Meet the Team

  • David Flowers

    SENIOR PASTOR
    Leadership & Preaching
    david.flowers@leedsvineyard.ojrg
    07501 720666

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  • Alison Flowers

    SENIOR PASTOR
    Leadership
    alison.flowers@leedsvineyard.org
    07501 721386

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  • Anne Button

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT PASTOR
    Finance & Governance, Small Groups
    anne.button@leedsvineyard.org
    0113 230 2139

  • Alex Harbour

    PASTORAL ASSISTANT
    Sundays, Operations, Alpha, Baptisms
    alex.harbour@leedsvineyard.org
    07943 924898

  • Hannah Green

    COMMS, DESIGN, SOCIAL MEDIA LEAD
    hannah.green@leedsvineyard.org
    0113 230 2139

  • Sue Richardson

    ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
    sue.richardson@leedsvineyard.org
    0113 230 2139

  • Jaime Lynch

    CHILD CONTACT CENTRE MANAGER (The Vine) & FINANCE ASSISTANT
    jaime.lynch@thevineleeds.org
    07435 788837

Key Volunteers

  • Eli Sichalwe

    Restored Beacon (in training)

    restoredbeaconlv@gmail.com

  • Mary Bayana

    Vineyard Kids

    kids@leedsvineyard.org

  • William Sims

    Vineyard House

    william.sims@wharfedale-vineyard.org

  • Jos McLaren

    Morley

    morley@leedsvineyard.org

  • Lizzy Harbour

    Students & Young Adults

    students-ya@leedsvineyard.org

Meet the Trustees

  • Anne Button

    COMPANY SECRETARY

    Anne is one of our Assistant Pastors and covers governance and finance. Anne lives in Alwoodley with her husband and three children.

  • Mike Byde

    CHAIR AND RESPONSIBLE FOR HR AND THE PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY THE CHURCH

    Mike is in a management role within student administration and support services at the University of Leeds. He has many years of experience working in administration and general management roles within the higher education sector. Mike lives in Meanwood, is married to Sarah and they have two young sons. He serves as a worship leader at Leeds Vineyard and he and Sarah also lead a Small Group.

  • David Flowers

    FOUNDING PASTOR & TRUSTEE

    David (along with Alison, his wife) is the Senior Pastor. He and his wife, Alison, live in Headingley. They have two adult sons.

  • Jon Grayson

    TRUSTEE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR RISK MANAGEMENT

    Jon is a Senior Manager working with G4S. His expertise is in Risk, Governance & Project Management. Jon lives in Oakwood with his wife and three daughters.

  • Judy Hardy

    TRUSTEE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFEGUARDING

    Judy works for a national housing company and has been part of Leeds Vineyard for more than 10 years. She and her husband, Rob live in north Leeds with their three children.

  • William Sims

    TRUSTEE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR VINEYARD HOUSE

    William is the head of sales for a major Office Services company. He has two grown up daughters and four grandchildren and lives in Harewood with his wife Victoria. Outside of work and church his interests include road cycling, travel, eating great food and enjoying a healthy lifestyle. He is also passionate about honesty and integrity in business with a focus on making companies more sustainable and the development of corporate social responsibility.

  • Tim Steere

    TRUSTEE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCE

    Tim is Head of Customer Insight at Leeds Building Society. He is also a board member of Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation alongside being a Director and Chair of AURA Insight a networking forum for clientside insight professionals. Tim lives in Headingley with his wife and four children. They are foster carers for Leeds City Council. If he has any spare time Tim will be found running up hill and down dale as fast as he can!

  • Simeon Ramdas-Harsia

    Simeon is a lawyer at the Government Legal Department. He is married to Georgie, and they and their daughter live in Roundhay.

Meet the Senior Pastors

David & Alison Flowers

David & Alison Flowers are both from Leeds and live locally in Headingley.

Alison trained as a teacher and is now an artist with a studio nearby in Meanwood and is an exhibiting Member of Leeds Fine Artists. Her heart for the church is for people to know that they are accepted and loved - that it is OK for you to be you.

David recently retired from the financial planning business which he established in 1990 and which he recently sold to a local firm. He is a pastor-teacher who is committed to communicating a bible-inspired way to live as followers of Jesus.

Together, David & Alison founded, lead and pastor Leeds Vineyard. They are both paid a part-time salary to do so.  David also serves as the Regional Leader for the Vineyards in the North of England. They have two adult sons who live in London.

Their story…

David grew up in a missionary family serving in Bangladesh but returned to Leeds for secondary education. He went on to study Theology at Durham University and has worked in financial services ever since graduating. Alison grew up in Leeds and then went to Bishop Lonsdale College (Nottingham University) to qualify as a primary school teacher. She taught at Alwoodley Primary School and then worked with David in his business for a few years until they started a family. She is an artist by nature and now paints as often as she can, selling regularly at exhibitions and online.

David & Alison moved to London to join the first Vineyard planted in the UK in 1987. They were part of the SW London Vineyard until 1997 when they moved back to Leeds with their two sons, Josh and Sam. They planted Leeds Vineyard (originally known as Wharfedale Vineyard) as a family - you can read more about the history of Leeds Vineyard here.

Under their leadership Leeds Vineyard has planted four other churches (Harrogate, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Bradford).