Leadership

Tom leads the church in partnership with a lay leadership team and the District Church Council. As part of the Wednesfield Team Ministry, he works closely with the Team Rector (currently vacant) who is based at St Thomas’s church in Wednesfield town centre. Tom and his wife Helen moved to Ashmore Park in 2019, after 6 years establishing a new church community in another part of the Black Country. 

Tom and Helen can both be seen out for early morning runs, and they also like cycling and sailing (mainly on the Norfolk Broads these days). They occasionally make music together and have discovered during lockdown some (limited) ability in performing and recording video dramas. 

Guilty pleasure: Cryptic crosswords. 

Terry shares responsibility with Tom for leading services and preaching. He also has a significant ministry taking funerals, and shares in pastoral care for members of the church and the wider community. He is a local boy - he grew up on Ashmore Park - is married to Mavoureen, and has a professional background in social work. 

Terry is also a member of the folk music group Anam Caras, who base their music around Celtic spirituality.

Through the Covid-19 crisis Terry has become famous in our online community for thoughtful, often hilarious and sometimes challenging “St Alban’s Thoughts for the Day” on Facebook. 

Guilty pleasure: Too many to list - listen to Thought for the Day for details! 

Sam is our Children and Families Support Worker.  As part of Sam's role within the ministry team with Rev. Tom and Terry, she joins the worship at St Alban’s C Of E Primary School and St Thomas’s C of E Primary School alongside Rev. Tom.  As well as help run TLC (Tea, Laughter and Chat), our stay and play group for children and their families (0-4 years). In addition, on the last Saturday of the month Sam runs a session called ‘Messy Church’; this is where we come together and recite stories from the bible, followed by crafts and messiness!   

Sam has been part of the St Alban’s family since she was a baby. She was baptized (as have her two children), confirmed and married here at St Alban's Church.  Sam recounts some great memories growing up in the church, from church socials, harvest festivals, summer and Christmas fairs.  It’s even where Sam’s husband proposed to her! 

Barry looks after the church finances, to make sure that all church money is properly accounted for and wisely spent.

He has more recently taken on the role of District Warden.  As churchwarden, he is responsible, together with Rev Tom and others on the Wardens group, for the day-to-day functioning of the church. 

He is married to Mandy, and contributes his smooth baritone (or should we say Barry-tone) voice to the worship group.