ST MARY & ST
NICHOLAS LEATHERHEAD, WITH ALL SAINTS LEATHERHEAD COMMON
IN THE UNITED BENEFICE OF LEATHERHEAD AND MICKLEHAM
WHO'S WHO
Leatherhead Parish - Growing Disciples of Jesus Christ
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Graham
Osborne Rector 01372 372313 rector@leatherheadparish.co.uk |
Kuhan Satkunanyagam Assistant Curate |
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Gail Partridge Licensed Lay Minister |
Graham Davies Master of Music gldavies.organist@gmail.com |
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Jane Andrews Parish Administrator 01372 362544 Office secretary@leatherheadparish.co.uk |
Linda Hauxwell Churchwarden |
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| John Hampton Churchwarden |
Sheila Sutherland Parish Hall hire Churchwarden - All Saints |
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Jay Bristow Youth Worker jay@leatherheadyouthproject.com |
United Benefice Parish Priest, Mickleham David Ireland |
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Contacting the Parish Office and Parish Contacts
updated 30 Jan 12
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After a 25-year
commercial career spanning Insurance, IT and
management consultancy specialising in organisational
change management, Graham spent two years training
for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon and served
his title in Cirencester. He was Vicar of St Catharine's, Gloucester for ten years, including five years as Rural Dean of Gloucester City Deanery. His interests include sport, reading, music and computing. Graham is married to Nicky and they have three children. He has been Rector here since November 2009 and is Incumbent of the United Benefice of Leatherhead and Mickleham. |
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Kuhan writes in the July
2011 parish magazine: I am originally from Sri Lanka
but came to the UK with my parents when I was five
years old. I grew up in Epsom and became a Christian
when I was a teenager through the Christian Union at
Epsom College. My family are Hindus so it continues
to be a struggle for them to accept my faith and call
to ordained ministry. After I left school I lived
in New York City for nearly two years on an
internship programme working for Asprey of London. I
returned to the UK and read Natural Sciences at St
John's College, University of Durham. Following a
brief spell working for Harrods I decided to train in
psychotherapy and did a masters and doctorate in
Counselling Psychology at the University of East
London. Following that I worked for the NHS in
Hammersmith and Fulham as a Chartered Counselling
Psychologist. I returned to Durham to do my
ministerial training at Cranmer Hall. In April 2010 I
married Christine who previously worked as a medical
doctor in Sri Lanka. We had our wedding at my old
school chapel in Epsom. Both Christine and I are
really looking forward to moving to Leatherhead and
continuing our journey of faith with you all. Kuhan |
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Gail writes: After a year as an au pair in Paris I trained as a physiotherapist. Roger and I married in 1962, when we were both 22, and subsequently had three sons. Tragically we lost our middle son to a Sail Board accident shortly before his 18th birthday. Although being a life long Christian and very involved in our local church in Little Bookham, I began to feel the ‘call’ to ministry and with enormous support from the PCCs of Effingham with Little Bookham went forward to train for the office of Reader. I was licensed in October 1993. As well my parish based ministry I became Lay Chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice for 9 years. Being invited to take many services for the United Reformed Church I sought official recognition as a Lay Preacher in the URC and I currently hold accreditation in their Wimbledon and Guildford Circuits. In 2006 the Diocesan Readers’ board informed me that David Eaton was interested in me joining the ministry team at Leatherhead. It has felt a little like a ‘home coming’ as I served my parish placement in Leatherhead during my Reader training. I feel greatly humbled by the warm welcome I have received. I feel passionately about social issues being a long time volunteer with Save the Children, a member of the Guildford Refugee Action Group and support aid agencies in Afghanistan and Yemen. I espouse a central churchmanship and a liberal theology. I am a member of the Modern Churchpeoples Union. |