I have been an Elder on two separate occasions at Seagate, this being my second, and I was the Youth Worker with the church back in 1995 for three years fulltime and then part time for another years, while I studied.
I’m still married to Jenny, who has stuck with me since school days when we met. We have four great children, Calum, Laurie, Bryony and Angus.
I’m originally from Kirriemuir where my parents ran a church (Strathmore Christian Fellowship). In 1989 when I left school, I went off to Eastern Europe for a year to work with Operation Mobilisation, with a team who used to smuggle Bibles into Eastern Europe. This was a life changing year for me as I saw God work through ordinary young people to bring hope to the hopeless and freedom to captives.
I studied theology at Glasgow Bible college for 4 years and was heavily involved in the Navigator student ministry in Glasgow as well as playing football in the Churches league.
After bible college I became the Youth Worker at Seagate and the Meadowgreen Foundation, a job I did for four years. This was a such an encouraging time as we had a great group of young people and volunteers who were all journeying in their growth in Christ.
I have worked in Social work for 22 years, firstly with North Ayrshire, where I was team leader for Young Persons Support team, and the Youth Justice and finally became a Senior Manager, while I also studied Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. In 2019 I moved to South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership to become the Head of Service for Children’s Health Care and Justice Services.
I’m committed to seeing Seagate Church and its people become a place of healing, restoration, comfort and hope for all who recognise their need for Christ and greatly value the opportunity of serving Christ at this time.
