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Home / About Us / The Leadership Team
Oxford Community Church is led by a team of three elders, whose position as elders is a reflection of their spiritual standing amongst us, as ‘fathers’ in the church family. They are responsible for pastoral care, as well as the overall spiritual life and direction of the church, and meet together roughly once a month.
They are supported in their leadership by a wider leadership team made up of a further 13 men and women, many of whom have responsibility for particular areas of ministry.
The Team
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Steve (community leader, elder, staff) and Beverley Jones (staff)
Steve heads up the eldership and the leadership team as Community Leader. Beverley is an artist, mainly working in oils. They have two daughters, one with curly hair and one yet to grow any hair.
Email: stephenj@occ.org.uk
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Keith (elder, staff) and Eileen Elmitt
Keith is an elder, and has particular responsibility for mission, which means both training people before they are sent, and looking after them once they have gone. Eileen is involved in education, working for the County Council Education Dept.
Email: keithe@occ.org.uk
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Jeremy (elder) and Adrienne Blakey
Jeremy is an elder of the church. He is also a teacher at The King’s School (Seniors). Adrienne works at 'Stepping Stones', the OCC-run pre-school in Witney. They have three children.
Email: jeremyb@occ.org.uk |
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Graham and Helen Hipwell
Graham and Helen lead one of the church's community groups. They are keen to help people experience God's love for themselves, and as part of this they are both involved in encouraging prophetic ministry across the group of churches that makes up OCC. Helen is a teacher of English as a second language and Graham is a mechanical engineer. They have three teenage children.
Email: grahamhipwell@btinternet.com, helenhipwell@btinternet.com
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Simon and Gaynor Shaw
Simon is the Principal of Kings Bible College and Training Centre (visit www.kbctc.org). Gaynor assists him with this as well as looking after their two daughters. They live in Dean Court, Botley, where they lead a group that is reaching out to their locality. They also regularly lead worship and play a key role in our monthly guest services.
Email: simons@kbctc.org
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Simon and Carol Jackman
Simon and Carol are responsible for looking after the leaders of our community groups. Simon is an academic in the University of Oxford, and Carol is a modern languages teacher. They live in the Headington area and have one son.
Email: jackmans@occ.org.uk
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John and Nom Bilson (staff)
John and Nom (Naomi) head up the student work. They both came to Oxford as students themselves and never managed to leave! John also has particular responsibility for leading worship, and Nom is part of the team who run our guest services. Alongside their church work, John is also a budding translator of French and Russian, and Nom is a qualified aerobics instructor. In their spare time, you will probably either find them sat in front of 'The West Wing' or wandering by the river!
Email: johnb@occ.org.uk, nom@occ.org.uk |
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