Nick Weir - Vicar
Nick Weir joined HTF as our vicar in September 2015. Having originally trained as a psychiatric doctor, Nick retrained at Oak Hill Theological College prior to working as a curate in Basingstoke. Nick is married to Cherry and they have three boys.
ContactStephen Fraser - Curate
Stephen joined as our curate in July 2022. Prior to training for ordination at Oak Hill Theological College, Stephen worked for UCCF supporting Christian Unions at Hertfordshire University and Brunel University. Stephen is married to Nikki and they have three children. In his spare time, Stephen enjoys watching and playing sport and can often be found in the gym.
ContactNigel Ward - Associate Minister
Formerly working in IT, Nigel is a life-long St Albans resident and has been our associate minister for about 30 years. Married to Ruth, they have three grown-up children and four grandchildren.
ContactRuth Ward - Churchwarden
Our hard-working churchwarden is Ruth Ward. She gives leadership over many areas of the church's life, practical and spiritual. This includes leading a team of eight Assistant Churchwardens who help with the running of Sunday services and other special events. Ruth is married to Nigel and they have three grown up children and four grandchildren. She has been a committed member of our church for many years and resident of Park Street. She also serves as a school governor, with the creche team and as safeguarding officer and many other things.
ContactHenry Wilkes - Children and Youth Worker
ContactKathryn Weller - Parish Administrator
Kathryn is our Parish Administrator. She has lived in our parish since 1999. She is married to Graham and they have two grown up children. She has worked as a PA and Committee Secretary for several organisations including the Church of England General Synod.
ContactBeth Searl - Administrative Assistant
Beth is the Admin Assistant here. She goes to Park Street Baptist Church, another church in the area. She will be working here part-time, looking after the Parish Centre and the hirings.
ContactGladness Chao - Senior Ministry Trainee
Gladness joined the team as a Senior Ministry Trainee from September 2025. She was born and raised in Kenya and moved to Cambridge UK in 2023 where she served at St Andrew the Great for 2 years as an International Ministry Intern working with Internationals and Youth. She did the TEAM training course in Cambridge and Cornhill Training Course in London, which she is still doing on Thursdays and Fridays. Gladness loves, among other things, journaling and hanging out with friends over conversations, food and games.
ContactCarolyn Hill - Cleaner
Carolyn keeps our church and Parish Centre spick and span. She lives in Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead, with her husband, Dave, and their three grown up children.
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