City Life Church, Southampton

People

A brief history

City Life Church in Southampton started in the early 70's. Over the years we have seen many people of all ages and walks of life discover God for themselves and become part of the church. We have also seen a number of Christians who have moved into the area join with us.

Today, City Life Church enjoys a good relationship with the other churches in the area through forums like the Southampton Christian Network. The church is also linked nationally with spiritconnect and the Pioneer network of churches. City Life Church has traditional Christian beliefs with a contemporary style of worship.

Below is a selection of people you might see in City Life Church - you may also want to visit the City Life Church group on Facebook.

People in City Life

  • Paul & Susannah Woodman - (Email: Paul) Paul is one of the leaders at City Life Church and has a role in running different projects in the community including Children's Clubs and the CLEAR project. They have two children Hannah and Luke. Susannah is an infants school teacher.
  • Clive and Bev Webb (Email: Bev) - Bev is one the leaders at City Life Church. She is married to Clive and they have 2 children: Nick and Charlotte. Bev co-ordinates the UK support and arranges bi-annual teams to Thailand, to support work with Burmese refugees and Thais. Clive runs his own business providing fire safety solutions.
  • Dan and Mel Pooley (Email: Dan) - Dan started work for City Life Church in Sep 2001. Mel is a manager for Paperchase in Southampton. Dan works closely with the leadership team, and has a specific role to develop the church's support of students (see the student pages for more details). Dan also leads teams out to India to work with the poor in the slums of Delhi. He regularly leads and speaks at Sunday meetings at leads one of the church cell groups.
  • Nicky Porter (Email: Nicky) - Nicky has been part of City Life Church since joining on a year out program in 1992. She currently works part-time with City Life Church and part-time with Connexions, an organisation providing information and support for young people. Nicky regularly leads and speaks at our Sunday meetings as well as helping to lead one of the church cell groups.
  • Mike and Caroline Santer (Email: The Santers) Mike and Caroline Santer are both graduates from the University of Southampton and have been involved with the church since 1987. They live in Southampton with their two sons, Reuben and Zachary. Mike works with Mayflower Services. Having originally trained as a teacher, Caroline works with Cantell School in their exclusion unit and leads City Life 2 which is the church's Sunday morning children's meeting.
  • Joy and Simon (Email: The Chalkes) have been involved in the church since it began. Simon has just celebrated 30 years with British Gas and Joy lectures in Early Years Education at Portsmouth University. They have two grown up children. Joy is also part of an interchurch group PRISM that teaches and trains people to develop the prophetic gifting. She regularly contributes to meetings at City Life.
  • Dave and Abi Barclay married in 2005 and live in Shirley. Abi runs a group for girls on the Flowers Estate and Dave regularly leads and speaks at our Sunday meetings, as well as leading a small group for men in the church.
  • Martin and Marjie Stephens are part of the Walking Group and play an active role in the church. Martin is a pharmacist at Southampton General Hospital and Marjie is a nurse. They have two children.
  • John and Claire Stewart - joined the church in December 1993. They live in Shirley in Southampton. They have six children: Catriona, Alison, Adam, Hannah, Beth and Tom.