Sarah McDonald Haden

Vicar

Sarah is the Vicar of Cheltenham Network Church with Emmanuel Church, taking the lead since March 2020. Trained at St Mellitus College, she previously served as an associate Vicar at an HTB plant in North London, where she established a church community in a coffee shop. Sarah holds theology degrees from Nottingham University, St Mellitus College, and a doctorate from Asbury Seminary. Beyond her role at CNC, she enjoys teaching and speaking on Christian leadership, mission, and calling. Outside of church life she enjoys netball, gaming and most recently- watching thousands of episodes of bluey.

Robert Atkin

Curate

Rob is a Curate at Emmanuel Church, serving as a self-supporting minister and bringing a passion for biblical studies, worship, and community building to his role. Originally from Sheffield, he is married to Becky, an Assistant Headteacher in secondary education, and they have a teenage daughter.

Prior to ministry, Rob worked in IT for a financial services company before becoming a stay-at-home dad. In his free time, Rob enjoys board games, gardening, and writing speculative fiction. He trained at Trinity College Bristol and was ordained as a Deacon at Gloucester Cathedral in June 2024.

Clare Corley

Operations Coordinator

Clare has been our operations coordinator since 2018 and she's kept all us in order ever since! Clare manages the operations of the church alongside dealing with bookings for our spaces. Clare is married to Keith and they have three adult children.

Abbie Marsh

Youth Worker

Abbie joined our team as youth worker in April 2023. She comes with lots of experience in leading youth ministries in the south and south west of the UK. Abbie is married to Sean and they have one daughter. She works across the churches and communities of South Cheltenham support youth work in churches.
When not doing youth work Abbie enjoys country walks, boardgames and coffee!

Fiona Brown

Chair of Trustees

Fiona chairs the Cheltenham Network Church Trustees board ensuring the safe and good governance of the church.

Neil Morgan

Emmanuel Churchwarden

Neil is one of two of the churchwardens of Emmanuel serving in leadership alongside Sarah. He works in particular looking at our ongoing church partnership and work within the South Cheltenham Team.

Tim Callaghan

Emmanuel Churchwarden

Tim is one of two of the churchwardens of Emmanuel serving in leadership alongside Sarah. He works in particular overseeing our Emmanuel building and work with the local community.

Sarah Kelly

Reader in Training

Sarah Kelly is our lay reader in training. She is involved with leading services, preaching and supporting our toddler group. As well as her role in Church Sarah is a professional musician (see the Jigantics) and ukulele teacher. She is married to Nick and outside of music and church enjoys cycling and exploring the Gloucestershire area.