Meet our team
Oliver Strange
priest-in-charge
Oliver is licensed Priest in Charge (and eventually Rector), having having served at St John’s, Burford, where he was 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. He and his wife, Lucy, live in the Rectory in Broadwell.
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 and working as an associate minister in the Evenlode Vale Benefice. He has experience as a prison chaplain. 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
Caro spent much of her career in public relations and has also worked as a bereavement counsellor and administrator of the Stratford Music Festival. She has two grown-up children and spends a fair amount of her spare time walking in the beautiful Cotswolds, painting and listening to classical music.
E-mail: office@evenlodevalechurches.org
The Church Office is normally open: Monday & Tuesday 9am-2pm,
Thursday 2pm-5pm, but hours do vary. The best contact is via email which is monitored every day.
children and Families Worker
(Vacant)
Unfortunately, we can’t currently afford a children and families worker at the moment.