CREED is made up of the following people:
 

		John Shannon John joined us in June 2011 in the new role of Development Officer. This is rooted in the context of the local Church where John is an Elder in Kings Fellowship Bangor. Key involvement is in Pastoral Care; the development of team based leadership; Community outreach and CAP. John is also a trustee of FONIC TRUST, supporting mission projects in Nepal through a ‘business as mission’ model. Formerly in Sales and Marketing with Unilever for over 20 years, John will focus on the Creed Pro-VISION project, designed to help Churches bring Vision to life. He is married (happily) to Liz and they have two adult children.
		Anne Brown Anne Brown is a solicitor who has worked in general legal practice for 25 years, dealing predominantly with property and commercial matters. She has just completed an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. She has been engaged as a policy consultant by the Church of Ireland Hard Gospel Project and, more recently, by the Law Society of Northern Ireland. She is a member of St Patrick's Parish Church, Coleraine.
		Simon Brown Simon Brown (Secretary) is presently a partner in a local insurance firm, but has previously worked in both the youth and community sector, including chairing YMCA Ireland and being a member of the YMCA world council. As a member of Shankill Parish Church Simon was a member of the Jethro development committee which oversaw the design and fund raising of the £2.5 million facility. He is married to Nicola and has two energetic young children - Emma and Daniel.
		John Kee John is the Director of the Summer Madness Youth Festival. After a theology degree and teacher training John worked for the Southern Education and Library Board in community based youth work in Lurgan for five years. As the Youth Officer for the Church of Ireland he initiated numerous projects and then spent almost ten years as a freelance consultant working in schools, his local parish and on various regional youth initiatives. (History Makers, www.ignite.cd , Right Move Vocations Conference, 360 Discipleship Programme). He is a member of Belvoir Parish Church in Belfast.
		Cyril McElhinney Cyril McElhinney MBE (Chairman) has considerable experience in major projects which include Windsor Centre, Salford, The Glenada Conference Centre, Newcastle, the Jethro Centre, Lurgan and the Catacombs, Calry Parish in Sligo. Formerly employed in the Youth Service in N. Ireland and as Parish Co-ordinator in Shankill Parish, Lurgan, Cyril served as Diocesan Secretary for 6 years in the Diocese of Elphin & Ardagh, and he was a committee member of the RCB. Presently he serves on The Methodist/Church of Ireland Covenant Council, Church 21 and Community Faiths’ Forum (NI).
		Robert Miller Robert Miller was ordained in 1995 to serve as Curate assistant in the parish of Shankill in the Diocese of Down and Dromore and currently serves as Rector of the Grouped parishes of Christ Church, Culmore, Muff & St Peter's in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe. Robert has been involved in ministry amongst young people at a Parish, Diocesan, and national church level; chairing the Executive committee through a period of strategic development. After a community audit and strategic review in 2004 Robert established Maghera Parish Caring securing its future sustainability through external funding. He currently serves on the Diocesan strategic review team in Derry and Raphoe as well as being a member of Diocesan Council, Standing Committee and Warden of the Diocesan Ministry of Healing. Robert is interested in developing the local church as it engages with its community and when he has time enjoys the outdoors.
		Basil O’Malley Basil is an active member of Magheralin Parish where he was Honorary Treasurer for twelve years, during this period the Parish built a new Worship centre. A former regional general manager of the Northern Bank he retired after over thirty years. Over the years Basil has been involved in different aspects of Christian outreach including "Love your neighborhood" and the ‘Red Door’ Drop-in and is currently involved in Christians Against Poverty. He is happily married to Nan and has 3 grown up children.
		Eric Rainey Since his Retirement from the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in 2009, Eric has retained a wide interest and involvement in Youth and Community related activity. He is a member of Seymour Street Methodist Church, a Methodist Local preacher, a Deputy Lieutenant for Co. Antrim and was awarded the CVO in 2009. Married to June, his hobbies and interests include family, grandchildren (5 at the last count), sport, cycling and caravanning.
		Beryl Whitehead Beryl has worked with the South American Mission Society in Paraguay and Chile for 16 years, teaching and church planting. Since then she has served with husband Gordon in 3 parishes in 3 dioceses of the Church of Ireland. Beryl is a Mum of 3 and a grandmother of 7 and now belongs to St. Saviour's Church, Dollingstown. She enjoys reading, all kinds of crafts and attends a painting class. She only has to see an airport to make her think of travelling (mostly to South America)!
		Simon Grattan Simon Grattan is Managing Director of Sengenia limited, a company specialising in fibre optic sensors. Simon brings business and entrepreneurial skills to the CREED team and is helping work towards the long term strategy as well as the day to day aspects of the work. He is also a Methodist local preacher with Craigmore Methodist in Aghalee. Simon is married to Carole and they have twin boys, Andrew and Stephen.