Minister
We’re currently without a minister, Rev Dr Pieter Lalleman having retired in 2025. We’re blessed with a small community of faithful local preachers who lead our services each week and the main activities of the church continue as usual. If you’d like to explore with us whether God might be calling you to serve Him in Knaphill, please Contact Us.
Deacons
Along with the minister, deacons take the primary responsibility for day to day management of the church, spiritually, financially and practically. In Knaphill, they’re closer to the role introduced in Acts 6 where “Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch” were selected to look after the practical matters of the fledgling church. They are elected from the members of the church to serve for three years, two are further elected to serve in the key roles of Secretary / administrator and of Treasurer.
Treasurer : Eric
Now Treasurer for rather more years than he’d care to remember, he has been a member of the church since moving to Knaphill in 1989 with his wife, Ruth who leads our Toddler Group. Eric also plays the piano in services and looks after the PA. He was brought up in a church going family, but met Jesus personally whilst at University when at a weekend retreat in North Wales. He was baptised in Knaphill in 1990 having been a member of the URC before moving to Knaphill. An engineer by training, he now works for a national recruitment firm as a IT Architect, which means he is the go-to in the church when Zoom misbehaves.
Secretary : Sohan
Although he was brought up in Sikh household Sohan became a Christian when he saw the difference in 2 fellow students which they attributed to their belief in Jesus. Being a Christian hasn’t always been easy certainly not at university and then when work took him to Dubai for 4 years, where Churches were not allowed.
Sohan now runs his own media advertising agency and finds trying to apply Christian principal in a working environment brings its own challenges, but also rewards.
Socially he enjoys all sports and tries to spend as much time with his family as possible – who incidentally are not Christian.
Deacon: Sue
Susan leads youth outreach for the diaconate, including running the Junior church group (JIGSAW) each Sunday. Sue also leads bible studies from her home. In her spare time Susan is an expert crafter, never more happy than with a crochet needle in hand while watching Star Trek.
