Come visit the office!

Our church office is colocated with The Acorn Bookshop, based at 109 Palmerston Road in Southsea. The Acorn has been here since 1988! We began running it in 2016 and moved our offices into the premise in 2020 during the Covid pandemic to ensure the shop could remain open for years to come.

In addition to gifts, cards, Bibles, books and a cafe that serves the city, you'll find an open-plan office, counselling space, large meeting room, kitchenette and upstairs co-working space. If you'd like to use a space please do get in touch to enquire.

Please note: the office is not a Sunday meeting venue. For Sunday service times and locations, please visit our Plan Your Visit page.

Contact the office

Office hours

Monday–Thursday
9.30am–2.30pm

Please contact us before making a special journey, so we can make sure the right member of the team is available to meet you.

OUR TEAM

Our Staff

Most of our staff serve part-time in areas that reflect their gifts and experience. Their role is not to carry all the ministry of the church, but to facilitate it—equipping and supporting people across the church to grow and serve in the ministries God has given them. Select “Meet…” to get to know our team, or click a photo to email them.

Adam North

Adam North

Lead Elder

Meet Adam

Adam helps lead the team at Christ Central, helping everyone who joins us belong, grow and use their gifts to advance God’s Kingdom.

He loves seeing new people join the church and become part of the family. Since arriving 14 years ago, Adam has treasured the incredible welcome he received and loves that the same heart of hospitality continues today.

Outside work, Adam loves travelling and discovering food from different cultures. A foodie at heart, he’s always happy to try something new!

Fun fact: Growing up, Adam loved cross stitch and period dramas—although his tastes have changed since then!

Dan Knapp

Dan Knapp

Staff Elder · Under 18s · Stacey Centre

Meet Dan

Dan oversees our under-18s programme, planning children’s and youth teaching, organising events like our Light Party and helping families grow together in their relationship with Jesus.

Part of Christ Central since 2010, Dan especially loves bringing children and families from our two congregations together for events throughout the year. It’s a joy to see people inviting friends into church life and getting to know one another.

He loves that Christ Central is a church for every age, where those who have followed Jesus for years come alongside people who are younger in age or faith and help them grow.

Outside work, when he’s not driving one of his three children somewhere, Dan loves getting outdoors—on his bike, in the sea or out walking. Having grown up in London, he much prefers life by the water!

Olivia Gate

Olivia Gate

Ministries Coordinator

Meet Olivia

Olivia coordinates church life and ministries, helping everything run smoothly so we can love and serve people well.

The biggest joy of Olivia’s role is the people! She loves serving our church family and helping the church run well so it can reach and care for more people. Christ Central has been such a joy and blessing in her own life, and she loves helping others experience that same sense of family.

Outside work, you’ll usually find her chasing after her twin girls or spending time with family and friends. A people person through and through, what she’s doing matters less than who she’s with!

Fun fact: Olivia has Grade 8 recorder—a qualification that has yet to prove useful in literally any situation.

Roxi Moon

Roxi Moon

Administration and Finance

Meet Roxi

Roxi is an administrator at Christ Central, keeping things running behind the scenes so our staff team and wonderful volunteers have everything they need each week.

She loves that no two days are the same and enjoys working alongside lots of different people. Her favourite thing about Christ Central is its sense of family and the way people care for one another.

Outside work, Roxi loves running and settling down with a good book.

Fun fact: As a student, Roxi spent a semester studying at Helsinki University!

Fearghal Kelly

Fearghal Kelly

Staff Elder · Teaching · PO1

Meet Fearghal

Fearghal is one of our Staff Elders, developing our teaching, groups and evangelism.

He loves hearing how people have come to faith or grown in their faith as they discover how amazing Jesus is through the Bible being taught at Christ Central. For Fearghal, people finding hope and truth in Jesus is what it’s all about.

He joined Christ Central when he came to study at Portsmouth University in 2013. He still treasures the warm welcome he received and loves seeing people from all walks of life discover Jesus through the Bible and share in church life as one community.

Outside work, Fearghal enjoys reading, researching artists, good coffee shops, crime dramas and visiting old cities.

Fun fact: As a teenager, he once tried to cook a pizza in a dishwasher. We’ll stick to asking him for coffee recommendations.

Nikki North

Nikki North

Pastoral Care and Integration

Meet Nikki

Nikki helps people find their place at Christ Central, connecting them with the church family, a life group and somewhere to serve. She also offers pastoral care, supporting people through life’s difficult seasons.

She loves helping new people feel at home and become part of the family, and treasures the opportunity to come alongside people with love and care when life is tough.

One of Nikki’s favourite things about Christ Central is its incredible diversity. As a teenager, she prayed that God would send her to the nations—which He did! Now she loves seeing the nations coming to the church family she’s part of.

Outside work, Nikki loves exercise, being in nature and a competitive game of squash, netball or tennis! She also enjoys exploring new places with her husband and their three girls, especially when there’s delicious food or a cute coffee shop along the way.

Fun fact: Nikki once spent 28 days in the African bush, hiking, cycling and canoeing a total of 300km!

Kirsten Tyrrell

Kirsten Tyrrell

Graphic Design

Meet Kirsten

Kirsten is our Graphic Designer, creating everything from sermon series artwork to welcome books for print and online.

She loves seeing a design come together and creating something she’s proud of. Her favourite thing about Christ Central is the people, especially the way the church family loves and cares for one another.

Outside work, Kirsten enjoys all things Formula 1, spending time with her dog Peanut and trying new food spots around Portsmouth.

Fun fact: Kirsten once appeared on Lewis Hamilton’s Instagram. There’s a Dairy Milk for the first person to find her!

Find us

Christ Central Church Office
c/o The Acorn Bookshop
109 Palmerston Road
Southsea, PO5 3PS

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