Glen Mansfield joined us as a curate at Holy Trinity in July 2011, following ordination in Guildford Cathedral on 3 July.

He writes: 

I do not come from a Christian background at all. I am half English and half Finnish.  My mother was raised in a log cabin by a frozen lake inside the Arctic Circle (allegedly they used to knock a hole in the ice and go swimming).

My interests include listening to 1970s country music, eating chocolate chip cookies and playing various sports to a low standard.

I became a Christian when I was 19.  At university I joined the hockey team and it turned out that the captain was a Christian. As I was studying history, my first question was whether Christianity was historically credible. To my surprise I found it was. I joined a Bible study group and eventually  went along (reluctantly) to church.  Sometime late in 1995 I was converted, having heard Ephesians 1 preached in power. 

Following university I spent time teaching and working for a doormat  company.  I then spent six and a half years working for Yeldall Manor, a Christian drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre near Reading.  This was  definitely a formative experience, and hence I have a passion for excellence in Christian counseling.  In 2006 I did a church apprenticeship at
Christchurch, Virginia Water involving some study, ministry and lots of chair moving.  It was there that I met Anita… 
Anita comes originally from Hungary, where she came to Christ at a Bible camp disguised as an English language school. She has lived in England for the last seven years. She works as a dispenser for Boots the chemist  and enjoys cooking, running and cats. 

We are moving to Aldershot from North London, where I have been trained by the Church of England. After three years of essays and lectures at college I am looking forward to getting stuck into full time ministry. We are both looking forward to serving at Holy Trinity…