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Speakers<br />

Jackie Bellfield is a <strong>Methodist</strong> presbyter serving the Sankey Valley Circuit in the Liverpool District. An<br />

experienced worship leader and preacher, Jackie has pastoral oversight for three churches and heads up the<br />

New Song Network. As the circuit’s fresh expression missioner, Jackie seeks to encourage churches to think<br />

creatively about mission and worship, and is passionate about new and emerging forms <strong>of</strong> church.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Song Network is a growing ecclesial community which meets for worship, discipleship and engages<br />

in acts <strong>of</strong> social justice to encourage community cohesion. A governor at the local <strong>Church</strong> <strong>of</strong> England High<br />

School, member <strong>of</strong> the local Mission in the Economy group and trustee <strong>of</strong> a local hospice, Jackie believes in<br />

fostering credible community relationships.<br />

Prior to presbyteral ministry Jackie worked for the Department for Education and Skills and has been a local<br />

preacher since the age <strong>of</strong> 14.<br />

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Helen Cameron is a <strong>Methodist</strong> presbyter and teacher. She was given a note to preach at 16, after she had<br />

been preaching and leading worship with others since she was 11. She is interested in many things, including<br />

great worship, novels, theatre and theology. She is deeply committed to the <strong>Methodist</strong> <strong>Church</strong> which she<br />

loves (even when it drives her crazy) and wants to work with others to improve the quality <strong>of</strong> our public<br />

worship.<br />

Helen lives in Birmingham and is oversight tutor at the Queen’s Foundation. She is married to Iain, a GP, and<br />

together they have three teenage children. She also has a bit <strong>of</strong> a shoe fetish.<br />

Joanne Cox is the evangelism in contemporary culture <strong>of</strong>ficer for the <strong>Methodist</strong> <strong>Church</strong>. As a <strong>Methodist</strong><br />

presbyter, she previously served the <strong>Methodist</strong> <strong>Church</strong> in Rotherham. She was the co-editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Call and<br />

the Commission (Paternoster, 2009), and recently graduated with a doctorate from Durham University with<br />

her thesis ‘Challenging Leadership’. In 2011, Joanne was awarded the Christians in New Media Award for the<br />

video short Tell Show Be (www.tellshowbe.com) and was also involved in the very first Twitter Remembrance<br />

Service.

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