Who’s Who at TRINITY

Information about each member of the team can be found below along with their contact details. For other officers and elected members please scroll to the bottom of the page.

REVD ANITA COLPUS

Rector

REVD PAUL BOULTER

Associate Vicar

REVD JEREMY BAMBER

Associate Vicar

JANETTE WATKINS

Pastoral Minister

Tim Telford

Youth Minister

EMMA DYER

Children & Families Minister

SONIA TANN

Café Manager

BILL TELFORD

Assistant Treasurer

 

RICHARD COLPUS

Premises Manager

CHRISTINE ANGELL

Trinity Administrator

Revd Anita Colpus

Rector

Anita became Rector at TRINITY in November 2021.

She was ordained in July 2003 and has served in London Diocese, Canterbury Diocese & latterly Southwark Diocese for over 11 years as Vicar at St Luke’s Reigate. She is married to Richard and they have two children, Hannah & Rachel. She is passionate about seeing people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. In her spare time, she enjoys sport, jigsaws, musical theatre, holidaying in their caravan and a bit of gardening.

Revd Paul Boulter

Associate Vicar

Paul joined TRINITY as Associate Vicar in Autumn 2022, following previous posts in Blackburn and St Albans dioceses. Married with four children, Paul came to full-time ordained ministry after working in politics in Westminster, as a researcher for two MPs and then working in political consultancy advising clients on engaging with politicians and the media.

He loves to see Christians grow in their understanding of their faith, and in his spare time enjoys time in nature and with his family.

Jeremy Bamber

Associate Vicar

Jeremy has been at TRINITY since 1989, although only in an ordained capacity since 2009.  Before the privilege of getting the very best job in the world (Associate Vicar at TRINITY), he had the second best job in the world (being a much-travelled project manager for BP for 30 years)!

Jeremy has been married to a long-suffering Fiona for almost 40 years, and they have 3 grown-up sons.  He loves just about any physical activity, but especially cycling, walking and people-watching.

Janette Watkins

Pastoral Minister

Janette has been coming to the church since 1997 and is the Pastoral Minister, looking after those people in the community going through difficult times. Her back ground was in banking for 26 years and was also 12 years Treasurer of the church .

She is married to husband Graham, who she met whilst singing in the worship group that he was leading at church. She also started the ministry of Southover Community Care, seeing that there was a desperate need for good community care in Lewes

We are both very involved with our Nieces and have been doing all the University runs over the years. A keen tennis fan, watching and playing and enjoying the countryside.

Phone: 07866 301384

Tim Telford 

Youth Minister

Tim has been worshiping at TRINITY since he was a teenager, and became the Church’s Youth Minister in 2023. Before joining the leadership team Tim worked as a secondary school teacher, where he taught History and Religious Studies. In his spare time Tim likes to read good books and watch bad reality tv. He also loves acting and performs with many local theatre groups around the South Coast.

EMMA DYER

Children & Families Minister

SONIA TANN

Café Manager

BILL TELFORD

Assistant Treasurer

Bill and his wife, Michelle, who live in Ringmer started worshipping at TRINITY at Christmas 2021.Bill is a retired chartered accountant who joined the TRINITY staff team as assistant treasurer in March 2022 and was co-opted onto PCC in May. He can be contacted an matters connected with giving, expenses and general church finance. When not involved in church activities, Bill will usually be found watching football. However, Bill is best known in TRINITY as “Tim’s dad.”

RICHARD COLPUS

Premises Manager

Richard has been a member of TRINITY since November 2021 when he moved to Lewes with Anita on her appointment as Rector of TRINITY. He has been married to Anita since 2004 and they have two children Hannah and Rachel.

Richard has primarily worked in Church Children’s and Youth Work for the past 25years.  He is now overseeing all the external bookings plus ongoing maintenance and management across TRINITY’s five buildings.

He is a member of Christian Magicians UK and loves to entertain and perform magic at school assemblies, church services and shows. In his spare time he enjoys DIY, musical theatre and holidaying in their touring caravan.

CHRISTINE ANGELL

Trinity Administrator

Returning to UK in December 2017, after close to 35 years serving overseas, Christine was very grateful for the welcome of the TRINITY Church Family. She is happy to be serving in the church office, supporting TRINITY’s ministry across all three sites and interacting with members of the local community.

In her spare time she enjoys walking on the Downs and taking part in some of the many musical activities on offer in Lewes.

The parochial church council (PCC) is the executive committee of TRINITY Parish and consists of clergy and churchwardens of the parish, together with representatives of the laity. Legally the council is responsible for the financial affairs of the church parish and the maintenance of its assets, such as churches and church halls, and for promoting the mission of the church.

Clergy

  • Revd Anita Colpus
  • Revd Paul Boulter
  • Revd Jeremy Bamber

Wardens

  • Sandra Denton
  • John Jardine

Readers

 

Elected Members

  • Esi-Appiah-Kusi
  • Jonathan Hunter
  • Gareth Jones
  • Jonathan Lamb
  • Annette Melville
  • Helen Parkyns
  • Martin Pett
  • Tim Telford
  • Ros Toomey

Deanery Synod Representatives

  • Anne Almond
  • Milly Murphy
  • Sharon Phillips
  • Ian Taplin
  • Bill Telford

Co-opted

 

Licensed Lay Worker

  • Janette Watkins

PCC Secretary

  • Tim Charman