Ben Ecclestone has been an Elder at Frenchgate for thirty years and is currently the church's part-time Team Leader. Ben studied Graphic Design at Canterbury College of Art and is now a Painter/Adult Art Teacher/Illustrator and often exhibits his work in and around Eastbourne.He has collaborated with several writers and poets illustrating a variety of different books.Ben runs his own art classes based at the Frenchgate Christian Centre and is SE Area co-ordinator for the Arts Centre Group, an organisation devoted to supporting Christians working professionally in Arts, Media and Entertainments.If you would like to see some examples of Ben's paintings you can see them on the Business Ads page of this website. Ben is married with two children and five grandchildren.