Church Staff
Senior Pastor: Danny Rurlander
Danny is the Senior Pastor and heads up the staff team and elders. He is married to Emma and they have four children: Esme, Chloe, Lachlan and Lucy. Danny and Emma both grew up in Kendal and love the Lancaster area. Danny trained at Moore Theological College in Sydney after which he served in a parish church in Merseyside for three years.
He also teaches doctrine subjects on the North West Ministry Training Course in Leyland.
Danny enjoys good coffee, running, child-friendly walks in the Lake District, and anything out doors.
Female Student Worker: Felicity Hargreaves
Felicity is married to Steve and grew up on a farm in Zimbabwe, but moved to England when she was 16. She went to Exeter University, where she studied French and English Law. Her final year was spent in Rennes, which is now her favourite French city!
Felicity grew up in a church going family, but only became a Christian during her teens. University was the turning point for her as a Christian because during this time she got some great Bible teaching in her church and all the things she believed as a teenager suddenly became a lot clearer.
Having spent two years as a Ministry Trainee at Moorlands, Felicity now serves on the staff team helping to co-ordinate our student ministry. She enjoys a good game of squash, loves curling up on the sofa with a good book and a cup of tea (not fruit tea - ever!) and is always up for going to the cinema to see a good film.
Male Student Worker: Chris Haley
Chris is married to Caroline. He grew up in West Yorkshire and first heard the good news about Jesus at a local youth group. He came to Lancaster University as a student where he studied French & Teaching English as a Foreign Language and then did a PGCE at St. Martin's College (now University of Cumbria.)
Chris spent two years as a Ministry Trainee at Moorlands, worked for a while at Lancaster & Morecambe College and now serves on the staff team working with male students with a side-order of admin. Chris enjoys learning languages, reading and films with twists. He dislikes incorrect punctuation, especially misplaced apostrophes which make him sad.
Families Worker: Becky Byrom
Becky came to Lancaster to train as a music teacher but after finding there to be nothing less musical than a year 9 music lesson quickly left it all behind to work for the schools charity NISCU. Having enjoyed telling young people in schools about Jesus she is really enjoying the opportunity to do that now within her own church family.
Becky likes to sing and play the piano and is almost completely dependent on tea. Other spare moments are filled with eating, watching films and taking funny photos.
