Bury Unitarian Church

The Reverend Jeffrey Lane Gould was joint Minister of Bury Unitarian Church and Ainsworth Unitarian Chapel since March 1st 2007. Following his resignation from Ainsworth in October 2009 he remains as minister for the Bury congregation.

Reverend Gould is a native of Massachusetts in the United States of America. After training for a career in the performing arts, he answered a vocation to professional ministry. His preparation and training for ministry led him to study at Brown University, King's College, London, and Oxford. He holds a degree in Religious Studies and a degree in Theology, and a certificate of Ministerial Training.

Reverend Gould's interest in ecumenical development inspired him to serve as a staff member of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (an Anglican theological college) in Berkeley, California, at which time he also participated in chaplaincies in both the San Francisco County Jail and the San Francisco General Hospital. He took part in student pastorates in the Domestic Mission of Bethnal Green, London, three congregations of the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland, and the Unitarian chapel in Taunton, Somerset. His ministry at Ullet Road Church, Liverpool lasted from 1989 to 1999. Since 1999, he has served the congregations of Hale Chapel, Hale Barnes, Norcliffe Chapel, Styal and Dean Row Chapel.

The Minister is a keen fitness enthusiast and enjoys many indoor and outdoor activities. He is fond of the German language, literature and cuisine, and enjoyed a sabbatical at the Goethe Institut in Berlin in 1997. As a native New Englander, he finds himself very much at home in the northwest of England, with its many parallels with his place of birth.

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Bury Unitarian Church
1 Bank Street
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 0DN

Tel: 0161 761 3785

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