56. Authorisations (1)
The lists of those to be:
 Recognised and Regarded as Ministers or Deacons of the Methodist Church
 Authorised to Serve the Methodist Church as a Minister or Deacon
 Granted the Status of Associate Minister or Deacon
and the text of the relevant Resolutions are to be found in the supplementary
booklet ‘Ministerial and Diaconal Oversight and Authorisations’.
PRESIDENCY AT THE LORD’S SUPPER
The Authorisations Committee consists of a mixture of presbyters and lay people,
with representatives from the Diaconal Order and the training establishments. It
meets once a year to scrutinise the applications for authorisations to preside at the
Lord’s Supper, which have been submitted by Circuit Meetings and agreed by
District Policy Committees. Whilst applications are for a period of three years,
they are subject to annual renewal, which requires the approval of the District
Policy Committee. The Committee delegates authority to two of its members to
approve on its behalf applications received after it, or the Conference, has met.
Applications are recommended to the Conference on the basis of the criteria
agreed by the Conference in 1997 and printed in Constitutional Practice and
Discipline (page 803 in the 2007 edition). Whilst deprivation is the major
criterion, geographical and ethnic factors are taken into account, as they have been
in some cases this year.
The Authorisations Committee presents three lists to Conference. List A records
the recommendations of the Committee on the initial applications and renewals at
the end of a three-year term. Lists B and C set out the recommendations of the
Authorisations Committee on renewals for a second or third year.
***RESOLUTION
56/1. The Conference authorises the following persons to preside at the Lord’s
Supper for the year commencing 1st September 2008 in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order 011.
In the following lists:
+
denotes a probationer minister
D
denotes a deacon or diaconal probationer
L
denotes a lay person
LIST A: INITIAL APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS AFTER THREE
YEARS
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/9
Y Glannau
Y Glannau
Y Glannau
Y Glannau
De Gwynedd
Maryl Rees
Mavis Williams
Vera Jones
Goronwy Ellis
Robin Wyn Jones
L
L
L
L
L
603
56. Authorisations (1)
2/9
2/14
2/16
2/16
2/18
2/24
Cardiff
Ebbw Vale and Tredegar
Mid-Glamorgan Mission
Mid-Glamorgan Mission
Neath Port Talbot
Swansea and Gower
Darren Middleton
Glyn Evans
Eileen Gardiner
Wendy Watts
Clement Raymond
John Wiseman
+
L
L
L
L
+
5/2
Coventry and Nuneaton
5/3
Birmingham (Elmdon)
Andrew Charlesworth
David W Musgrave
Andrew J Smith
+
+
+
6/4
6/5
6/14
Rochdale and Littleborough
Wigan
Rossendale
Carolyn A Lawrance
Margaret Hughes
Janet Nendick
+
D
+
7/18
7/21
Somerset Mission
Mid-Wiltshire (Methodist/
United Reformed) Area
Kenneth Chalmers
+
Alison R Morley
+
9/1
9/6
9/16
Carlisle
Keswick and Cockermouth
South-West Cumbria
Janet Preston
Susan Edwards
Tom Luke
+
+
D
10/1
Bailiwick of Guernsey
David Hollingworth
L
11/1
11/16
11/19
11/24
Chester
Kidsgrove
