Church of the Holy Spirit - Crawcrook
St John’s Church - Greenside
Church Office, Main Steet, Crawcrook
Ryton, Tyne and Wear
NE40 4NB
Our Leadership Team
Revd Clive and Cyndi Devonish. Clive
is our vicar here in Greenside Parish, married to Cyndi and they have three daughters.
He's very visionary, constantly looking ahead and tuning in to what God wants for this area and His people.
Please read Clive's vision on this website and join us in our prayers for revival to come to this area, by the grace of God. If you want to be part of this vision, we would love to hear from you. God has no favourites, He loves us all so much, that He sent His one and only Son to die for us - that we can all have life - in abudance!
Cyndi Devonish (left) leads our Pastoral Care team, called 'Connect 2'. She is both a qualified paediatric nurse and counsellor.
Since moving to Greenside, Cyndi is activelty involved in many aspects of the work here in the Parish.
Kathryn Frederiksen (right) is our offical Lay Reader and leads the music in the Parish. She is a qualified teacher, currently dedicating her time to bringing up her two children and serving God in the Parish.
Kathryn is married to Anthony, who works in Control Systems Engineering and is in charge of the Church PA system and anything to do with electronics.
Stephen Anderson (left). Steve is a qualified Veterinary Surgeon and is married to Laura, who is a GP and one of our children's leaders. They have three children.
Steve can multi-task! He can be seen working the sound desk with one of his children sitting on his knee or preaching a 'WOW' word from the Bible, with his young son joining in and holding Steve's hand- a great dad!
John and Hazel Spencer have been on the leadership for a few years. . John is retired and heads up Alpha and is Gift Aid Secretary. Hazel is one of our prayer warriors. She has a wonderful love for our Lord and her deep spiritual insight is a great asset to the team!
Angus Brown (left) is involved with the Children's work and leads the 9-12yrs group. Angus is married to Sara and he is a qualified teacher. He is currently dedicating his time helping to bring up their two children, in order to release Sara to complete her medical research.
Angus is also developing his skills in making clocks.
Mike Hendry
(right) is one of our two Church Wardens. Mike works for North Tyneside Council in Adult Services.He is very practically minded, a great cook and enjoys listening to music. Mike is married to Rosemary, who very much enjoys working alongside him.
Margaret Butler (left) has rejoined us this year as Church Warden. We welcome her back and know she will do a great job here within the Parish.
Margaret loves the Lord and has a deep relationship with Him that benefits us all, especially when she shares what the Lord has put on her heart.
Margaret is retired and is married to Oliver, who is also retired.
Also on the team is Gloria Johnstone who heads up Prayer Ministry and Susie McMenamin who heads up Youth.
