Who’s Who?

The Clergy

The Reverend Christopher Harrison

Rector

Christopher became vicar of the parish of All Saints’, St Mary and St Peter in 2009, and became rector of St Peter’s & All Saints’ following the demerger in 2017. Before coming to Nottingham he served in Camberwell and Forest Hill (Southwark Diocese) and in a group of parishes north of Ashbourne (Derby Diocese), where he was also Rural Dean and Diocesan World Development Adviser. In the early 1980s, before ordination, he worked in HM Treasury in London and has maintained an interest in economic, political and social issues since then. Christopher enjoys playing the piano and walking in the hills of Derbyshire.

The Reverend Dr Richard Davey

Associate Priest

Richard was ordained in 1993, having trained at Lincoln Theological College. Following a curacy in Poole, and a period as Chaplain and Minor Canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, he became Canon Pastor of Southwell Minster and subsequently Co-ordinating Chaplain of Nottingham Trent University. Alongside his chaplaincy work he has been an Associate Priest, firstly in the Clifton Team Ministry, and then in the City Centre Parish. Richard is also a Visiting Fellow in the School of Art and Design at NTU, where he specialises in writing about contemporary visual arts and artists. He enjoys visiting galleries, listening to music, walking and cycling, as well as being a part time groom for his wife and daughter’s horses.

The Reverend James Saxton

Associate Priest

James has been ordained for over thirty years, working as a parish priest in three Dioceses – Ripon, Chelmsford, and Southwark – along with doing chaplaincy work in Hospice Care, with young people, and in mental health. Before retirement, he was Community Mental Health Chaplain in Southwark, South-East London, based at the Maudsley and Bethlem Hospitals.

The Reverend Dr Helen Hall

Associate Priest

Helen is currently a Senior Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Trent University, having previously been a parish priest in the Church in Wales. She works on Law and Religion, Family law/Children’s Rights and Tort. She is also chair of the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals, and concerned about all creatures great and small. Her other interests include ballet, history, folklore and all things Spanish.

Musicians

Dr Peter Siepmann

Organist & Director of Music

Peter first came to St Peter’s & All Saints’ as Music Associate in 2002 whilst studying at the University of Nottingham (from which he holds both undergraduate and doctorate degrees). He was appointed Organist & Director of Music in 2007. Alongside his church work, Peter is Head of Academic Music at Repton School, Director of Music of the Nottingham Bach Choir and an examiner for the ABRSM. Peter is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and a Past President of the Nottingham & District Society of Organists.

Michael Leuty

Sub Organist

Mike has been attending St Peter’s since he moved back to Nottingham to be a GP in 1985, and was enticed into the choir in 1991 by the prospect of singing Howells’ “Like as the hart”. He moved to the organ bench in 1999, from which it has proved difficult to dislodge him. Now freed from the vicissitudes of the NHS, he continues to gain great pleasure from accompanying his favourite choir, both home and away.

Richard Ward

Assistant Director of Music

Richard has been a regular chorister at St Peter’s Nottingham since coming to The University of Nottingham in 2004 to study Computer Science. During this time Richard has also had the opportunity to learn to conduct the choir, allowing him to assist with rehearsals and services as required. In addition to singing, Richard plays the piano, and has on occasion accompanied non-choral services on the organ. In more recent months his time is split between singing and being a father so that his wife Jenny may also sing!

Benjamin Green

Assistant Organist at All Saints’ Church

Ministry Assistant

Ian Wright

Ministry Assistant

Churchwardens

Lorraine Smedley

All Saints’

Dorothy Mountford

St Peter’s

Chigozie Nwachukwu

St Peter’s

Administration Staff

Adele Siepmann

PARISH ADMINISTRATOR

Parish Safeguarding Officer

Keith Mountford

Parish Safeguarding Officer

Vergers

Mike Chappell

Assistant Verger

Paul Stevenson

Assistant Verger