Peter Michell

From 1987 to 2017 I served as the minister of Iden Green Congregational Church.  My predecessor was in post for 21 years.  When I began I considered that to be an unsurpassable length of time.  Actually the decades have raced by, so very much has happened.  The influence of the little fellowship in a tiny Kentish hamlet has probably been quite disproportionate.

Until September 2015 I was also Chaplain at William Parker School – latterly, ARK William Parker Academy.  I had worked for the school since 1985.  I had seen headteachers come and go, and good days and bad for the college.  For years I taught maths as well as having the pastoral role.  In 2009 we became a Church of England school and it has been a great joy and privilege to labour for the gospel in the context of a diocesan school.

In 1995 my wife and I opened a nursery school.  It continues and, as ‘director’, I lead a team of dedicated early years pedagogues offering Christian and Froebelian care and education.  What an honour to be the friend of a couple of dozen little people for whom all of life lies ahead of them.

Another great privilege is to edit Early Days, the thrice yearly magazine of ‘Love Early Years’ (formerly Ci2eye – Christian Initiatives in Early Years Education).  My mission is to foster Christian thinking and practice in early education and it is a joy to work alongside those of like mind in the UK as well as in other countries.

Now in ‘retirement’ I enjoy ministering the grace of God to church congregations on Sundays and to little ones during the week.