Hannah Flint - Leader

I never dreamt I’d be doing this. Maybe the moving to LA part, but not the church leading  thing. There are a lot of church leaders and missionaries in my ancestry, and it was never what I had planned.

I grew up the second of five sisters between the UK, the States and Asia, as pastor’s and ‘mish’ kid (ie - with all the baggage.) By the wise old age of 15, I’d decided for certain that christianity wasn’t for me,  but after a decent search for meaningful experiences, via some mistakes of varying degrees, I found myself in a church again about a decade later. It was St Marys - our church in London - where I had a series of powerful and healing encounters, both with Jesus and other christians.

I wooed Ed after a long and highly competitive campaign in 2005 (Thank you. I know.)

Before we moved to L.A, I worked as an animation producer and writer, and as well as pastoring here, I still write as much as I can. I’m passionate about creating a church space where everyone can find a way to thrive. I’m also fascinated by the human mind, our relationships and how far we’ve developed a species, and by all the ways our ancient texts speak into those things. I love teaching, even more so when it involves demystifying misunderstood parts of the bible.

The prayer ministry at the end is always my favourite part of the service. Apologies in advance for my introversion.

Likes:

jumping off high stuff into deep water / happy hour oysters / that every day is new / big pink skies /  dancing with my girls / knowing what I did exactly a year ago today / seeing someone I know in traffic / being in bed by 8pm / a crunchy harmony  / reading in the bath  /  travelling somewhere new / dream interpretation (seriously, bring me your weirdest)

Dislikes: 

unpacking / sequins / a missed joke / an unavailable condiment / every single thing about bowling /  being told I’m mumbling / when people say ‘just kidding’ after obviously doing so / squirrels / compulsively ‘keeping an eye out’ for something lost forever