St Andrew's Church
A sacred place for Rugby
Rector
Associate Ministers
Rev'd Sharon Crofts
Associate Minister (Compassionate Communities)
Lead Chaplain and Bereavement Support Officer for UHCW NHS Trust, covering the Hospitals of St Cross, UHCW and Myton Hospices
Rev'd Alison Baxter
Associate Minister (Mission Hub)
Enabling church without walls
missionhub@rugbychurch.org.uk
Church Wardens
Joyce Woodings
warden1@rugbychurch.org.uk
Hash Mistry
warden2@rugbychurch.org.uk
Parish Administration
Kate Foster
Parish Administrator
Tel: 01788 565609
Tuesday 10am-1pm
Monday & Friday 10am-2pm
Community Engagement Lead
Music Team
directorofmusic@rugbychurch.org.uk
Parish Choir rehearsal Thursday evening
St Andrew's Community Choir
Monday evening practice
Rachel Cliffe
Junior Choir Trainer
youngchoristers@rugbychurch.org.uk
Wednesday evening practices
We are very blessed in that a number of retired clergy help the Rector in the taking of services and we also have Lay Ministers called Readers.
Rev'd Pam Gould - Chaplain to the Mothers' Union and part of the Children and Family Team.
Rev'd Peter Beresford - takes services when required, particularly the Tuesday communion
Rev'd Peter Privett - takes services, writes and works in children's spirituality and is part of the Children and Family Team.
Lay Ministers
We have a team of lay people who exercise various lay ministries.
Readers - Lay Ministers (licensed to preach and take services):
Sue Goddard, Sue Minton and Gwyneth Hickman
Teachers and Worship Leaders
Adrian Thacker
Rosemary Privett
John Howes
Tom Nettey
Helen Bryant
Evangelist: Matt Robinson located at Mister Robinsons barber shop
Pastoral: Moira Gatward & Joyce Woodings lead our pastoral work and organises home communions for those in care homes
Youth Leaders: Hannah Priest and Magdalene Parmenter leading our work with young people
A very large team of volunteers work alongside staff to keep St Andrew's Church running.
Volunteers run our cafe, ring our bells, sing in the choir, work as lay chaplains, steward services, take communion to those in care homes, help to care for our building, arrange flowers and more! There are many ways to participate in the life of our community. For all roles you will need to fill in an application form and provide references. Certain roles will be subject to a DBS check.
For events volunteering contact Ben directly, for other roles please contact the parish office
Rev'd Peter Privett,
Peter is a textile artist and you will be able to see some of his creative projects at St Andrew's Church. The 'story chair', for instance, which featured in the 2014 Rugby Festival of Culture was created in partnership with Lawrence Sheriff School and was used as a way of exploring stories of reconciliation with children from a number of local primary schools.
The colourful work which came from the Magnificat Project is incorporated into the Lady Chapel space at St Andrew's. You can see some of the detail from that work below (behind the Cross).
You can view some of his Gethsemane Garments, 'threads of hope and suffering' here.
Peter is known for his dramatic displays and creations that help us visually experience and creatively enter the Christian stories.
