The Leadership Team are responsible for the day to day running of the church.
Carol Grove
Senior Leader
About
Carol was elected to the team in 2021 and has served as one of the Senior Leaders since 2023.
Carol joined Immanuel Church in 2006 after she moved here from Southampton when she got married to David, who is the church Treasurer.
She was previously a member of the Leadership Team from 2009-2012 and a Trustee from 2009-2015. She currently oversees mission and outreach, serves on the Prayer Ministry Team, and helps to lead the Sunday teenage group, Deeper.
Her greatest hope for Immanuel Church is that we would be prayerfully guided by the Holy Spirit along the path God has prepared for us and not be afraid of changes or challenges. She believes that God has great things in store for Immanuel!
Shane Morton
Senior Leader
About
Shane was elected onto the Leadership team in September 2020, after being co-opted in April 2020. He has served as one of the Senior Leaders since 2022.
He was one of the original leaders and trustees of Immanuel Church back in the 1990s. Since then, he has served in several local churches, including being church warden in Hunston where he lives. Shane is married to Jacquie, has three children and is a retired head teacher. He still teaches part-time and enjoys preaching in local churches and as well as being a parish councillor and a Gideon. He also works as Immanuel’s part time Church Administrator.
About
Monica was elected onto the Leadership team in September 2020, after being co-opted in April 2020.
Monica: ” I have been part of the Immanuel family since February 2016. I am married to Trevor and we live in Burpham, near Arundel. We have three grown up sons. I am very interested in joining with others in experiencing Christ’s love more and more, and following him sacrificially in loving obedience. I applied to be a leader because I am passionate about working out HOW this can be done in the midst of our busy, distracted and sometimes complicated lives, in our “post-Christian”, secular Western society.”
Emma Darbyshire
Leader
About
Emma was elected to the team in 2024 after serving as a co-opted leader since 2023.
Emma is married to Jonny and has two little boys, Eli and Zeke, who teach her new things every day. She is the part-time Youth Worker at Immanuel Church, having previously worked as a primary school teacher.
Emma is especially passionate about supporting and including people who have additional needs, to enable them to grow and contribute within a community where all people are welcomed, valued, nurtured and loved, as Jesus himself demonstrated. One of her favourite pastimes is camping with friends and family.