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New Minister at High Street Methodist Church The minister at High Street Methodist Church,
Rev Peter Barber, will shortly be moving to the North West, to take up
a new role as Chairman of the District.
Jenny grew up in an Air Force family, and then spent her secondary school years in Aberystwyth. Before university, she spent a year in Germany, on a voluntary service scheme run by the MAYC, and it was during this time that she came to faith. She obtained a law degree from Cambridge and worked for some years as a solicitor, specialising in charity foundations. Following her call to the ministry, she trained in service on the ecumenical Northern Ordination Course for three years from 1995, while serving as a probationer minister. She continued her studies and she was also awarded a MTh in Applied Theology, her dissertation being on the early history of baptism. Jenny's first appointment was in the South Wirral
circuit, where she served for six years and since 2001 she has been a
minister in the Coventry circuit. When asked about her approach to worship, Jenny
said "I aim to make my preaching and leading of worship interesting,
helpful, challenging and uplifting." She stresses the importance of pastoral work
and she has found recently that talkíng to people one-to-one about
their faith and where they are ín their spiritual life has become
a growing part of her ministry. Jermy has put her legal background to good effect by serving on two committees at Connexional level and from September next year she will be serving on the Bible Resource Group under the Faith and Order network. Jenny's husband Nigel plays organ and keyboard
and he is something of an expert with computers - like mending them when
they refuse to work! Having taken voluntary redundancy after a career
in telecoms, he is studying for a PhD in Biology
at Warwick University. He, as well as Jenny, wíll be greatly missed
when they leave Coventry. Keeping fít is important to Jenny, mainly
through running and cycling and occasionally by climbíng mountains.
She also enjoys doing family history research. I am sure we all wish Jenny and her family much blessíng and happiness when they join us ín Harpenden. We assure them of a very warm welcome. John Farrow This article first appeared in High Street News, Jan 08
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