Stoke on Trent (Hanley)
Leek
Paul W Braisdell
George Wilshaw
Paul Owen
Michael S Etheridge
+
L
L
+
12/5
12/7
12/7
12/9
12/11
12/11
12/12
12/21
Newquay, Perranporth
and St Agnes
St Austell
St Austell
West Penwith
St Ives and Hayle
St Ives and Hayle
St Ives (Fore Street)
Week St Mary
Kim Williams
Rachael M Wilson
Catherine A Ward
Alison Richardson
Mary Rogers
Kenny Bassett
Rodney Orr
Brian Parkman
+
+
L
+
L
L
L
L
13/2
Middlesbrough and Eston
Lawrence Law
+
15/3
Ramsay
Marilyn Billington
L
16/2
Leeds (North-East)
16/3
16/9
16/9
16/11
16/12
16/19
Headingley
Morley
Morley
Batley
Knaresborough
Pontefract and Normanton
Graeme M Dutton
John McNeill
Rupert L A Weekes
Robert L Roberts
David W Smith
Paul Martin
Gail J Hunt
Barry D Lotz
+
+
+
+
D
+
+
+
604
56. Authorisations (1)
17/2
17/3
Lincoln (North)
Lincoln (South)
Joanne Lightowler
Claire F Simpson
+
+
Kenneth Goodwin
David Stretton
L
+
Newcastle upon Tyne
(Brunswick Central)
20/14 Gateshead and Jarrow
20/19 East Durham
Lawrence Law
Janice Trimble
Gillian McBride
+
+
+
21/6
Pendle
Sheila Prest
+
22/11
22/16
22/27
22/27
22/27
22/29
Ashbourne
Burton-on-Trent
Ripley
Ripley
Ripley
South Normanton
H Merle Wilde
Phillip T Poole
Paul Rose
Andrew Leam
Christopher Biggs
Ann Bakewell
David Hopkinson
D
+
L
L
L
L
L
23/9 Leicester West
23/9 Leicester West
23/11 Hinckley
Margaret Freeman
John Ogleby
Andrew Murphy
L
L
+
24/4 Exeter
24/22 South Molton
Helen Roberts
Rona E Eastman
+
D
25/14 Doncaster
Frank Okai-Sam
+
26/7
26/24
26/26
26/27
Winchester
North Dorset
Sherborne and Yeovil
Basingstoke
Tom Belshaw
Rosamund V Hollingsworth
Jennifer Gardner
Hazel F Parsons
L
+
L
L
27/2
27/6
27/21
27/22
Huddersfield (Pennine)
Holmfirth
Settle
Birstall and Spen
Joanne Archer-Siddall
Timothy J Moore
Wendy Holt
Graham Edwards
+
+
L
+
28/12
28/23
28/25
28/25
28/31
Tipton
Wem and Prees Green
Llanymynech
Llanymynech
The Marches
Kenneth Gowland
J Susan Mathews
Christine Jones
Betty Hughes
Brian Wallace
+
L
L
L
L
29/2 York (South)
29/3 Hull (West)
29/16 Tadcaster
Neville Simpson
Michael D C Poole
Susan Greenhart
+
+
+
34/14 Harpenden
J A Jade Bath
+
19/11 Oldham and Saddleworth
19/24 Macclesfield
20/1
605
56. Authorisations (1)
35/34 Enfield
35/36 Harrow and Hillingdon
35/36 Harrow and Hillingdon
Inez A Reid
Susan D Male
Velma Campbell
+
+
+
36/1
36/9
36/19
36/23
Farnham and Alton
Worthing
Tonbridge
Maidstone
Vida D Foday
Andrew Reed
Lynda C Russell
Gary D Watt
+
+
+
+
02/5
Kombo Western
Malanding Mendy
+
LIST B: RENEWALS FOR A SECOND YEAR (Initially granted in 2007)
1/5
1/5
1/5
Powys
Powys
Powys and 2/25 Welshpool
and Bro Hafren
1/8
Môn Ac Arfon
1/11 Morgannwg
1/12 and 2/10 Ceredigion
John Ellis
Tom Ellis
L
L
M Susan E Lawler
Merfyn Jones
Eiddwen Thomas
Rhys Davies
+
L
L
L
2/7
Buckley and Deeside
Rosemarie E G Clarke
+
5/3
5/17
Birmingham (Elmdon)
Worcester
Julia S Monaghan
Jane M Wilson
+
+
7/5
7/6
7/7
7/14
7/15
7/24
Bristol (Frome Valley)
Bristol (Kingswood)
Gloucester
Midsomer Norton
Gordano Valley
Swindon and Marlborough
Ann E Owen
Denise Harding
Denise K A Hargreaves
Michelle J Ireland
Roxanne Gibb
David P Gray
+
+
+
+
+
+
9/4
9/14
Whitehaven
