Engagement Announcement

Alan and his partner, Sarah Rochfort, wish to announce their engagement. Alan and Sarah have known one another for approximately 18 months and have taken that time to prayfully discern whether this is the right step for them and for their families, and continue to hear a very definite yes. The present plan is for a very intimate ceremony alongside immediate family likely to be held in Puketapu and led by Nigel Dixon, the Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tauranga.

As Sarah and Alan come to a place of living together following the ceremony, the Vicarage will become a very full home. Alongside Alan's two children, Isaiah and Sophia, Sarah brings six children to the new family, Lacey, Jesse, Lilly, Kelly, JJ, and Ollie. Both parents are grateful that Vicarages were built large in the past.

While there will be opportunities to get to know Sarah better in the future, the church and being at the centre of congregational life is not new to her. She is a pastor's child, with her father leading in Baptist, Vineyard and Salvation Army contexts as a pastor and evangelist. Her upbringing around the church, especially on the pastoral side of it, means she is very aware of the life that is ahead of her and Alan, and all of their expanded family, as they begin this new life together.