Nick Hudson
Minister

Nick has been the minister here since September 1999. Before training to be a minister he was a teacher. Married to Wendy, they have two children: Matthew (born in 1999) and Bethany (born in 2001).  Nick's hobbies include sport, especially football and tennis, and singing, especially 'Close Harmony'. His ambition is to belong to a newly-formed 'Bluntisham Tennis Club'.

Nick is passionate about enabling people who are interested in the Christian faith to understand it, to find Jesus, and to find their place in God's family, the church.

Miriam Webb
Church Administrator

Miriam was appointed as church administrator in September 2006. Since February 2010 she has been able to work from the new church office. Among the varied tasks that her job entails she provides administrative support for Nick; is responsible for agendas and minutes for church meetings and oversees the hire of the church premises. Bluntisham is an active church so there is always a lot for her to do!

Miriam is married to Alan and has two children, Sam (born in 1998) and Rowena (born in 2001). Alan is a youth worker and they moved to Bluntisham in March 2004 when Alan became the project manager for The Connections Bus Project A charity that uses two converted double decker buses to provides youth facilities in rural areas.

Contact Miriam at the church office on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Tel 01487 843538.

Gillian Sudgen
Treasurer

Gillian has been attending the church since her family moved here in 1984, and has been church treasurer since 1996.  Gillian cooks exceedingly good cakes and preserves for the local Country Market.  Not surprisingly therefore she also organises much of the church's catering too. 

Gillian has two grown-up daughters; Isabel and Joanna (a GP in Leeds).  Gillian says that as treasurer she has learnt that "God can always be trusted to provide everything we really need".

Dan Horrex
Deacon for Discipleship

Dan and his family moved to Bluntisham at the start of 2007. Dan works as a manager in the IT department at Huntingdonshire District Council. He manages a small team and leads a number of projects. He enjoys watching rugby and football, and going to live music gigs.

Dan has been a Christian for about 18 years and was brought up in a Christian family. He was baptised at St Thomas Church, Sheffield whilst at University. In the past he has been a homegroup leader and also led the 18-30’s group. He enjoys telling people about his faith and has led an Alpha course at our church.

Angharad Durkin
Deacon for Youth and Children

Angharad, or Aggie as she is better known, has been attending Bluntisham Baptist Church since she was 5, and after a brief stint at University in Durham returned to the area. 

She now works as a forensic scientist and says it has little resemblance to CSI. 

Aggie has recently joined the diaconate as deacon for youth and children and is also involved in Sunday School and music group. 

Her hobbies include a lot of reading and watching films.

Malcolm Lee
Deacon for World Mission

Malcolm lives in the Wood End part of the village having moved to Bluntisham in 1983. Married to Lynn and they have 3 grown up children who are all away at university (sometimes) Malcolm works in scientific sales and marketing and in his spare time he enjoys football and golf with the hope of taking up fishing again soon.

Malcolm is involved in world mission and a regular visitor to Albania on various mission tours. Mission is something which changes the lives of all those who are involved and has become a passion that we need to continue to develop.

Graham Harris
Deacon for Evangelism

Graham says that Grab A Granny night in Tots Disco, Southend, changed his life (you had to be over 25 to get in, hence the nickname). It was there that he met and started going out with Janet, who took him along to Tillingham Congregational Church in Essex and then, when they married in 1982, to South Woodham Evangelical Church, also in Essex.

Graham says: "Every word spoken at every service I attended seemed to have relevance for me, and it gradually reached the point where I decided I either had to accept that Jesus was reaching out to me or turn my back and reject him. When the Saltmine Mission Team visited us in 1987 one of the speakers prayed a prayer of acknowledgement and forgiveness and it was at that point that I knew I couldn't reject Jesus anymore".

Since moving to Somersham in the late 1990s with Janet and their now grown-up children, Jack and Grace, Graham has been a Sunday School teacher at Bluntisham Baptist Church as well as serving in a few other areas. They now live in Colne.

