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Ichthus Woolwich Leadership Team |
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Graham Geddis is the Congregation Leader / Pastor of Ichthus Woolwich Community Church. Graham lives with his wife Angela in Eltham, S.E London and they have been married for 35 years. Together they have 2 grown-up children and 4 grandchildren.
Graham and Angela have been a part of Ichthus Woolwich Community Church for around 15 years.
Graham says " In 1998 God called me into leadership of the congregation, when my then pastor and mentor, Alison Smith responded to God's call on her life and moved on. I learnt a lot from her!. |
Graham Geddis |
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Prior to leading the Woolwich congregation, I was a police officer in London for over 30 years finishing my service in the Woolwich area in 1998. I have been leading the Woolwich congregation since that time, and
enjoy the excitement of seeing people being released into all that God wants for them as well as having life transforming encounters with God! Woolwich congregation is a multi-racial group of people who love God, and seek with God's help, to love one another.
My vision for our congregation is to see men, women and children in our families, our friends, neighbours and those in the area where our church meets, have the same life changing experience that I had when I met Jesus, and to see them reach their full potential in God!If God can change me then He can do the same for you too!!"
Besides leading Ichthus Woolwich Community Church, Graham carries out many other roles. He is currently chairperson of Greenwich Evangelical Leaders (GEL) which is a group for leaders of churches across the borough of Greenwich. He is also on the executive leadership team of Ichthus Christian Fellowship of which Woolwich Community Church is a part, and is a part time Chaplin at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Woolwich.
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Tania Smith is the Assistant Congregation leader of Ichthus Woolwich Community Church. Tania is married to
her husband Les and together they have two teenage daughters.When not involved in church activities Tania also works full time as a Town Planner. Tania has been involved with
Woolwich Community Church since it first began with a small group of people. She has always lived in the local area and became a christian at the age of 14 through the youth outreach of a local baptist church. In her early 20's, whilst at Spring Harvest she got baptised in the Holy Spirit and from that time her walk with Jesus completely changed. |
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Tania says "As I reached out to be filled by the Holy Spirit, my heart was changed, I received a passion and a faith to pray to see change and a heart for evangelism". Shortly after this Tania and Les joined Ichthus Christian Fellowship and put these things to the test as part of the team of people who planted the Woolwich Congregation. She now serves a one of the Leaders of Ichthus Woolwich, is a member of the worship team, and leads the children's work in the church. Her vision is to see the church - through prayer, relationships and practical actions, - help people to meet Jesus. She also wants to see the church body to be a place where all types of people can feel part of a family. Tania says "we are seeing this happen in Ichthus Woolwich with children, young people and adults, people from different races and backgrounds mixing together in worship, prayer, relationships and evangelism - it's really good to be part of such a group of believers". |
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Brian Foster is also a core part of the church leadership team, working alongside Graham and Tania to lead the church in the direction that they believe God is calling the church to go. Brian is married to his wife Verena and together they have three daughters.
Brian became a follower of Jesus Christ at the age of 19 in July 1983 after experiencing a loving encounter with Jesus which literally turned his life around,abandoning a lifestyle which was spiralling out of control and heading towards self destruction.
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Brian became part of Ichthus Christian Fellowship in 1990 and helped to plant a church in Deptford Park before moving to Woolwich after his marriage to Verena in November 1991.
,Brian is also a house group leader and has been involved in prison outreach for 12 years.
Brian says that his passion " is to see the broken made whole". |
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This page was last updated on
Wednesday, 28-Feb-2007 2:07 AM
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