Ambleside and Windermere
Alan Moore
John Biggs
L
L
11/2 Runcorn
11/18 Burslem Mission
11/19 Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley)
Carole Natton
Philip Barber
Helen Schoon
+
L
L
12/1
12/3
12/7
12/20
12/20
12/21
12/22
Redruth
Falmouth and Gwennap
St Austell
Camelford and Tintagel
Camelford and Tintagel
Week St Mary
Saltash
Marquis Honeychurch
Mike Ely
Tony Warren
Brian Parkman
Glenton Brown
Robin Heywood
Robert Hurley
L
L
L
L
L
L
+
13/4
United North East
Jennifer M Pryde
+
14/1
Norwich
Sharon L Willimott
+
606
56. Authorisations (1)
14/10 East Norfolk
Elizabeth D Trinder
+
16/4 Leeds (Richmond Hill)
16/13 Harrogate
Francesca T Rhys
Nicholas H W Witham
+
+
17/5 Grimsby and Cleethorpes
17/12 Sleaford
Daniel R Haylett
John S Corrie
+
+
18/12
18/15
18/17
18/20
19/11
19/19
West Wirral
Warrington
Southport
Skelmersdale
Oldham and Saddleworth
Alderley Edge and Knutsford
Gordon Gresswell
Jacqueline Bellfield
Anne Sanderson
Barbara A Banton
Peter Moorhouse
Benjamin P Clowes
+
+
+
+
+
+
20/2 Newcastle Upon Tyne (West)
20/4 Ryton and Prudhoe
20/20 Chester-le-Street
Elizabeth J Cushion
Andrew D Holmes
Brigitta Ilyes
+
+
+
21/9 Clitheroe
21/16 Garstang
Kathryn Thomas
Paul D Critchley
+
+
22/23
22/27
22/28
22/29
Mansfield
Ripley
South Derbyshire
South Normanton
Barbara Greenwood
Jacqueline Dawson
Patricia Knowles
Harry Smith
+
L
L
L
23/7
Leicester (Trinity)
Mark Cheetham
+
24/4
24/8
24/23
24/25
Exeter
Torbay
Bideford
West Somerset
Andrew J Brazier
Christopher M Haines
Graham J Slingo
Ruth Haines
+
+
+
L
25/12
25/15
25/15
25/17
Clay Cross
Barnsley
Barnsley
Rotherham and Dearne Valley
Jonathan Reeve
Jonathan D Belfield
Andrew R Day
Joanne H Cox
L
+
+
+
26/8
26/15
26/26
26/27
Romsey
Bournemouth
Sherborne and Yeovil
Basingstoke
Michael Hatch
Susan Gowling
Sooncheol Choi
Alison M Parker
L
+
+
+
27/10 Bradford (Trinity)
27/13 Bradford (Woodhouse Grove)
27/17 South Craven
Beverley T Hardy
Freddie Y Z Takavarasha
Charlotte Common
L
+
+
28/8 Cannock Chase
28/15 Stour Valley
Christopher P Parkes
David Alford
+
+
29/2
Rachel J Nickerson
+
York South
607
56. Authorisations (1)
29/11 Withernsea
Eileen Coombe
L
34/6 Colchester
34/10 Southend and Leigh
Ruth K Ridge
Diane Smith
+
+
35/23 Wembley
35/42 Bromley
Juliet C Ushewokunze
Patrick G Kandeh
+
+
36/3 South East Berkshire
36/13 Central Sussex United Area
36/27 St Augustine’s
Robin J Selmes
Pauline A Crispin
Deborah A Hodgson
+
+
+
LIST C: RENEWALS FOR A THIRD YEAR (initially granted in 2006)
2/3
Bangor and Holyhead
Alec Fuller
L
10/1
Bailiwick of Guernsey
P Irene Day
L
11/25 Cheadle
Donald Haslam
L
12/3
12/8
12/17 Launceston Area
Gerald Triggs
Penelope Manders
Jill E Garbett
Alan R Priestley
John Bailey
L
L
L
L
L
13/12 West Durham
Rowland Wilkinson
D
14/20 King’s Lynn
Stephen Harrington
L
18/16 Widnes
Connie Smith
L
24/20 Ilfracombe and Barnstaple
Martin Reardon
L
25/19 Retford
Alan Truman
L
28/9
Ian Cantrill
L
31/13 Inverness
Roger Bamfield
L
32/1
Douglas Graham
L
Linda Ashford
Edward E Rumsey
L
L
Falmouth and Gwennap
Bodmin, Padstow
and Wadebridge
Stafford
Lerwick and Walls
36/5 Staines and Feltham
36/25 Ashford
608