Catherine Shirtcliffe

Catherine shares the job of GBWA Secretary with Beth Kneale.

I live in Colchester with my husband Peter and three children and am a member of Prettygate Baptist Church where my husband is the pastor.

I became a Christian as a teenager. Having been brought up in a Christian home in Hemel Hempstead, I realised at the age of 15 that I couldn’t rely on my parents' faith any more and that I needed Jesus to forgive me and become Lord of my life. Since then the Lord has led me to many different places, including Nottingham where I trained as a radiographer, Leicester where we spent the first three years of our married life, then back to Hemel Hempstead for 14 years where all our children were born, and also where I trained as an ultrasonographer, and now to Colchester. The Lord led us to Colchester two and a half years ago, by his provision and timing making it very clear that he wanted us to settle and work here.

My life is very busy with church, family and work. I have a job as a sonographer at Colchester General Hospital, which, again, God provided at just the right time about ten months after we moved. It is a demanding, though rewarding job, where I have the opportunity to meet many different people, with different needs.

I thank the Lord for the opportunity to serve as the conference secretary for GBWA alongside Beth, and it’s our prayer that he will bless all those who come to minister and be ministered to at the conferences.