ST MARY & ST NICHOLAS LEATHERHEAD, WITH ALL SAINTS LEATHERHEAD COMMON
IN THE UNITED BENEFICE OF LEATHERHEAD AND MICKLEHAMWHO'S WHO
Leatherhead Parish - Growing Disciples of Jesus Christ
Graham Osborne
Rector
01372 372313
rector@leatherheadparish.co.ukKuhan Satkunanyagam
Assistant CurateGail Partridge
Licensed Lay Minister
Graham Davies
Master of Music
gldavies.organist@gmail.comJane Andrews
Parish Administrator
01372 362544 Office
secretary@leatherheadparish.co.ukLinda Hauxwell
ChurchwardenJohn Hampton
Churchwarden
Sheila Sutherland
Parish Hall hire
Churchwarden - All SaintsJay Bristow
Youth Worker
jay@leatherheadyouthproject.comUnited Benefice
Parish Priest, Mickleham
David IrelandContacting the Parish Office and Parish Contacts
updated 30 Jan 12
Graham Osborne
RectorAfter 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.
Dr Kuhan Satkunanayagam
Assistant CurateKuhan 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
[Kuhan and Christine have been blessed by the arrival of their son, Theo Christian, on 31 May 2011, weighing in at 5 1b 11 oz. The Rector]
Gail Partridge
ReaderGail 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.