The Officers
The Officers of
The Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Other Executive members serve for a three-year term. If elected for a further term, they cannot be reappointed for one year.
Mr Martin Leckebusch
Executive President
Martin Leckebusch was born in Leicester in 1962 into a family with Methodist roots, although his own Christian commitment began during his teenage years at a Pentecostal church...
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Mrs Anne Harrison
Executive Vice-President
Anne Harrison lives in Durham with her husband, Jamie. She taught music in a London school and later worked as Music Co-ordinator for St John’s College, Durham, then for the Royal School of Church Music. She has written two Grove booklets, Sing it Again: The Place of Short Songs in Worship (2003)...
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William Glasse
Honorary Secretary
William Glasse was born on the Essex–Hertfordshire border but has lived in Framlingham, Suffolk, since the age of 21. His father was a Congregationalist and his mother an Anglican. He grew up in...
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The Rev'd Canon Michael Garland
Honorary Treasurer
Rev'd Canon Michael Garland studied Theology at St David's University College, Lampeter and was ordained in 1973. Following curacies in Swansea and Sutton Coldfield, he became Vicar of Kingshurst (Birmingham Diocese) in 1979...
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The Rev'd Dr Janet Wootton
Bulletin Editor
Janet Wootton was ordained in 1979 and served as a Congregational Federation minister for 25 years in rural and inner city churches. For the majority of that time, she was minister of Union Chapel, Islington, where she led the team setting up a lively arts and community venue. From 2003 to retirement in 2017 she was Director of Studies for the Congregational Federation, training candidates for a variety of ministries...
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