One district, many local churches

She grew up in the Carrickfergus Church of the Nazarene, serving as NYI President and then youth pastor. In 2004 Ruth left Carrickfergus with a team of others to plant a church in Larne, where she now lives with her family. She then served as pastor of the Millbrook church in a bi-vocational capacity, and she continues to serve as a pastor in the local church part-time alongside her role as District Superintendent.

He attends Parkhead Nazarene with his wife, Esther, and two children, Lily-Ruth and Ashley. In the local church Richard is a member of the board and is involved in the worship ministry. He chairs the National Board and has been involved in organising the church holiday, Northbreak, for over 20 years.

Michael is on the church board, involved in the church new build and part of the worship team. Vicky is involved in the safeguarding team and the boys are part of the youth groups. At work, while he was a management accountant in the dark and distant past, Michael now leads the economic regulation team in the transmission unit of a GB electricity network business, and is always happy to talk at length about the economics of connecting renewable energy, though he is yet to find many volunteers.

Ann also organises the annual manse ladies’ weekend away and works as Chaplain at Strathclyde House, a retirement complex at Skelmorlie. Giving her life to Jesus as a young child, she has been a member of the Church of the Nazarene for around 40 years. Ann trained as a nurse at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and studied at NTC, where she met her husband, Tommy. Together they have pastored churches across the district and have three boys, Jamie, Benjamin and Craig. Ann was ordained an Elder in 2016 and pastors as part of the team at Paisley.

Lucy came to know Jesus through her youth group at the age of 13, and joined Millbrook Nazarene in February 2020, serving as the youth and community worker there.