Who's Who

Who's Who

Stephen Kuhrt has been Vicar of Christ Church since April 2007. Before that he was curate of Christ Church. Stephen is a member of the leadership team of Fulcrum, a group committed to working towards the renewal of the Evangelical Centre of the Church of England. He is the author of Church Growth through the Full Welcome of Children: The Sssh Free Church which tells the story of the development of the 9.30 service at Christ Church. More recently he has written Tom Wright for Everyone: Putting the Theology of N.T Wright into practice in the local church which also includes a great deal about Christ Church and the theological basis for much of the church’s ministry and mission. Stephen recently gave a talk about his book at Christ Church.  Stephen enjoys watching and occasionally playing cricket, watching films of the 30’s and 40’s, reading about history and anything to do with Robin Hood. Married to Katie, who also leads Explorers at Christ Church, they have three children – Rebecca, James and Abigail.

Carolyn Lucas has been curate at Christ Church since her ordination in June 2009. Married to Tim, she combines this with her role as mother to their three girls: Emma, Katie and Sophie and her job as health visitor in North Kingston. In her spare time she loves reading, cooking and sport and walking her daughter's dog Alfie.

Nathan Larkin is now the full-time Youth Worker having been External Youth Worker at Christ Church since September 2008 when he combined this part time role with undertaking study for an MA in Youth Ministry, at Kings College, London. From Northern Ireland, Nathan previously served as a Gap Year worker for the Oxygen youth project. Nathan is married to Anna.

Elspeth Coke is a SPA (Southwark Pastoral Auxiliary) meaning that she has been especially trained and authorised to undertake pastoral ministerial within the parish. Married to Chris, Elspeth works at Church House in Westminster on the staff of the Council for Christian Unity.

David Loffman has been Churchwarden at Christ Church since April 2008. David teaches English and Creative Writing at a Further Education college in Twickenham and writes poetry. Married to Katy, who is training to be a Lay Reader at Christ Church, they have two children, Arran and Iona.

Sarah Parker has been Churchwarden at Christ Church since April 2008.  Married to Michael, they have four sons Tom, Tim, Sam and Joel.

Elizabeth Hill is Administrator at Christ Church and works in the Parish Office on Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings and both the morning and afternoon on Tuesdays. A D.Phil in Chemistry, Elizabeth is married to Steve, who is also our webmaster at Christ Church and they have two daughters, Catherine and Alison.

Monica Fulton has been Parish Secretary since 2005 and works in the Church Office on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Married to Max, they have two daughters, Lucy and Rachael.

Lesley Longstone oversees all of our small groups which come under the banner of ‘Community at Christ Church’. Lesley is a Civil Servant working in the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Married to Paul who teaches at Christ Church school, they have three children Sophie, Sam and Joshua

David Taylor is Caretaker of Christ Church. A former English teacher, David enjoys theatre and is passionate about care for the environment.