Staff and church officers

All members of Christ Church contribute to the life of our church family as they use their gifts for God's glory. Much of what goes on within Christ Church happens only because of committed members of our congregation who take on pastoral and organisational responsibilities alongside their full-time jobs.

You can meet some of the church staff and officers below.

Staff

Steve Midgley
Minister

Steve Midgley was appointed minister of Christ Church in 2003. He was an undergraduate medic at Jesus College, Cambridge, and much to his surprise became a Christian during his time there after being persuaded to read an account of Jesus' life. Before training for the ordained ministry he spent eight years working in London, initially in general practice and then in psychiatry. After a curacy in Hove he returned to Cambridge in 2001 as Associate Minister at St Andrew the Great church, before leading a church graft in 2003 into Christ Church Cambridge. He holds a certificate in Biblical counselling from the Christian Counselling Educational Foundation.

Steve's main responsibilities are to pastor the church through teaching the Bible and prayer, lead the staff team and lay leadership, set the vision for the church and promote evangelism.

He is married to Beth and has three children - Tom, Abby and Ellie. Hobbies include rowing, cricket and keeping his Blackberry under control.

Chris Lowe
Associate Minister

After working in investment banking in London and a brief period of working in France, Chris left his job to undertake an apprenticeship at St Helen's, Bishopsgate before going on to study at Cornhill. He then undertook four years of theological training at Oak Hill Theological College before joining the staff team in July 2008 as Associate Minister. His specific responsibilities are preaching and leading the oldest youth group, Grafted.

Chris is married to Meg and they have two girls, 4 year-old Emilie and 2 year-old Sophie.

Jon Tuckwell
Associate Minister

Jon is married to Ruth and they have three children, Joshua (7), Noah (5) and Esther (3). Having trained as a mechanical engineer Jon worked for Cambridge Consultants, a Cambridge based engineering consultancy. During their time in Cambridge, Jon and Ruth were members of the congregation at Christ Church.

Despite his love of engineering, in 2008 Jon left Cambridge Consultants and, with the family, he moved down to North London to study for three years at Oak Hill Theological College. In July 2011, Jon and Ruth were delighted to return to Cambridge for Jon to become an Associate Minister at Christ Church. Jon’s specific responsibilities are preaching and helping to run 20Twenty, the 18-30s group.

Richard Newman
Families Worker & Buildings Manager

Richard has two areas of responsibility. As Families Worker Richard oversees the youth and children's groups: Grafted, Pathfinders, and Sunday Club. He has a deep desire to see the children grow in knowing Jesus from His Word. Richard is also our Buildings Manager and oversees the church's £700k refurbishment programme which aims to configure and modernise the church and its halls so activities can be carried out more effectively.

He is married to Joy and has three girls - Anna, Lucy and Emily. When not knocking walls down or visiting hardware stores he enjoys spending time with his family.

Tarita Rumford
Pastoral Worker & Administrator

After seven years working in finance Tarita left her job in 2006 to start working at Christ Church. She spent the first two years as a pastoral worker whilst studying 2 days a week at Cornhill - a course which equips men and women to teach the Bible effectively and train others in pastoral leadership. She holds a certificate in Biblical counselling from the Christian Counselling Educational Foundation. Tarita's main responsibilities at Christ Church are women's pastoral care and leading 20TWENTY (18-30s group). She is also responsible for the church's administration, is personal assistant to Steve and oversees the two apprentices.

When not trying to keep the church running smoothly and helping Steve get to places on time, Tarita enjoys spending her free time meeting friends for coffee, gardening and going clothes shopping when her budget allows.

Scott Furey

Matt Porter

Margaret Rugira

9:38 Apprentices

Scott, Matt & Margaret are responsible for doing all the jobs that keep the church running. When they aren't folding service orders you can find them supervising a crèche, supporting Tarita with the administration and preparing Bible studies. Scott is in his second year as an apprentice and a leader in Pathfinders. Matt is a leader in Grafted and also spends one day a week doing TEAM (Training for East Anglia Ministry). Margaret is a leader in 20Twenty and also helps at First Steps (mums & toddlers) and The Barn (internationals).

Church officers

Wardens

Ian White, James Diver and Vern Farewell are the wardens at Christ Church. They have been elected to share the overall pastoral responsibility for the church family with Steve. In addition to monthly meetings with Steve they sit on various church committees and provide valuable input into decision making and long-term planning.

Treasurer

Martin Frost has the responsibility of managing the church's finances. He sits on the Finance & Standing committee and works closely with other members of the church family who are responsible for the Christ Church ministry support trust and the building refurbishment fund.

Parochial Church Council

The PCC carries responsibility for the church both legally and spiritually. Summaries of its meetings can be downloaded in pdf format below:

PCC Feburary 2011

PCC March 2011

PCC July 2011

PCC September & October 2011