Rev. Phil Pickett is to be the new minister in Livingston Free Church. A call was signed by the congregation at a special service on Sunday 8th Sep and subsequently, Phil being present, accepted the call.
Phil was born in Nepal to missionary parents and lived there until moving to Wales for secondary school. He first came to Scotland to study Chemistry in St. Andrews University and hasn’t left since.
He began training for ministry in St. Andrews Free Church while studying part time at Cornhill, Glasgow, and then Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS). For the past two and a half years, he has lived on the Isle of Lewis where he completed his training in Carloway Free Church alongside ETS.
While in St Andrews Phil met his wife Helen, and they have since been blessed with a “very active” toddler called Lachlan.
Helen actually spent the first few years of her life in Livingston, but she has lived mostly between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Helen works in the Additional Support for Learning Service in Edinburgh as part of the Deaf Support Team.
Phil said that he was “excited to join and serve in the church family at Livingston”.
The ordination and induction is expected to be on Saturday 26th October.