Leadership Team

The Minister

The Minister

Our minister is Rev. John Thompson. John enjoys walking in the mountains, days out with the family and friends and music. Also various sports and playing the guitar when he can fit it in. He can be contacted on minister@penrallt.org or 07931 150697.

John is supported by our team of deacons and our administrator, Magnus.


The Deacons

Each of our deacons is elected by and from the church membership. They work together as a team, with our minister, and several of them take a lead in the oversight oversight of a specific area of church life as noted on the following table.

Name Responsibility
Jan Ablett Secretary
Cathy Cathy Fooks Treasurer
Simon Simon James Buildings & Maintenance
Wendy Wendy Lemon Children & Sunday School
Lesley Lesley Jackson Ministries for Women
Abi Abi Penney
Celestina Celestina Audu
Owen Owen Lloyd-Evans
Perpetua Perpetua Ifiemor

Any of the deacons may be contacted via the church office. You are also welcome to email the secretary (secretary@penrallt.org) or treasurer (treasurer@penrallt.org) directly.


The Administrator

The Administrator

Magnus Forrester-Barker came to Bangor in 1999 to do a PhD in mathematics, fell in love with the area and has remained here ever since. He has been working as Penrallt's administrator (and principal website maintainer) since the creation of the post in September 2005. He is a keen musician and plays several instruments with local bands (including the Penrallt music group).

Please contact Magnus via the church office.