Paul Dutton

Paul was appointed Adult Pastor in August 2011 having previously served as Interim Youth Pastor from March 2011.

Although sometimes mistaken for a northerner, Paul originally hails from the West Midlands.  Upon completing his school education he moved to St. Andrews Scotland to study a degree in Biblical Studies.  After 4 years Paul graduated with a 2.1 Scottish Master’s degree and a first class wife, Tanya, whom he married at the start of his final year. 

Another year was spent in St Andrews as Paul continued to work as the Worship Coordinator in their local church.  In 2007 they both moved down to York to train as teachers and by the summer of 2008 Paul was a qualified RE teacher.  Having moved down to Slough, because of Tanya’s job, Paul worked in a primary school for a while as a bit of an odd job man supporting pupils whilst also covering and tutoring in maths.  In the summer of 2010 Paul became a Christ Church Apprentice and then joined the Staff Team in March 2011.

To the surprise of many Paul is the main cook in the Dutton household and will occasionally make cakes, if asked nicely.  He enjoys playing guitar, walks and generally just having a good laugh.

The principal responsibilities of the Adult Ministry Pastor are detailed below:

Discipleship (Education and Training)
* To be responsible for the development of a discipleship training strategy including the role of (Thursday) training courses

* To be responsible for the development of serving teams including:
   * assisting spiritual gift and passion discernment
   * identification and appointment of team champions
   * training of intercessors, readers, ushers, greeters
   * training of PA and AV operators and provision of ‘tools’ e.g. music database, EasyWorship

* To be responsible for the development of adult ministries including:
   * maintenance and review of existing e.g. Men’s / Women’s / Joint Breakfasts, Men’s Bible Study, Ladies’ Fellowship, Senior Citizens Lunch, etc.
   * needs identification (research) and proposals

Corporate Worship
* To be responsible for development of corporate prayer including First Wednesday Prayer Meetings

* To create proposals for an alternative approach to Sunday evening services to evaluate opportunities to better facilitate worship through:
   * different service and worship styles
   * different service components
   * different ways of team-working

Shared Ministry
Under the direction of the Senior Pastor and with other Ministry Heads, the Adult Ministry Pastor will share in:
* leading services, preaching and teaching
* the provision of pastoral care
* preparing and assisting in the baptism of adults
* preparing the teaching programme including the rota-ing of leaders and preachers
* the development and delivery of the Annual Evangelism Plan

You can view Paul's full Job Specification here and his goals for the early part of 2013 here.