Leadership Team and Staff

Pastor                                                                       

Terry Griffith

Terry is a Londoner born and bred and has 30 years varied experience in ministry in Hackney and Bexleyheath since finishing training at Spurgeon’s College. He enjoys preaching and pastoring and has travelled widely. He has visited the easternmost, southernmost, westernmost and northernmost points of the British mainland and he will give a small prize to anyone who can name them correctly! Terry also has a doctorate in New Testament studies for a thesis on the First Letter of John.

His interests include West Ham United, walking in Scotland, reading and collecting all kinds of books, and watching ‘House’ and ‘Spooks’ on TV.  Terry has been very happily married to Debbie for nearly thirty years and they have one son.

Deacons
 
Martin Andrews
Martin was born in 1967 and born again at the age of 17 being baptised on his 18th birthday. Along with his wife Andrea, he has been a member of the Church since about 1992. They have 2 sons, Edward & Toby. Martin has Diaconate responsibilities for financial matters (although he is not the Church treasurer).  
Martin also takes joint responsibility for the men’s ministry at the Church and is the main organiser of the Trinity Golf day, an annual event held for the last 15 years or so. In 2007 he started a biblical financial management study course which is entitled My Money Matters, which he takes round to the various small groups.
 
For work, Martin runs his own financial services company from his home in Crockenhill and he is a member of the Association of Christian Financial Advisers.  In his spare time he enjoys playing Golf, socialising and working in the garden!  Additionally, he is a trustee of CRIBS (Christian Resources in Bexley Schools) www.cribsonline.org
 
Julia Beaumont
Julia is the deacon who oversees the prayer life of Trinity. Her desire is to inspire us all to grow our prayer lives, as individuals and a fellowship.  Believing prayer to be a wonderful gift from the Father Julia encourages us to expand our vision and experience of prayer. Her aim is to help us reach a point where we allow God access to all areas of our lives in order that He might strengthen and develop our relationship with Him.
 
Among Trinity’s prayer activities are: Start the Year with Prayer, Intercessory prayer team and chain, Prayer Ministry following morning services, Monthly prayer diary and Monthly Prayer Service on Sunday evening – The Point is Prayer.  Julia has a heart for worship; she looks to use the full breadth of music, visual and interactive media in order to express love for the Saviour both personally and when leading services. She is married to Dave; they have 4 children and have been a part of Trinity since August 1999.
 
Dave Camp
Dave has been a member of the church for over 20 years and has had various responsibilities before joining the Diaconate where he now has a watching brief on building matters and the I.T. facilities. He is also part of the worship band, running the team that is responsible for displaying song and hymn words and PowerPoint presentations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adam Harmer
Adam has been a member at Trinity for 17 years. During his time at Trinity he has been a Y.P. leader, been part of the team responsible for sound equipment on Sundays and also the team responsible for Songpro (displaying song and hymn words and PowerPoint presentations on a Sunday.  Adam has been married to Debs for 3 years. Debs is a teacher at a school in Welling and Adam works in the Legal Department of an insurance company (having qualified as a solicitor in 2005). Adam enjoys watching rugby, reading and playing golf.

 

 

 

 Melissa Jones

Melissa (Mel) has been attending Trinity for over 20 years.  She is a Nurse at a local hospital and enjoys meeting and working with new people. Over the years she has received so much from being involved in the church and have gained confidence in herself and her faith has deepened.  She enjoys helping lead the "Beta" zone in the Godzone children's work and just mucking in as needed.

 

 

 

Sue Stean

Sue was elected as deacon in November 2007 and has responsibility as Overseeing Deacon for our work with Children and Young People, including Child Protection.  She co-leads one of the children’s groups and assists at Baby and Co.; but through prayerful focus on God this year she hopes to ‘do whatever God wants me to do’ and take a more active part in the ongoing growth of Trinity’s work out in our community in Bexleyheath. She longs to see our church filled to capacity with people praising God! Sue grew up in a Baptist church and spent her career in nursing. Now retired she spends some of her free time reading, painting and walking the dog. She has plans to one day complete a theology course, but in the meantime is using her new position to get to know more people and improve her social skills. Sue has been married to Mike for 34 years and they have three grown up children and two grandchildren.

 

Philip Ussher 

Philip and his wife Abbie moved to Bexleyheath eight years ago when they were looking for good schools for their two children. Through group intercessory prayer Philip received a great blessing from God in his early life at Trinity. Baptised three years ago, he says he has become much more conscious of his thoughts and actions since then and his personal prayer life has been enriched. He has a particular heart for those in the community who find it hard to make ends meet. Philip longs to see Trinity grow in numbers but would like to be part of a strategy to make sure new people continue to feel welcomed and cared for by our church family. Philip originally studied in Real Estate Management and now works as a Revenues Manager. He loves travelling and plays tennis and golf with the rest of the family. 

 

Staff

Eileen Jones - Pastoral Care Assistant

Eileenand her husband Ron have been at Trinity for 20 years and have four grown-up daughters, Mel, Liz, Katie and Steph. 

Her background is in nursing and Health Visiting and she is also a trained counsellor, having completed a Diploma in 2003 at Spurgeon's college. She co-leads a cell group where she is said to have a 'Ministry of Cake', and has overall responsibility for small groups. Ron and Eileen are also involved in running The Marriage Course.

Eileen works at Trinity one day a week assisting the Pastors with pastoral care.

 

 

Alexa Moody - Community Worker

Alexa, her husband Ian and children Boaz and Esther have been part of Trinity for eight years, and  Alexa has been Trinity’s Community Worker since September 2009. 

Alexa runs our baby and toddler group, Baby and Co, leading 2 sessions every Wednesday during term-time.  Alexa and her team provide activities for children from birth up to nursery age.

Alexa and Ian also lead our Alpha Courses and one of our Cell Groups.

 

 

 

Kerry O'Sullivan - Administrator

Kerry and her husband Chris have been part of Trinity for seven years, and Kerry has been Trinity’s Administrator since June 2008.  Kerry works in the church office between Monday and Thursday which involves secretarial support to the pastors and deacons, membership secretary and production of the weekly Newsheet. 

Kerry and Chris are both involved with Trinity’s Young People’s Group.  In her spare time Kerry enjoys travelling, reading and her Nintendo Wii!