About Us
Welcome to St Mary's Hitcham.
We are part of Inclusive Church
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We are working towards being an Eco church and support Fair Trade.
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The Team:
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Churchwarden: Chris Berry
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5 Facts about Chris:
- Married with 2 grown up daughters & 1 son who lives in Australia
- Loves Formula 1 motor racing & supports Swindon Town Football Club
- Enjoys walking and eating cake (although not at the same time)
- Favourite cake is a Belgian bun
- His 15 minutes of fame was appearing on tv with Rosie & Jim (a children's puppet show)
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Chris is also a BFG Team Leader and regularly preaches at St Mary's
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Churchwarden: Carol Bader
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5 Facts about Carol:
- Mum to her twenty something son and 2 adopted mad Arabian Mau cats, rescued from Dubai
- Loves to sing and worship God through song and creativity
- Enjoys taking photographs of anything interesting or that gives joy, including sun sets and rises, especially by the sea
- Likes to cook for others and her specialities are desserts and roast parsnips
- Finds gardening a joy, getting hands dirty, being close to nature and enjoying the fruits of labour if the slugs, snails and birds don't get there first
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Carol is also Worship Leader, heads up the St Mary's Eco Church group and media developer
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Members of the Church PCC:
Debbie Rainer – PCC Secretary
5 Facts about Debbie:
- Married with two adult sons
- Has enjoyed three career changes: bank teller, production manager, teacher
- Loves anything creative: writing, photography, journaling, knitting (badly), art
- Is an avid reader who volunteers in a charity bookshop
- Adores travel, most recent 'zero' birthday was celebrated in Thailand, swimming with elephants
Debbie also leads the 9am Welcome Team Leader and BFG Club
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Jo Cork – Deanery Synod Representative
5 Facts about Jo:
- Has an adult son and daughter and a grandson
- Has been a Christian for 47 years
- Sings in the church Worship Group and with the Slough Philharmonic Chorus
- Sung on 'Songs of Praise' twice, on the 'Cliff Richard Show' and appeared on a TV
quiz show.
- Enjoys sewing and 'crafting'
Jo is also the DBS administrator for St Mary’s Church
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Josie Hefferman – PCC member
5 Facts about Josie:
- Has 4 grown up children and 3 young granddaughters
- Lives with a friendly cockatiel
- Has been a Christian most of her life – but hasn’t always attended church
- Loves cycling and walking in God’s wonderful creation
- An aging beach babe who still loves to dance given the chance, even at St Mary’s
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Josie is also a member of the St Mary’s Eco Church group and coordinates the delivery of offerings to Burnham Care & Share
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Marie Hill – Deanery Synod Representative
Marie is also Team Leader of the Hospitality Team, Co-ordinates the Electoral Role & is Co-Leader of St Mary’s Roots & Shoots
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David Ross-Hamilton – PCC Member
5 facts about David:
- Married to Jenny and has 4 children and 11 grandchildren
- Enjoys a technical challenge, the more complicated the better!
- Has grown an impressive beard during lockdown
- Has a soppy cat that likes to gatecrash zoom calls
- Interested in genealogy & has traced the family history back to 1750 so far
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David is also Team Leader for the AV at St Mary’s
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Ray Woodlock – PCC Member
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5 facts about Ray:
- Ray has a 21 year old son Andrei and a partner Christopher.
- Loves cooking all types of food and feeding people.
- New to Christianity and St Mary's.
- Loves her Belgian malinois dog and walking miles.
- Works as a practice nurse which she still loves doing after 30 years nursing.
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​​​​Facilities:
Bike rack
Accessible toilet
Hearing (Induction Loop)
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Address:
St Mary's Hitcham, Hitcham Lane, Burnham, Slough, SL1 7DP
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