David Smyth
Lead Pastor

Tony Barter
Leadership Team

Tony, a Chartered Insurance Practitioner, founded and ran his own business for many years and is an active advocate for a number of community projects.

Tony is a member of the Leadership Team, with responsibility for finance.

Martin Pearse
Leadership Team

James Aldridge
Leadership Team

James and his wife Esther are Connect Church members living in Street and have joined our Leadership group to support Families and Connect Life Groups.

James and Esther are very passionate about the Alpha course and about holistic spiritual development within the family.

David Townsend
Leadership Team

Sarah Mechen
Community Worker

Clare Squire
Finance and Fundraising

I have worked as a Commercial Claims Inspector and was a Chartered Insurer.

After a career break I started working for Connect in September 2020 on the Finance Team and am currently training to be a Trust Fundraiser.