Martin Lane
Vicar
Martin is married to Rachel and they have four children. Before training for ordained ministry at Oak Hill Theological College, he spent a number of years working for a city-centre church in Cambridge and, before that, had a career in finance. He has been at Emmanuel Church since January 2012.
Rachel Lane
Families Worker
Rachel is married to Martin and has been a member of Emmanuel since 2012, but started part time as the Families Worker in January 2024. She loves building relationships with parents and children in the church and seeking to point them to Jesus in the busyness of family life. Her background is in teaching and she continues to tutor students in English a few hours each week. Outside of work and church life, Rachel enjoys reading, playing the piano, pilates and occasionally picking up a crochet project!
Naomi Wade
Church Administrator
Naomi has lived in Hastings for 14 years with her husband, Vince, and they have two children. She joined Emmanuel Church with her family in September 2013. She spent 11 years as wife and mum, home-educating her children for the last 6 of those and continues to do so. Naomi took on the role of Church Administrator in 2022 and is enjoying the new challenge.
Lisa Bonham
Sunday Club Supervisor
Lisa grew up in Hastings and has been at Emmanuel for over half a century, on and off! She is married to Terry and has two girls, both grown up and independent. Having lived in Norway for a year as a teenager, she speaks Norwegian and loves the cold weather! She was a nurse for nearly 40 years before retraining in administration. Lisa was the parish administrator for 19 years and has recently retired.
Sarah Davies
Crèche Supervisor