Revd Dr Mark Cheetham
Superintendant Minister
Revd Denise Binks
Circuit MinisterRevd Denise is a minister in the Salisbury Circuit currently looking after 5 churches: Bell Street United Church (Methodist & URC); Sandleheath Uniting Church (Anglican and Methodist) and Tisbury, Motcombe and Shrewton Methodist Churches.
Married to Alan and with two grown up children, David and Susan, I trained at Sarum college and spent my first nine years of ministry in the Yeovil & Blackmore Vale Circuit. I live in Shaftesbury with my Cockapoo, Teddy and two guinea pigs, Donald and Jimmy.
It is my great joy to be a part of several diverse worshipping communities of Christians who are seeking to be a presence in the wider community, working alongside Christians of other denominations as we discover where God is working and join in.
Revd Bryan Coates
Minister attached to PittonI was born and brought up in Wolverhampton – and still supports that city’s famous football team but “how are the mighty fallen?”.
After school I worked for five years in the Civil Service in the local Inland Revenue Office before candidating for the ministry. I trained at Richmond and Westhill Colleges. In a 40 year span I have served in the Ashford (Kent) Circuit, through the Methodist Missionary Society with the United Church of Zambia, in the Birmingham (Sutton Park Circuit), in the Eastleigh Circuit at Chandler’s Ford and in the South East Berkshire Circuit at Wokingham. Retiring in 2007 to Chandler’s Ford, I have served for periods as Acting Superintendent of Meon Valley, Romsey and this Circuit.
Revd Dorothy Pipet
Circuit MinisterRev’d Dorothy Pipet joined Salisbury Circuit as a probationary presbyter in 2025, working with Bemerton, Bourne Valley and Shrewton Methodist churches. She trained part-time at Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham, alongside working as a Chartered Engineer in Railway Signalling Design. She previously lived in Loughborough and has been a worship leader, local preacher and member of a worship band (among other roles in the Methodist church/circuit).
Dorothy is married to John and they have two daughters, she enjoys playing violin and guitar, growing fruit and vegetables, reading, and writing about herself in the third person.
Mel Naish
Outreach WorkerMy name is Mel Naish (short for Melissa) and I’m the new full time Outreach worker across 3 sites -Bemerton Methodist Church, Tisbury Methodist Church and also outreach at the Pavilion on Bishopdown Farm. I came into post in August 2025, when I relocated from Ipswich, Suffolk to Tisbury. I’m married to Tim – we have two adult children.
For almost 30 years I’ve been working within childcare, family support and teaching roles. I’ve also coordinated the children and families work at my previous church, where my faith has been nurtured and flourished over the past 23 years. Linked to my personal experience of adopting and fostering I have developed a growing charity ‘Home for Good Suffolk’. They support foster carers, adopters and special guardians living in Suffolk and raise awareness of the number of children who come into care and how the church can play its part in showing care, compassion and support.
Many people say I have boundless energy, I’m productive, dynamic and thrive with a challenge.
I have a passion for making a difference to the lives of others and I’m looking forward to connecting with, supporting and empowering those I meet.
