Elders
The eldership has responsibility for the overall leadership and vision setting for the church. It consists of the pastors and 7 lay members, appointed by the church.
 Brian McCarthy
Brian is in age the senior member of the eldership, whose main area of responsibility is as a pastoral elder. He has been married to Isobel for 46 years, and they have four children and five grandchildren. His passion is to see Christians, and the Christian church living and modeling unity and integrity. His primary hobby is golf, where he finds advancing years sit uncomfortably with aspiration.
 Duncan Stott
Duncan & Gill were married at Gold Hill over twenty years ago and Duncan has been an elder for half of that time. They are both very involved in supporting our overseas workers and have 6 children.
 John Newman
John has oversight of Church Finances, Premises and Resources. He is also a Pastoral Elder with oversight of six House Groups, most of them in the Amersham, Chesham, High Wycombe area. He loves to see people become disciples of Jesus and to grow in their faith, as they understand what it means to be a true disciple.After a long career in the City, he has operated for the last 11 years as an independent Business Consultant, specialising in Human Resources, Employment Law and Career Coaching. He is married to Gill and they have two grown-up daughters. He enjoys all sport, including golf, cricket and soccer (loves to see Chelsea win!), as well as theatre, cinema and being with his family, especially his four grandchildren.
 Rod Thomas
Rod has been an active member at Gold Hill for nearly 40 years, for many of those serving in various forms of youth leadership. As part of the Futures Team he has a desire for people to be released in service for the Lord Jesus. A Pastoral Elder with six Home Groups in Chalfont St Peter, Hillingdon and Beaconsfield, he also oversees the Ministry Support areas of the church with include the AV teams on sound, camera and computer as well as stewarding and prayer ministry. He is part of the Futures Team of the Mission Council. He has spent the last 20+ years as a consultant with insurance software houses. Married to Anna, they have 3 children and 6 adorable grandchildren. Whilst no longer active on the football field, he tries to keep fit in the gym and occasional cycling and still enjoys skiing, golf and walking.
James Simmons
James joined the eldership in April 2009 and is also on staff as our Senior Youth & Childrens' Worker. He is married to Helen and they have a daughter, Sophie and baby son Joshua.
Stewart Bishop
  Stewart joined the eldership in April 2009 and is involved in leading worship and is married to Anita |
