Even an informal group can still benefit from some guidance, and the following volunteers (in alphabetical order) are those who offer their talents on the Free To Believe committee.
Chris Avis
Chris is retired and, after occupying the role of web master of this site for a considerable time, has handed that responsibility to Megan Price with grateful thanks. He is proud to be a founder member of the Progressive Christianity Network Britain. Chris has been a member of Southernhay URC for many years, though no longer attending since moving from Exeter. He now participates every Sunday in a 'Gathering' Service via Zoom at West Hill United Church in Toronto, Canada.
Liz Byrne
Liz trained for Ministry at Westminster College and served at several churches before retiring through ill health in 2008. After recovery, Liz developed a specialized ‘funeral ministry’ and is part of a team offering Messy Church in Port Sunlight. She is happy to "sit on an edge" with others in F2B and currently chairs the committee.
Liz trained for Ministry at Westminster College and served at several churches before retiring through ill health in 2008. After recovery, Liz developed a specialized ‘funeral ministry’ and is part of a team offering Messy Church in Port Sunlight. She is happy to "sit on an edge" with others in F2B and currently chairs the committee.
Martin Camroux
Martin is a retired URC minister living in Britain's oldest recorded city. He was co-founder of Free to Believe and loves his family, reading, fine dining, wine and history. He preaches regularly.
Anne Lewitt
Anne Lewitt is a URC minister in three URC congregations in rural West Sussex. She also has a close affinity with the Quakers, and feels at home in the very broad mind- and faith-expanding community of Greenbelt Festival.
Anne Lewitt is a URC minister in three URC congregations in rural West Sussex. She also has a close affinity with the Quakers, and feels at home in the very broad mind- and faith-expanding community of Greenbelt Festival.
Helen Mee
Helen (she/her) is a retired URC minister active within the Synod of Scotland. She moved into ministry from a long career in human services managing teams providing support to adults with a learning disability. Most of her ministry was spent in HealthCare Chaplaincy where she focused on End of Life Care and Suicide Postvention. She would describe herself as a Progressive Christian but all that truly matters to her is that without exception we are all welcome.
David Parkin
David Parkin is a retired Non Stipendiary Minister. Presently taking a break from church but still fascinated by theology, not least in trying to find “an idea of God we can relate to in an age of quantum physics and mind-blowing cosmology."
David Parkin is a retired Non Stipendiary Minister. Presently taking a break from church but still fascinated by theology, not least in trying to find “an idea of God we can relate to in an age of quantum physics and mind-blowing cosmology."
Megan Price
Megan is Synod Clerk for the URC National Synod of Wales. She spent fifteen years working in arts marketing before joining the Wales Synod team three and half years ago. A member of PCN and a regular volunteer on the URC team at Greenbelt, she is passionate about social justice, an avid theatregoer and a sporadic knitter. She is thrilled to have found, in Free to Believe, a space for those with an open, questioning faith and with a truly welcoming heart. Megan is web master for the FTB website.
Nicola Anne Robinson
Nicola is a Scottish, URC minister, serving in the Leeds URC Partnership. She is new to Free to Believe and appreciates a welcoming, liberal space to ask questions and explore how Jesus’ radical way can shape our lives and world today. In her spare time, she enjoys lots of good walks with her dog, Maisie, and tea and cake with family and friends, as well as reading and knitting.
Kevin Skippon
Kevin is an Anglican priest, 90% disillusioned with and by the Church but with a new vocation free of doctrine and dogma. 16 years of his ministry have been in a healthcare chaplaincy in Derby managing 8 chaplains and 40 lay volunteers. He enjoys painting, music, jaunting around the UK, death and dying (he is a paid-up member of Dignity in Dying) and ethical issues. Kevin is a trustee of Progressive Christianity Network Britain and has started a local PCN group. He believes FtB has a vital role to play within and on the edges of the churches.
Sally Thomas
Ordained in 1993, Sally has ministered at churches in Lancashire, Manchester, Cardiff and now London with Bayswater and Kensington United Reformed Churches. Sally has always worked enthusiastically with ecumenical, interfaith and social justice issues. Her thinking and preaching have developed to a more radical conviction over the years and this continues, preferring open questions that promote further enquiry, to closed answers. Free to Believe and PCN are among the havens Sally treasures.
Ordained in 1993, Sally has ministered at churches in Lancashire, Manchester, Cardiff and now London with Bayswater and Kensington United Reformed Churches. Sally has always worked enthusiastically with ecumenical, interfaith and social justice issues. Her thinking and preaching have developed to a more radical conviction over the years and this continues, preferring open questions that promote further enquiry, to closed answers. Free to Believe and PCN are among the havens Sally treasures.
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