People and Contacts
Lorna Crook
Parish Administrator
Church Office, 134 Wycombe Road, Prestwood, GREAT MISSENDEN, HP16 0HJ
01494 863805 http://www.htprestwood.org.uk
Deiniol Heywood
Rector of Prestwood and Great Hampden
01494 866530
Deiniol has been Rector here since July 2008. He enjoys good lunches when he can get them, and then walking off his lunches with his badly behaved dog and/or children.
Nigel Spoor
Associate Priest
After over 40 years in the legal profession, Nigel felt the call to Christian ministry and was ordained in June 2018. He is married to Irene, has a grown-up son currently teaching in China, and loves music, theatre and travel, especially discovering new areas of our amazing world.
Kayleigh Lucas
Assistant Curate
07415 495086
Kayleigh joined us as Assistant Curate in July 2023, having finished her training at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and from a former career in Agriculture. Outside of church she is a member of the Jupiter Singers choir, and has a background in musical theatre. You are likely to find her at a cinema, theatre, National Trust property or watching rugby.
Lesley Nicholl
Marketing and Lettings
01494 863805
Lesley is our Marketing Manager and looks after the marketing and hiring out of our church buildings. She lives in Little Kingshill and joined the team in 2017 after a career in marketing with John Lewis and Waitrose and a brief stint as a trainee chartered accountant. Lesley enjoys exploring the countryside with her family, interior design and spending time with friends and loves and hates running in equal measure.
Frances Pauls
Families Outreach Worker
07934 050468
Growing up in sunny South Africa life included lots of Sea Kayaking adventures with her family and three sisters. Frances and her husband Michael moved to London from Cape Town in 2015. After a busy career in fashion and now with two young boys, Frances is excited to jump on board Holy Trinity Prestwood and get to know more members of the community that she feels so fortunate to be a part of. A member of the Anglican Church in South Africa, she is looking forward to expanding her faith within this role. Her current hobbies include gardening and selling vintage clothing & decor online.
Robert Hart
Churchwarden
01494 863805
Robert, and his wife Gill, have worshipped at Holy Trinity since 2011. From our first visit, he writes ‘…we immediately felt at home both spiritually and in the company of some wonderfully friendly and welcoming people’. Robert’s interests include photography, horticulture, music and all things tech. He is a member of Wycombe Orpheus Male Voice choir and describes himself as a ‘restaurant level linguist, massacring French, German and Spanish, often using all three in a single sentence’.
Barbara Paterson
Churchwarden
01494 863805
Barbara moved to Prestwood in 2019, with her husband Dave, when she took early retirement. She is involved in several church activities and groups. Barbara enjoys walking and gardening, and looking after her grandchildren.
Jean Green
Safeguarding Officer
01494 863805
Jean is our Safeguarding Officer, and be contacted on any matter to do with safeguarding on the church. After a career in teaching, she is enjoying retirement and her hobbies, especially walking and jam making.
Betty Byrne
Children's Advocate
01494 863805
Betty is our Children's Advocate. She isn't involved in the day-to-day children's work, and is someone whom children and young people know they could talk to about any problems, if they so wish.
Sam Laughton
Organist and Director of Music
01494 836805
A former organ scholar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he read music, Sam Laughton now juggles dual careers as a barrister and musician. He is musical director of The Elysian Singers, the Chiltern Camerata, the Trinity Camerata and the Craswall Consort. As a keyboard player he has worked with Oxford Philomusica, the Joyful Company of Singers, English National Opera and Garsington Opera.