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  David Holden

  David leads the team at New Community, and for many years, has travelled widely serving the Newfrontiers family of churches in the UK and overseas. In particular, he has helped serve churches in Southern Africa and Europe. David and Liz's four children have now left home and they are also grandparents. David is a passionate West Ham fan.
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  Tim Blaber

  Tim married Liz in 2005 not long after she'd graduated from Bird Dance College. Prior to working full time for New Community, Tim studied Biochemistry and then spent several years in Business. Currently he oversees communications at New Community and amongst other things is studying for a Masters Degree in Theology. Tim is often called a 'glory hunter' for supporting Man United having once been a Spurs fan – he attributes this change to God's ongoing sanctification in his life!!
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  Derek Gibbs

  Derek is married to Jenny and has been an elder at New Community since 1998, having previously been a secondary school teacher. Derek and Jenny have five grown-up children and an ever increasing number of grandchildren. They are passionate about seeing New Community being a church where all ages and types of people are able to find a home and a purpose in life. Derek has wide and diverse range of responsibilities.
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  Steve Blaber

  Steve and Ann have been part of the church since it began. Steve trained in electronic engineering and for many years worked for the Ministry of Defence as a Project Manager. In 1991 he joined the full time eldership team at New Community with pastoral and management responsibilities and works closely with David serving the wider Newfrontiers family. Steve has a reputation for loving gadgets.

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  Melinda Sopp

  New Community in 2004 and became part of the leadership team for the students and 20s group. In 2006 she moved from a job in Legal Publishing in London to join the team as Company Secretary and Office Manager recently completing a postgraduate course in Charity Management. Melinda has a real love for music, and is often found at various gigs in London.
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  James & Hannah Silley

  James left the wonderful North and moved to the bright lights of South East London in 2005, partly to move to London, but mainly because he and Hannah had a job on the TeachFirst programme. They got married in 2006 and, following two years of teaching, James joined the team in September 2007. Together James and Hannah head up all the youth work and James is also involved in various other areas of church life.
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  Greg Shepherd

  Greg Shepherd has been leading the worship team at New Community since 1990. He is married to Cath with two children, Charlie and Beatrice, both of whom also play instruments. Greg works in the City for an insurance company. He has had two books published - "After God's own heart" and “Working with God” about being a Christian in the work place.
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  Phil Brewer

  Phil, a bank manager by profession, is married to Barb and they two grown-up daughters. They have been part of New Community since 1982. Phil oversees all the finances and is a Trustee. Holidays are an important feature of Phil's limited spare time, as is the occasional country walk and glass of wine.
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  Nick & Gill Lewis

  Nick and Gill have been part of New Community Church since it began in 1976. They have been married for 32 years and have four grown-up children. They have served in many areas of church life during their 33 years at NCC. Currently they oversee both the Marriage Course and Alpha Course, seeing these as welcoming ways for people to hear about God's heart for them and his amazing saving grace.
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  Derek Manchee

  In his words, Derek joined the church a 'couple of hours' after it started. He is married to Mary and has served in various roles, establishing himself as a real 'pillar' in the community. Derek provides leadership and pastoral care to the elderly in the church and is also a keen photographer.
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  Roger Harris

  Roger is married to Jan and they have two grown up daughters. Roger is Chair of Trustees at New Community Church and works together with the elders to ensure that the vision of NCC is implemented practically.
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  Simon and Sarah Hooton

  Simon and Sarah are responsible for overseeing the 0-11 year olds. They have four young children so have an extra vested interest! They enjoy friends, food and fun and have recently been zorbing to celebrate their 10thwedding anniversary!

New Community is part of the Newfrontiers family of churches, with links into many nations in the continents of Asia, Australasia, Africa, Europe (East and West) and North America. We can achieve more together than we can on our own and we love the friendships God has given us around the world. Working together with Newfrontiers seeks to establish strong churches where believers are able to work out God's purposes for their lives and make a difference in society.

New Community is actively involved with churches in many of these nations, but specifically in Romania, South Africa and Zimbabwe. We have sent teams to support these churches in various ways including social action projects amongst the poor.