Personality from the Pews - Janet Dawson

My name is Janet Dawson, and I am the Treasurer at All Saints’ Church and have been in this role since around 2012 when the opportunity to take the role was “offered” to me by the then churchwardens after the service one Sunday. Fortunately, I do enjoy the role which has become much more complicated recently with the finances around the heritage project at the church. I joined the church around 20 years ago after I had attended the Alpha Course run across the Benefice and decided that Sandon and the Book of Common Prayer based worship worked for me plus the warm welcome I was given.

I spent much of my early school years in Stafford before moving with my family to Cheshire and Northamptonshire before moving back to Stafford when I married. My executive career was spent in pensions and benefits management and HR, and I am now a non-executive director on two boards, one for the NHS in North Staffordshire and the other for a private company in Northamptonshire. My leisure time is spent on the heritage project at the church, gardening and caravanning.

My favourite bible passage is 1 Corinthians, verses 4 to 6 as it is a great reminder of how to deal with one another.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

My favourite hymn is Love Divine – totally uplifting words and music.