Introducing the Guild Council

Meetings have their place, but the Guild Council is far more than just a governing body. Members like to be used, and they are within reasonable reach of most places (at least in England). So if you want a speaker, someone for a day on healing, or just to visit your branch or parish, or for advice on a particular point, why not get in touch with a Council member who is near to you? They all have considerable experience of the ministry of healing and other gifts as well..

Council Members

The Revd Mark Bond
The Rectory, La Marquanderie,
St Brelade, Jersey JE38EP
01534 742302
bonds@jerseymail.co.uk
Mark Bond is Rector of St Brelade in Jersey. Before ordination he was in the catering industry, an experience which has given him an understanding of the business world. His present parish contains a community centre-cum-church, shared with the Methodists, which provides facilities for health care and 'healthy living' for all ages.

The Revd Beatrice Brandon
Clopton Manor, Clopton
Northamptonshire NN14 3DZ
01832 720346
beatrice@healingministry.org.uk
Beatrice studied pastoral theology at Heythrop College, London University, where she was awarded an MA. Subsequently she was ordained in Peterborough Diocese where she served her title curacy. In 2008 the Archbishops of Canterbury and York gave Beatrice the title Archbishops’ Adviser for the Healing Ministry, in recognition of her pioneering work of monitoring, developing, teaching and preaching about this ministry

The Revd Ron Carter
5 Greenwich Close, Rawcliffe
York YO30 5WN
01904 610237
ronald.carter50@ntlworld.com
Ron Carter is a former Treasurer of the Guild. He has been a hospital chaplain for part of his ministry. He retired early in 1994 to care for his wife. He is very involved in carer's needs and problems through the Alzheimer's Disease Society and other bodies.

The Revd James McKeran
Maseru Priory PO Box 1579
Maseru 100, Lesotho
james.mckeran@yahoo.com
James joined the Guild Council in 2009. Originally qualified as a Solicitor, he was ordained Priest in Chester Cathedral and served his curacy at St George and St John, Altrincham. James grew up with three brothers in a home where the vocation of healing was part of everyday experience and the fabric of family life, the result of his father being a doctor and his mother a nurse. Currently James is on leave from the Council because he is working overseas.

Lesley Maynerd
The Oak House, 80 Woodcote Road,
Caversham, Reading RG4 7EX
01189476067
lesley@oceanviewvillas.co.uk
Lesley is married to Dave, a maths teacher at local school. Lesley writes: "I am an Aromatherapist and Reflexologist - I trained with The Tisserand Institute and I have my own practice attached to my home, which is lovely. I feel my work is very much a healing ministry, and I seek to be a channel for God to work through."

The Revd Graham Minors
The Rectory, Priory Road, Bodmin,
Cornwall PL31 2AB
01208 73867
revgminors@hotmail.com
Graham Minors, who is a Cornishman from Penzance, is Team Rector of Bodmin in the Diocese of Truro. He sees the healing ministry as an essential ingredient in the life of the parish, and has endeavoured to make this a reality wherever his ministry has taken him.

Mr John Mounfield
24 Wharf Close, Altrincham
Cheshire WA14 1NYv 0161 928 5593
John Mounfield served for a number of years as the Treasurer of the Guild. He is a member of the Guild branch at Chester Cathedral.


The Revd Canon Paul Nener
16 Princes Park Mansions
Croxteth Rd, Livepool L8 3SA
0151 726 7003
Paul Nener has given the Guild sterling service as Sub-Warden for a number of years. He was a doctor for twelve years before ordination. He was a member of the Bishop of Chelmsford's Review Group that produced A Time to Heal. Before his retirement he created a Healthy Living Centre next to his Church. Now he is available to act as a roving ambassador for the Guild and for the Healing Ministry.

Dr David Martlew
15 Cecil Drive, Eccleston,
St Helens, Lancashire, WA10 5DF
01 744 24159
David.Martlew@gmail.com
David is a retired glass technologist and has been functioning as a Reader for close on four decades. He was recently licensed at St James the Great, Haydock, and is a relative newcomer to the Guild and to the healing ministry. He is looking after the Guild's website.

Officers of the Guild

The Warden:
The Rt Revd Nicholas Reade
Bishop of Blackburn
Bishop's House, Ribchester Road,
Clayton-le-Dale, Blackburn, BB1 9EF
01254 248234
bishop@bishopofblackburn.org.uk
Bishop Reade has a long connection with the healing ministry and has had experience as a hospital chaplain as well as a parish priest. He is currently involved with the Healing Ministry in several areas, including President of the Crowhurst Home of Healing.


The Sub-Warden:
Revd Rodney Middleton
The Vicarage, 169 Church Road,
Haydock, St Helens,
Lancashire WA11 0NJ
01942 727956
rodmid169@yahoo.co.uk
Rodney Middleton has been Vicar of Haydock since 1995, where he inherited a flourishing branch of the Guild. He has always had an interest in the ministry of healing and has had experience as a hospital chaplain in several hospitals.


Honorary Secretary and Treasurer:
Revd Robin Pettitt
The Vicarage, 169 Church Road,
Haydock, St Helens,
Lancashire WA11 0NJ
01942 727956
robpet169@yahoo.co.uk
After many years serving as a parish priest in the North of England, Robin Pettitt retired and is now based at St James the Great, Haydock, where he serves as Honorary Assistant Priest.


The Editor of Chrism and Guild News
Professor Helen Leathard
29 Coronation Way,
Lancaster LA1 2TQ
01524 849495
helenleathard@btinternet.com
Prior to recent retirement Helen was Professor of Healing Science and Pharmacology at St Martin's College, Lancaster, which became the University of Cumbria. As Professor Emerita she retains links with the university's Graduate School. She has a busy Reader ministry in the United Benefice of Slyne-with-Hest with Halton and Aughton, and has been a member of the General Synod since 2000.