Who's Who?

Emmanuel staff, eldership and church council

Robin Weekes (Minister)

Robin serves as the minister of Emmanuel and is married to Ursula. They have been entrusted with three children - Jasper, Henry & Emma. Robin is no stranger to Emmanuel, and has had the privilege of being involved with the church as a curate (1999-2003), a mission partner (2004-2010) and a member (2010-2012) before returning as the minister in March 2013.

Prior to being minister of Emmanuel, Robin taught on the PT Cornhill Training Course for two and a half years. Before that, the Weekes family lived in Delhi for 6 years as Associate Mission Partners with Crosslinks. He and Ursula speak Hindi, and their children were all born in Delhi. For 4 of those years Robin served as the pastor of Delhi Bible Fellowship South. Robin is passionate about Christ and his church.

As well as enjoying spending time with his family, Robin is an avid cyclist and can often be seen tearing round Richmond Park. He loves reading, travelling, sport (mainly rugby and cricket) and Indian food!

To see Robin's Pastoral Promise to Emmanuel - Click Here

 

Sarah Hall (Women's worker)

Sarah is from 'oop north', and her ten years in Wimbledon Village are proof that you can take the lass out of Yorkshire, but not Yorkshire out of the lass.  Ever true to her roots, Sarah loves drinking tea, chatting and her enormous cat Rory (she couldn't get a whippet to match her flat cap).  Before working at Emmanuel, Sarah qualified as social worker (honing her skills as human blotting paper) and then spent a number of years working on health policy for the Department of Health (expanding her skills in filing).  After completing the Cornhill Training Course, Sarah is the full time women's worker at Emmanuel.  She loves discipling, equipping and encouraging women of all ages through weekly Bible studies, 1:1s and mums and tots.

 

 Nick Wooldridge
(Associate Minister)

 

Nick has served as the associate minister at Emmanuel since the beginning of 2021 having finished his curacy at St Mark’s Battersea Rise. It was an eventful curacy during which Nick was married to Mary and they had their daughter, Phoebe.

Previously a primary school teacher, Nick left teaching to study on the Cornhill training course after which he trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford.

Originally from Australia, Nick was voted off the island in 2008 for not being interested enough in sport. He’d much rather read a book, watch a film or go to the theatre.

Josh Skidmore (Curate)

Josh has been serving as Curate at Emmanuel since July 2019. Before that, he spent a couple of years in Tooting as a ministry trainee at St. Nicholas Church studying on the Cornhill training course, and a couple more in Oxford training for ordination. At Emmanuel, he’s involved in some preaching and leading on Sundays, and leading Acorn. Josh has been married to Fern since January. He also likes running and playing cricket, but is far better at watching cricket than playing it.

 

 

Robert Frazer (Operations Manager)

Robert has been coming to Emmanuel since 1993. During that time he has been active in several different ministries - Explorers, Sunday School, Holiday Club, leading a home group and serving on the Church Council.  After a 35 year professional career spent mainly in financial services, both in the UK and overseas in Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi, he started as Emmanuel Church Operations Manager in early 2021.  Having been born and brought up in Thailand, Wimbledon has been home for him and his wife Linda for over thirty years.  They have four adult children and in 2019 had the excitement of becoming grandparents for the first time.

 

Emily Blows (Admin Assistant)

 

Kathy Fopp (Admin Assistant)





The Church Wardens

We have two Church Wardens who look outward in our engagement with the wider Church of England

 

Jan Lawes	Ian Buchan

The Eldership

The Eldership Team is made up of the minister, other ordained clergy and the following members and is responsible for the oversight of all aspects of life at Emmanuel:
 

Josh Skidmore	Martin Osborn

Tim Malton	Charles Westerby

 

Mark Shand	Ed Coleridge

Nick Wooldridge

                                          

Emmanuel Church Council May 2020

 

		Robin Weekes (Incumbent) Robin serves as the Minister of Emmanuel and is married to Ursula. Prior posts include serving as church curate from 1999-2003 and missionary work in India from 2004 to 2010.
		Jan Lawes (Council Trustees)				Tim Ward
		Jill Thorpe				Ed Peck
		Sarah Hall (Women’s Minister) Sarah joined the staff team following the completion of the 2 year Cornhill training course. Prior to that Sarah worked as a social worker and civil servant.				Ed Coleridge (Treasurer)
		Tim Harris (International Mission Committee Chair)				Peter Butler (UK Mission Committee Chair)
		Pip Clarke				James Bryce
		Jeremy Hunt				Hugo Summerson
		Sally Willis				Lynsey Shaw