OUR TEAM

Meet the Staff Team

  • MARK SIMPSON

    Vicar

  • AMBER BAKER

    Curate

  • JAMES WRAGG-SMITH

    Curate

  • RACHELLE BAKER

    Director of Worship

  • RHIANNON NEWALL

    Head of Students

  • CLAIRE WRETHAM

    Events and Participation Manager

  • GRACE OKUTUBO

    Head of Youth

  • ELLIE MILES

    Head of Communication

  • SIAN THOMAS

    Office and Operations Administrator

  • REBEKAH BEASANT

    Intern

  • LEWIS FENN

    Intern

  • HANNAH STEER

    Intern

  • DAN HOWELLS

    Intern

  • ZAYNAH ZAKA

    Intern

Our PCC

Citizen Church is a registered charity with a Board of Trustees, which is the Parochial Church Council (PCC). It is part of the Diocese of Llandaff, and is governed by the Constitution of the Church in Wales. The PCC is chaired by the Vicar, and it includes the Clergy, the Churchwardens, the Treasurer and currently nine others.

  • MARK SIMPSON

    Associate Vicar

  • JON CARTER

    Associate Vicar

  • AMBER BAKER

    Curate

  • JAMES WRAGG-SMITH

    Curate

  • LIDIA LAMMARDO

    Church Warden

  • ALEX RUSSELL

    Church Warden

  • STEVE ROBERTS

    Treasurer

  • MATTHEW CHACKO

    Member

  • RHIAN GRIFFITHS

    Member

  • JOANNE GREEN

    Member

  • ZOE LEE

    Member & Safeguarding Officer

  • ANDY RALPH

    Member

  • ANDREW WATTS

    Member

  • ABIGAIL OLSEN

    Member

  • BRYON CASTLE

    Member

  • ADRIAN DINSMORE

    Member

Commissioned Roles

At Citizen, as well as the Staff Team and the PCC, we rely on our congregation to carry out the work we do. Following the Church in Wales structure for commissioned roles, we regularly train those in our church family to be Pastoral Assistants, Service Leaders and Catechists. Read on below to see what that means:

PASTORAL ASSISTANTS

Commissioned to support the church in showing Christ-like love and concern for others through pastoral care inside and outside the church.
At Citizen, that looks like:
LEADING GROUPS
1:1 DISCIPLING
OVERSEEING PRAYER MINISTRY

SERVICE LEADERS

Commissioned to assist in helping to lead services of worship.
At Citizen, that looks like:
LEADING WORSHIP
HOSTING SERVICES
LEADING ON SERVICE PRAYERS

CATECHISTS

Commissioned to support in helping people to deepen their faith by teaching and enabling study within the local church.
At Citizen, that looks like:
LEADING CITIZEN KIDS
LEADING CITIZEN YOUTH
PREPARING ADULTS FOR BAPTISM

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