Who's who

Staff team

Ben Vane

Minister

Grace Church Cowley is led by Ben Vane, a licensed Church of England minister living in Cowley. Ben is married to Catherine and they have three small children - Jemima, Joseph and Kezia. 

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Josh Hordern

Curate

Josh and his family have been part of Grace Church since the early days.  He is a full-time academic at Oxford University and is a Self Supporting Minister at Grace Church Cowley, St James Church, St Francis Church and the Anglican Asian Living Church. 

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Sophie Quantrell

Administrator (part-time)

Sophie is a secondary school librarian and part-time Administrator for Grace Church Cowley.  Sophie served as a Ministry Assistant at Grace Church previously.

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Shalom Gurjar

Women's Ministry Coordinator (part-time)

Shalom grew up and studied in London and initially moved to Oxford to work as a lab scientist. She has been part of Grace Church Cowley since we began, served full-time as a Ministry Assistant for 18 months, and now volunteers part-time as our Women's Ministry Coordinator, alongside her science work.

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Sheppard Li

Ministry Assistant

Sheppard completed a Masters at Oxford University before joining the team as Ministry Assistant.  Originally from China, Shep became a Christian in the UK and is gaining valuable ministry experience as part of the team.

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Committee

Jonathan Nicholas

Lay Leader

David Parker

Lay Leader

Bev Adam

Committee Member

Sarah Bond

Treasurer

Safeguarding

Kendra May

Church Safeguarding Officer