Vicar

Currently in Vacancy

We are currently in a Vacancy and looking for a new Vicar to lead KCM in the next phase of our journey.  Could that be you?

If you would like to find out more about the opportunities KCM offers for your ministry, please take a look at our Parish Profile.  Details of how to apply are available on the Diocesan Website.

Licensed Lay Minister

Prof David Thomson

Professor David Thomson qualified as an Optometrist in 1980 and following a brief spell working in Portsmouth he enrolled for a Phd to study the effects of viewing computer screens on the eyes. He was awarded a Phd in 1985 and following a three year period as a post-doctorate student investigating visual function in patients with brain damage, he was appointed to the academic staff in the Department of Optometry and Visual Science at City University. He was awarded a chair in 2002 and served as Head of Department and Associate Dean.

After nearly 30 years in post he decided to leave the University to pursue various other interests including developing software for vision testing and screening. He now runs two small software businesses based in Welham Green but still lectures widely in the UK and overseas.

He has been a member of KCM church since 1988 and was a regular member of the music group. He studied to become a Licensed Lay Minister with the ERMC and was licensed in 2015. He regularly leads worship and preaches.  He has been part of the management team for the KCM Community Café for six years and has recently introduced Café Church.

He is married to Dr Penny Thomson and they have five grown up children and four grandchildren (so far). In what little spare time he has, he is to be found cycling, walking coastal paths in Dorset or on the golf course.