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Josh Monteiro  |
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Staff Elder |
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Josh Monteiro is the staff elder (known in some churches as the pastor or minister) at Emmanuel, and also spends one day a week running the Training for East Anglia Ministry (TEAM course) for the Cambridgeshire Gospel Partnership. He is married to Karuna, and they have 4 children, and a dog. Before helping start Emmanuel Church, Josh was assistant pastor at two churches, and worked as a UCCF staff worker for Oxford and Brunel. He has studied at Cambridge (Medical Science), Oxford (Theology) and Bristol (MPhil Theology). |
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David is an elder at Emmanuel and lives in Longstanton with his wife Charlie. After studying history at university, David now works on the Science Park in Cambridge. Contact David if you are interested in our 11-14s youth group, Ignite. |
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Andrew Thompson |
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Alan White |
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Andrew joined the eldership team in February 2024. He lives in Northstowe with his wife Rosie and their three children. He works on Tuesdays to Fridays at the National Physical Laboratory as a data scientist and when he gets a spare minute he likes to go for a run, listen to a podcast or play the piano. |
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Alan is an elder at Emmanuel, is married to Ingrid and has two grown up children and a granddaughter. He has recently retired. He became a forgiven follower of Jesus at age 30, which is quite a long time ago now! |
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Lydia Beiler |
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Tao Hu |
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Women's Pastoral Worker (part-time) |
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Lydia is married to Vincent and they have 4 children. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, listening to podcasts, baking and spending time with friends.
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Tao was born and grew up in China where she worked as an English Teacher. She has lived in the UK since 2000, and has two children. In the UK, Tao has worked as an interpreter, school mid-day supervisor and Mission and Prayer Secretary for Through Faith Missions. Tao became a Christian in 2010 and joined Emmanuel church in 2022. She loves spending time reading and sharing God's Word and spending time with others. |
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Jenny Hunt |
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Church Administrator (part-time) |
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Jenny is a member of Emmanuel Church and works for the church on Mondays and Fridays. She likes many parts of her job but strongly dislikes compiling rotas! |
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Ingrid White |
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Ben Avery |
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Children's work coordinator |
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Treasurer |
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Alex Cardwell |
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Michael Phillips |
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Safeguarding coordinator |
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Deputy safeguarding coordinator |
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Alex is a chemistry teacher and head of year in a local secondary school. |
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Michael is a father to 3 boys and assistant headteacher at a secondary school. |
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You can contact Alex and Michael together at safeguarding@emmanuelchurchnorthstowe.org |