Minister

The present Minister is Rev William McCulloch, from Overtown in Scotland. Willie has been with us since January 2002. He came from the charge of Kirriemuir St Andrew’s linked with Oathlaw/Tannadice in the Presbytery of Angus.

He is married to Jean and they have three grown-up children and two grandchildren.

Before becoming a minister Willie was a civil engineer and the McCullochs spent 12 happy years living and working in Bahrain. In 1992 they returned to the UK. Willie studied for three years at Edinburgh University gaining a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1995. He spent two years working as a probationer minister at St Andrew’s and St George’s Church in Edinburgh. He was ordained on 24th August 1997.

The Minister is Convener of the Pastoral Care Committee.

Office Bearers

- Kirk Session

Mr Daniel Boateng 

Ms Florence Dowuona (Session Clerk; convener Catering Committee)

Mr Giuseppe Caruso (temporarily abroad)

Mr Opanga John (convener Fabric and Finance Committee)

Mrs Hea Shin Kim (Shipley)

Mr John McGhie

Mrs Alison Sabetti (convener Communications Committee)

Ms Inge Weustink (convener Mission Committee; Safeguarding Coordinator)

Mrs Antonette Wisdom (convener Social Events Committee; coordinator Women's Group)

Caretaker

Rev. Azam Masih John (Presbyterian Church of Pakistan)

Sunday Club Coordinator

Ms Fiona Vennelle

 

Organist

Ms Mihee Kim is our organist. She was born in 1977 Seoul (South Korea) where she obtained the piano degree at the "Seoul National University" in 2000. Subsequently she moved to Rome and in 2004 got the piano diploma at the "Santa Cecilia" conservatory. At the "Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra" she then achieved a piano master's degree as well as an organ master's degree (Summa cum Laude). At present, besides being titular organist at St Andrew's and organ assistant at the "Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra", she is completing the postgraduate studies in organ improvisation at the "Musikhochschule" of Luzern (Switzerland) and the composition studies at the "Santa Cecilia" conservatory. She carries out manifold concert activities in both piano and organ domains and various collaborations with cinema and theatre. In the chamber music field she is regularly committed to accompaniments of opera singers and instrumentalists for the International Musical Academy of Rome, where she also teaches piano, and to the events of the 2007 season of the "Rome Festival". She is the official accompanist of the November 2007 edition of the "Concorso Vocale Internazionale di Musica Sacra".

Choir

The church has a choir with Mihee Kim, our organist, as choir director.

The choir members are:

Ms Christiana Ashie

Ms Fortuna Dorku

Ms Florence Dowuona

Ms Ji-Yeon Kim

Mrs Jin-Hee Lee

Mrs Antonette Wisdom

Choir practice is every Sunday before the service, from 10.00 a.m. onwards. Anybody interested in joining will be made most welcome! For more information please contact the Minister.