Shirley Redford Church in the Wood & St Anne, Hollington St Leonard
Lindsay Smith St Mary’s and St Mark’s Slaugham
Frances Spencer St Andrew’s, West Tarring
Veronica Thomason St Nicholas of Myra, Brighton

WORSHIP AND LITURGY ELECTIVE
Irene Adams, St John the Baptist, Findon (Findon, Clapham and Patching)
Sandra Bentall, St Clement with All Saints, Hastings
Reuben Dommett, Beeding and Bramber with Botolphs
Kelly Ellis St Michael’s Litlington,
Diana Green, St Mary’s Yapton (Clymping, Yapton & Ford)
Margaret Green, St Mary’s Church, Brighton
Christine Harman-Jones, Holy Cross Church, Woodingdean
Jane Hart, Christ Church and St Mary Magdalen and St Peter & St Paul
Judith Hewitt, St Wulfran’s, Ovingdean
Duncan Irvine, Queen Margaret, Buxted & Hadlow Down Parish
Beverley McArdle, The Ascension, Westdene (All Saints Patcham)
Corinne McDonald St Nicholas, Saltdean
David Parker, Christ Church, Forestside (The Octagon)
Michael Phillips, St Michael’s, Partridge Green West Grinstead
Anne Smalley, St Wulfran’s, Ovingdean
Vicky Smith St Mary’s Church, Pulborough
Teresa Stirling, St Wulfran’s, Ovingdean
Barry Sugg, St Wulfran’s, Ovingdean
Juliette Vane, St Laurence, Guestling
David Whitehead, Benefice of St Mary’s Thakeham and St Mary’s Sullington