Clergy

Team Rector - The Venerable Colin Williams

Colin Williams read law at Oxford University, then qualified as a solicitor and practised in a firm in Wigan. He trained for the priesthood at St. Stephen's House, Oxford and was ordained at Liverpool Cathedral in 1981. In the years subsequent to his ordination, he has served in parishes in Liverpool and in Lancashire. His two most recent appointments were as Archdeacon of Lancaster in the Diocese of Blackburn, followed by a time in Switzerland as General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches, an ecumenical organization committed to promoting common working by the Anglican, Orthodox, Protestant and Old Catholic Churches of Europe

As Team Rector Designate he oversees the working of the whole Team Ministry with its 14parishes and 17 churches

He is single. He enjoys walking and singing

To contact Colin call 01584 872001 (Rectory)
or 01584 875907 (office)
e-mail rector@stlaurences.org.uk

Fr Richard Green, Team Vicar
Fr Richard was appointed Team Vicar in the Ludlow Team Ministry in 2005. Before that he was assistant curate in the parish of Cockerton, a suburb of Darlington, Co. Durham. A native of Wells, Somerset, Fr Richard read politics at Exeter University before training for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford.

In his role as Team Vicar Fr Richard is parish priest to the six villages south of Ludlow. In addition to this he is Chaplain of Ludlow Community Hospital, where he leads an ecumenical chaplaincy team consisting of two other paid chaplains and nine volunteers. He also takes part, along with other team clergy, in leading worship at St Laurence's. In his spare time Fr Richard enjoys reading, keeping fit and walking his black Labrador, Brae.

To contact Richard call 01584 831113 or rgreen@vicarage.wanadoo.co.uk

Revd. Maree Wilson, Team Vicar

Revd Maree was appointed Team Vicar in the Ludlow Team Ministry in 2011. She had served her curacy in ‘Holy Trinity with La Cote' Chaplaincy, Switzerland, in the Diocese of Europe, before being appointed Assistant Chaplain to Holy Trinity Church, Geneva.

Maree, an East-Midlander from Spalding in Lincolnshire, trained as a teacher at the Froebel Institute, College of Education in Roehampton, London. She taught in a number of schools in London and spent a year teaching in the Mid-West of the USA. On return to London, she met Ed, they married and settled near Winchester, Hampshire.

Maree became involved in lay ministry, and then Ed's work in broadcasting research took them and their two young sons, Nicholas and Christopher, first to Belgium and then to Switzerland. Maree continued her activities with children and young people in the local English-speaking Anglican Churches, and with voluntary and profession work in the international schools. During this time she also became involved in pastoral care and in organising ecumenical Ignatian Retreats. In 2003 she began her ministry training with the ERMC, and subsequently received the BTh from Bangor University. Maree is now completing her MA in Pastoral Theology with the Cambridge Theological Federation.

Maree has responsibility, as Team Vicar, for six parishes north of Ludlow. In addition she is Chaplain to the Ludlow C E School Specialist Technology and Sports College. She is a keen gardener, and enjoys music, the arts, walking and sailing.

To contact Maree call 01584 856731 or revd_m_wilson@btinternet.com

The Revd Preb Ann Barge, Team Priest

Preb. Barge trained on the Southwark Ordination Course whilst working at Christian Aid Headquarters in Waterloo. She was licensed at All Saints, Hereford before moving to the Ludlow Team.

Much of her ministry is on the fringes of the Church and as a member of the Council for Social Responsibility she is involved with working groups on drugs, events for World AIDS Day and has links with the Mental Health Team and the Terence Higgins Trust.

Ann enjoys music, reading, watching "Eastenders", knitting and walking with her husband, Ian, and being entertained by her crazy rescue dog, Lucky.

To contact Ann call 01584 877307 or ann.barge@googlemail.com

The Revd John Beesley, Team Curate

Having been born and brought up in rural Oxfordshire, John then moved to Christchurch, Dorset where he was involved in the life of the Priory. He trained as a teacher in Lancaster. He spent six years teaching in a primary school on the Fylde, after which he moved to a job in Herefordshire and then to a school across the Welsh border, in Powys. Throughout this time John had been actively involved in the life of local churches, most recently as churchwarden at Pembridge, and a growing sense of calling led him to offer himself for ordination. John trained in Ludlow on WEMTC, continuing to teach at the same time. The training included a period on a placement in Ludlow, chiefly at St Laurence's. John was ordained in 2009 and became curate to the Ludlow Team Ministry.

In his spare time John enjoys walking, sailing and photography and he enjoys travel, particularly to Italy and the Scottish Islands.

revjbeesley@btinternet.com