Meet our team
Oliver Strange
priest-in-charge
Oliver was licensed Priest in Charge (Rector) in September, having come from St John’s Burford where he had been Curate. Before training for the ministry, Oliver was a teacher in Benson and then Slough. He originally studied Slavonic languages and has worked in St Petersburg.
E-mail: oliver@evenlodevalechurches.org
Telephone: 01451 798537
(Day off: Friday)
Stephen Blake
Associate Minister
Stephen worked for over 25 years as a doctor before being ordained as a minister in 2010. He’s now retired from clinical practice, and divides his time between advisory work for NHS England, working as an associate minister in the Evenlode Vale Benefice, and prison Chaplaincy work. He has two grown up children and lives in Westcote with his wife Alison.
E-mail: sb@evenlodevalechurches.org
[Days off: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday}
caroline jacobs
benefice ADMINISTRATOR
Caroline spent much of her career in public relations and has also worked as a bereavement counsellor and administrator of the Stratford Music Festival. She is married with two grown-up children and spends a fair amount of her spare time walking in the beautiful Cotswolds with her border terrier, painting and listening to classical music.
E-mail: office@evenlodevalechurches.org
[Church Office open: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday— 9am to 2pm]
children and Families Worker
(Vacant)
We are currently recruiting a children and families worker.
View the job description below and the details of how to apply.