Pastor Rev'd Peter Jackson Pastor

( Written September 2022 ) :

What I do Monday to Friday

I am a people person and as the Pastor of the Church much of my week is spent visiting and chatting to people. Also I prepare sermons, have meetings, conduct the occasional funeral, study, deal with emails, among other things. I do get concerned when people comment that I am very busy - I am not - and always want to be available to people and be ready for the unexpected.

I originate from near Manchester and am on a mission to 'the South' encouraging people to 'talk proper !' 

Likes and Dislikes 

I am a thespian and have loved anything to do with theatre ever since my days at Primary school when we had a converted cellar made into a theatre. I am NOT the Peter Jackson who directed 'The Hobbit' & 'Lord of the rings' but I have directed a number of productions over the years in schools and church. I enjoy acting and also am a big fan of the Guildford Shakespeare Company. I also like walking, going to the gym, reading  - and eating! ( I was the self appointed eating deacon at Millmead.) 

I dislike pickles, mustard, birds flying around inside or too close to me and people who are conclusive and dogmatic. 

Family   

I am married to Chris and we have 3 grown up sons and 9 grand children, expensive when it comes to Christmas!

Testimony 

I grew up attending the Anglican church in my village but became a Christian after experiencing God at a Baptist Church in Nottingham. I was baptised at the beginning of January 1971 and filled with the Holy Spirit later in the 1970's. In 1980 I felt called to leave teaching and trained to be a Baptist minister - I led a church in Ruddington, Notts until I moved to Guildford to become an associate minister at Guildford Baptist Church in 1991. I fully retired in 2013 - but have recently been re- tyred to serve as Pastor at Godalming Baptist Church.