About Us
We are a growing church family from a variety of backgrounds, with a desire to come together to be God’s people in this time and place
Meet the team
Chris Jenkins
& lead on all things ‘techy’
Caroline Maycock
Community Room Bookings Manager
Joanna Birkett
Gill Tucker
Fiona Rorbye
Katie Steadman-Towns
Ian Ames-White
Ann Edmonds
Christina Baron
Barbara Calverley
David Kennett
Charlie Sutton
John Samarpi
Rachel Thomas
The Fallen Spire
On February 18th 2022, the southwest of England was battered by Storm Eunice, with wind gusts of above 80mph. At about lunchtime on that day, the top 18 feet of the St Thomas’ Church spire ‘walked off’ and fell into the churchyard. This was caught on camera and so it made national and global news coverage. Fortunately, no one was hurt and the spire fell directly onto the ground below, without damaging the rest of the building. The spire was then rebuilt over several months and the 9 feet high weather vane was salvaged and refashioned, with a slightly tweaked design to be better able to cope with higher wind speeds. The spire was also strengthened with an internal rod and steel ring system. The spire was re-erected in-situ stone by stone during August, with the weather vane being put back in its rightful place on Thursday 25th August. The spire was re-blessed by the Revd. Claire Towns, who went up in the cherry picker to do this.
