Rev. David and Julie Pollard
David and Julie Pollard moved to Barnsley to lead the Church at Staincross in October 2005. They have four children and four grandchildren. David is from the Chesterfield area whilst Julie was born in South Wales both being raised in very similar circumstances to the Barnsley community.
Since arriving at Staincross we have purposed to impact the community into which we now reside. We live within our Area of Accountability and have made it part of our mandate to know and be known by the community. We have developed strong ties with both primary schools and take weekly assemblies as well as lessons. Julie is Vice Chair of the Governors at one of the schools. David is establishing a ministry to the business’ within our area. We have numerous business estates into which David ventures and provides prayer and practical support where possible.
We also attend the Residential Homes as part of our mandate to the Community as well as volunteer groups in their ventures (why reinvent the wheel!).
We have recently taken church into the Village Hall declaring open doors, being a more friendly and welcoming environment which people can receive the good news and meet new friends.
Another area we purposed is to build bridges with other denominations both in our community and Barnsley Town; we are progressively fulfilling this and are beginning to see much fruit. We are presently Prayer leaders for Christian Together in Barnsley and meet at the Town Hall to pray every month.
We have also had the privilege of serving our AOG Region as Prayer Co-ordinators. We have chosen to encourage all prayer partners to meet once per year for corporate prayer and encouragement. We meet at Thorne Pentecostal Church and our Prayer leader is Ian Christianson, with the Next Level community of believers coming together for prayer earlier in the year.
