Staff

As a church we believe each member has a part to play in the life of our community of faith. We also have a growing number of paid staff to facilitate our work and ministries.

As well as the faces you see here, we also have a ‘Specific Needs Pastor’, Julie Twemlow, whose role is to facilitate the looking after and caring for people who may need more intensive support. As a team we aim to welcome and give hospitality to all who come to us.

Rev Ron Willoughby also joins the team as a Mission Strategist, helping us to develop vision, strategy and leadership for the future. Ron is an exciting addition to the team as we begin to recognise the need to push forward in mission.

Our recently appointed Youth Pastor, Ali Johnson works with young people of high school age and up, investing in them in activities both in church and in the community. Ali spends the other half of his working life working with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) here in Stoke.

Other members of staff look after our property and insure we function effectively as a welcoming, safe community.

Core Church Exec Team

	Rev Ashley Cooper Senior Pastor Ashley is the Senior Leader at Swan Bank. He joined the staff in September 2007. He and his wife, Moira, have two children, Joel and Holly. Ashley loves God, people, and his family. He has an addiction to coffee and Port Vale FC. (The staff is working to get him in recovery on both counts.)
	Amy Wyatt Assistant Pastor Amy has been with the church staff since 2000. She and her husband, Steve, have a beautiful (very intelligent) four year old daughter named Izzie. Amy loves people. (She is the extreme extrovert of the staff.) If you want to get on her good side talk positively about God, aerobics, or give her Galaxy Ripples.
	Ali Johnson Youth Pastor Ali joined the team in 2010 and works with young people of high school age and up. Since joining us he has become established as the office techy and tea boy. He loves all things social media, so is invovled in a number of online projects, and is just as likely to tweet you as talk to you.
	Glynis Cooper Church Administrator Glynis has many administrative responsibilities, not the least of which is managing the church office, overseeing the finances, and keeping Ashley's calendar. She was a corporate manager prior to joining the Swan Bank team. Glynis is a warm and caring person, who we are relatively certain would marry Harrison Ford should he become available.
	David Price Pastoral Care Co-ordinator David coordinates Swan Bank's pastoral care for all people involved in the church. He works from the main office and visits people who are house bound or in need of significant support. David's next career move will probably involve some form of stand-up comedy. By the way, he's a retired police officer so we wouldn't recommend crossing him.