About Us
Welcome to St Mary's Hitcham.
We are part of Inclusive Church.
We are working towards being an Eco church and support Fair Trade.
The Team:
Revd Chris Hassell
RevChrisHassell@outlook.com
07423 713897
Rev Chris's normal working days are Sunday to Wednesday.
5 Facts about Chris:
- I am both husband to and husband of Keith and, together we are dads to our bundle of energy, Annie (our golden retriever!)
- I love travelling and have visited many different parts of the world. Two of my favourite countries are Armenia and Georgia!
- I have completed a 500-mile walk called the Camino de Santiago in Southern France and Northern Spain.
- I was the youngest in the Church of England when I was first ordained in 2013.
- I have recently taken up woodwork and, so far, it has been a joy to build a garden bench and an office desk – more to come!
Churchwarden: Chris Berry
Chris@ukchrisberry.co.uk
07933344169
Chris is also a BFG Team Leader & regularly preaches at St Mary's
5 Facts about Chris:
- Married with 2 grown up daughters & 1 son who lives in Australia
- Loves Formula 1 motor racing & supports Swindon Town Football Club
- Enjoys walking and eating cake (although not at the same time)
- Favourite cake is a Belgian bun
- His 15 minutes of fame was appearing on tv with Rosie & Jim (a children's puppet show)
Churchwarden: Carol Bader
Carol@carol-bader.me.uk
07778 389278
Carol is also Worship Leader, heads up the St Mary's Eco Church group and media developer.
5 Facts about Carol:
-Mum to her twenty something son & 2 adopted mad Arabian Mau cats, rescued from Dubai.
- Loves to sing & worship God through song & creativity.
- Enjoys taking photographs of anything interesting or that gives joy, including sun sets & rises, especially by the sea.
- Likes to cook for others - her specialities are desserts & roast parsnips.
- Finds gardening a joy, getting hands dirty, being close to nature & enjoying the fruits of labour if the slugs, snails & birds don't get there first.
PCC Member: Jo Cork
Jo is the DBS administrator for St Mary’s Church.
5 Facts about Jo:
- Has an adult son and daughter and a grandson.
- Has been a Christian for 47 years.
- Sings in the church Worship Group and with the Slough Philharmonic Chorus.
- Sung on 'Songs of Praise' twice, on the 'Cliff Richard Show' and appeared on a TV
quiz show.
- Enjoys sewing and 'crafting'.
PCC Member: Simon Price
5 Facts about Simon:
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PCC Member: Marie Hill
Marie is Team Leader of the Hospitality Team, Co-ordinates the Electoral Role & is Co-Leader of St Mary’s Roots & Shoots.
5 facts about Marie:
- I make lovely cakes and coffee.
- Have been married to Ian for 30 years with 3 adult children.
- I can sew, knit and crochet – but not all at the same time.
- I have a strange sense of humour – “has bean.”
- I really do enjoy a good chat, but I am where gossip comes to die.
PCC Member: David Ross-Hamilton
David is Team Leader for the AV at St Mary’s.
5 Facts about David:
-Married to Jenny and has 4 children and 11 grandchildren.
- Enjoys a technical challenge, the more complicated the better!
- Has grown an impressive beard during lockdown.
- Has a soppy cat that likes to gatecrash zoom calls.
- Interested in genealogy & has traced the family history back to 1750 so far.
PCC Member: Ray Woodlock
5 Facts about Ray:
- Ray has a 21 year old son Andrei and a partner Christopher.
- Loves cooking all types of food and feeding people.
- New to Christianity and St Mary's.
- Loves her Belgian malinois dog and walking miles.
- Works as a practice nurse which she still loves doing after 30 years nursing.
PCC Member: Susan Dickins
5 Facts about Susan:
- Susan has a stepdaughter called Alice and 3 grandchildren.
- Susan is treasurer for a local charity, which was started by Rosie Hewson at St. Mary's, called The Well@Lent Rise.
- She is a life member of the National Trust.
- Susan is a member of Burnham Community Shed where she enjoys creating things out of wood.
- She is also a volunteer for Buckinghamshire Mind.
PCC Member: Sonia Hart
5 Facts about Sonia:
- Has been married for 52 years to her husband Leslie. They have 2 daughters & 2 grandchildren.
- Is a carer to her husband, but when she has spare time, likes to read murder mystery books, go to swimming & Aqua Fit and do puzzles like Griddler.
- Has enjoyed travelling her whole life & is happy to have found a travel company who caters for disabled clients. Last year she went to Paris and this year Jersey.
- Has been a member of St Mary's church since 1979 & has been privileged to visit our link church in Ritchie several times.
PCC Member: Henriette Watkins
Prayer Ministry
5 Facts about Henriette:
-I have crazy friends.
-I have never had a hole-in-one, not for lack of trying.
-I got my job because of my height.
-I now play with funny shaped balls.
-I'm always laughing - so I've been told.
PCC Member: Christine Webb
5 Facts about Christine:
- Married with two children and one grandchild.
- Has attended St Mary's since the 1970's.
- Belonged firstly to the Young Wives Group and then the Mothers Union.
- Has been a Cornerstone volunteer for nearly forty years at St Peters, Burnham.
- Volunteer with a weekly walking group at Burnham.
Facilities:
Bike rack
Accessible toilet
Hearing (Induction Loop)
Address:
St Mary's Hitcham, Hitcham Lane, Burnham, Slough, SL1 7DP
