Meet the Leadership
Paul Carter - Minister Paul is married to Jo and they have two grown up children. Paul was born in Plymouth and trained for ministry at Bristol Baptist College.
Paul joined us having been the minister at Nailsea Baptist Church.
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Vicky Hackworthy - Church Secretary
Vicky is married to Pete and they have 2 children and 2 grandchilden. Vicky grew up at Salisbury Rd and spent many evenings and weekends at clubs and groups run by the church. After a period away from Salisbury Rd Vicky returned in 2016 and was baptised in 2017. Vicky works full-time in the family business and enjoys spending her weekends outdoors with the family.
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Mike Giles
Mike is married to Elaine and they have five children. They have attended SRBC for over thirty years, where they were married and baptised. Over the years Mike has and is very active in different roles, including: snooker club, table top sales , building work , and the Wayside cafe. Mike has been a deacon for over nineteen years and hosts a Bible study class at his home. Prior to retirement Mike worked for the Ministry of Defence as an officer of 43 years .
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John Goodbody
I have attended SRBC since we moved to Plymouth in January 1977. I have two adult children, our eldest works in London in the banking sector, while the youngest is a part-time Baptist minister at Hooe. We have edited the church magazine for over 32 years, as I worked in the printing industry prior to retirement. I have served on the church leadership team for several years and have taken on the role of administrator in the past two years, due to increasing legislation involving churches and charities. I am also the captain of The 1st Plymouth Company of The Boys' Brigade.
Carol Rose
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Heather Sparks
Heather is married to Gordon and has two grown-up daughters who live in Plymouth. She first came to the Church when she brought her eldest child along to the Sunday School in the early 1990’s and became a Church member in 2011. Heather was brought up attending a United Reformed Church in Ottery St. Mary, East Devon and was baptised in the River Otter in her teens. She runs the local Kiddiewinks Pre-school, who rent rooms from the Church and can often be found on the Church premises, either working or dealing with room bookings for events and parties. Heather enjoys playing an active part in many of the varied activities run by the Church and looks forward to continuing to serve the Church and community.
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Lynda Stapleton
Lynda has attended SRBC all her life and became a member in her teens. For many years she has been a Junior Church Leader and Girls’ Brigade Officer where she is able to use her artistic skills.
Music and singing play an important part in her life, and she has been a member of SRBC choir since childhood. She is now joint leader with her sister Anne.
Having worked in Retail all her life, when the Christian Literature Centre in Plymouth closed, she called upon her many years of experience in children’s work and became a Lollipop Lady and MTA at a local Primary school.
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Pam Tier
Pam has been a member of SRBC since 1985. She is married to John and they have six children, mostly living away from Plymouth.
Since retiring, Pam has enjoyed helping at Excite, particularly with the telling of Bible stories, and at the annual Holiday Club. She is part of a team that regularly visits a local Christian care home to share in their worship.
Pam enjoys providing hospitality for the extended family and friends and hosting a home study group.