Pastors

Anthony & Angie Parkinson

Anthony has previously planted churches, set up and run Christian social enterprises and rehab communities and has a real heart for the marginalised in society. He loves the Word, loves people and loves the church and he longs to see Kingdom principles lived out fully within the context of the local church. As a self confessed theology geek, he believes in the accessibility of God’s Word for everyone. He is originally from Nottingham, moved up north in 2010 and now classes “up ‘ere” as home. Anthony is married to Angie with four beautiful children and a precious granddaughter to keep him busy. He enjoys rugby, reading theology and decent coffee in his spare time and his claim to fame is he went to school with Angie!

Angie loves her family dearly and sees the church as an extension to her own. She loves seeing the family grow. She has a heart to see everyone welcomed into the Kingdom family irrespective of background and likes to think outside the box to try to make it accessible to as many as possible. Alongside Anthony, she helped pioneer a ministry reaching addicts and the marginalised in the North West. She loves the simplicity of God’s Word and loves seeing its transforming power reaching new generations. Angie is also originally from Nottingham, married to Anthony, and mum to Bethany, Joshua, Faith and Grace. They also have a granddaughter Isabella.

In her lack of spare time she loves to crochet, baking, cooking and spending time with her large family.

Elders

Alongside Anthony and Angie our eldership team include:

Rachel Whymark

Rachel was elected as an Elder in 2023. She is married to Steve, one of the church tech team and has two grown up children, Matthew and Hannah.

Rachel has served in our church for many years and currently runs "Surf", the kids Friday club for primary aged children. Rachel also
co-leads and teaches in Kids' Church on Sundays, and also co-leads a Thrive group "Dwell" with Elizabeth.

During the week Rachel works in a Primary School and in her spare time enjoys reading, walking and 'coffee & cake' with friends. 

Andy Prosser

Andy has also been involved in the church for many years. He was elected as an Elder in 2021. He is one of New Day Church's worship leaders and is a top guitarist and musician. He is married to Clare and has four children.

Andy also runs our Friday Youth Programme Talk 'n' Tucker.

Andy has his own business Enterprize Web Deisgn and Print offering Web Design, Graphic Design, Print, Video and Photography Services based in Longton and is the webmaster for our church web site.

Andy's favourite past times are song writing, hill walking and photography. 

Staff

John Park

John is our Site Supervisor and does a fantastic job of maintaining the building and managing the rooms for our different groups.

He is also our chief steward.

John is married to Anne and has a grown up daughter.

Anthony & Angie

Anthony & Angie our are Pastors (see above).

Anthony is full time and Angie works part-time alongside being a busy mum.

Jen Tidy

Jen is our part-time Food Hub Coordinator starting the role in March 2022 after volunteering with the team for over 2 years.

She is married to Mike and loves live music, theatre cinema and trips to restaurants.

Trustees

Alongside Anthony and Angie our Trustees team include:

Graham Hooke

After Graham’s retirement as Senior Pastor he agreed to continue as a trustee of the church. Graham joined the church in its previous guise as Calvary Christian Fellowship in 1978. His main role was as a worship leader before he joined the full-time staff in 1993 and became senior pastor in 1997. Previously he had been Deputy Headteacher of a Penwortham primary school. He recently led the church in transitioning to New Day Church, an ethos change as much as a name change - a place where people can make a fresh start in life.

He and his wife, Ruth, married in 1980 and have two grown-up daughters, Sarah, a GP and Lydia, a student, and three grandsons. Graham is a keen football fan, going to Old Trafford as often as possible, and he loves the outdoors, especially mountainous regions. Although unable to climb the peaks now he enjoys going walking in the countryside every week with “The Hardy Annuals”.

Mark Headley

'Mark has been part of the church since who-knows-when - but it was back in the '80s.  

With Joy, his wife, he has been involved in worship music throughout that time.  

Now retired from a career in engineering, he supports the Food Hub, runs on the local fells and moors, and occasionally finds time for his clock repairs.

Joy Headley

Joy grew up on the Isle of Wight but came to Preston when she married Mark.

They joined New Day Church in the 1980s when it was CCF, and have been in the worship team ever since.  Joy recently retired from a career in teaching and school leadership. She was elected as a Trustee in 2024. 

She enjoys being creative, gardening, walking and exploring Scottish islands. 

David Smith 

David is married to Susan and they have been members of the church since 2004. They have two adult children.

David has recently been elected to serve as a Trustee having previously served in this role from 2018.

Having played in the music team for 15 years he has now moved to the PA side of things on the Tech team. He keeps his musical “hand in” at SALT with sing-along songs and hymns.

Keen caravanners and they are often found seeking out the wildlife on nature reserves. David is a passionate amateur wildlife photographer.  

Barbara Treasure

Barbara came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ at a Billy Graham mission at Aberdeen Football ground in 1991. She trained as a Housing Officer and then became an IT consultant.  A new job in Lancashire caused her and her husband, Grahame, to move from Northamptonshire in September 2010 where she became a member of New Day Church.

Barbara was elected as a Trustee in November 2021. 

She enjoys Sudoku and word games, cooking and hospitality – providing and receiving!

Board of Reference

We also have a board of reference which you can read about here.