Graham regularly plays football for the church team, especially during the church's mini-mission trip to Tirana, Albania. Graham says: "In serving God we work best when we work as a team. That's my prayer for the Deacons and the church as a whole".

Simone (Simi) Cameron
Deacon for fellowship

Simone or Simi as she is known at Chapel, has been attending Bluntisham Baptist Church since she was 14. She studied psychology at university and later qualified as a counselor.

Simi is married to Ed and they have a daughter Hero who is 2 and have just welcomed the safe arrival of baby Lois.

Simi has been teaching Sunday school for a number of years and she and Ed lead the welcome team. She is also on the prayer ministry team and helps at Space.

Simi says "Whenever I have a spare moment I love to sew anything from quilts to toys and dresses for my little girls. I also enjoy interior design".

Sheena Glanville
Deacon for worship

Sheena is married to Charles and they have two children, Josh and Chloe who attend St. Helen’s school. Sheena also has two ‘twenty something’ children – Louise, an actor and writer for a theatre company, and Richard who works in IT development.

Sheena is a Registered Nurse and was most recently managing a Cardiac Unit. She also has teaching qualifications and now works for a training company supporting candidates working in Health & Social Care settings to achieve relevant vocational qualifications.

Sheena has attended Baptist churches all her life and was baptised at the age of 16. Over the years she has been involved in Sunday school work and choirs and was also a Worship Leader at Sandy Baptist church. ‘I have always had a real sense of God’s care and love, especially through the difficult times in life. He is just not prepared to let me go and I am grateful for that.’

Sheena moved to Bluntisham from Sandy in 2003. Since then she has been involved in the music group, leading bible study at Space and helping at (and recently taking over the management of) the Beacon Café.

John Holmes
Deacon for Ministry

John is married to Joy in 1969 and has three children and two granddaughters. He was baptised in 1987, moving to St. Ives in 1989 and joining the church in Bluntisham. He helps leading worship, Sunday Half-hour, part of the welcoming and visitation teams, and helps in the café (looks great in the plastic apron and pink marigolds).

He retired three years ago after spending over 40 years occupied in transport and, latterly, work on the new developments. He is now involved, with others, in seeking to build churches in the new communities, the EBA, Community Transport, and, occasionally, driving the Connections Bus.

Aside from his interest in transport and community building, he is a football supporter, if a Leicester City season ticket holder can be so characterised.

Phil Taylor
Deacon for Fabric and Facilities

Phil is married to Julie and they have three children; Jamie, Sam and Ella. They have lived in Bluntisham since 1999. Phil works in the banking industry and helps companies with their international trade.

Despite working in financial services, Phil likes to be practical; be this building patios, fitting kitchens, or generally repairing things. He loves food – both cooking and eating! He enjoys cycling, but admits that he needs to turns the pedals more often to get fit.

Following a Holiday Bible Club celebration service, Phil says he felt a real sense of belonging within the fellowship and attended the next Alpha course with Julie. He was baptised on Easter Sunday 2008. He is part of the Technical Team, a Sunday School helper and lately part of the Media Team.

Phil says "Coming to faith in Christ has had an immense impact on me - I would love to use my experience to help bring others to faith".

Peter Thatcher
Assistant Treasurer &
Deacon for Administration

Peter is married to Helen and they have three grown up sons Nick, Ben and Adam. They moved to Bluntisham in 2010, immediately feeling a sense of belonging and purpose in both the church and village. “We truly believe that God brought us here for a reason.”

Peter is a Chartered Accountant, although has spent most of his professional life running his own business providing training in finance, business and management skills. In his spare time, when he manages to avoid the garden chores, Peter spends all the time he can with any or all of his three sons, which typically involves something to do with sport, and he has even come out of retirement to join other church members, and his sons, playing football on a Wednesday night.

Before moving to Bluntisham, Peter was heavily involved in the leadership of an ecumenical church in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire and feels that it is important that Christians work closely together to communicate God’s message.