Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for the warm welcome we have received! Rebecca and I are delighted to be joining the church family as I begin as Curate and we settle into a new life together in Ecclesall with our three month old daughter, Rosanna. We are so grateful for your prayers, cards, kind words, and delicious meals over recent weeks.
We have been in London over the past four years, I was studying Theology at Oak Hill College, and Rebecca teaching Biology at Haberdashers' Boys School. Before that, we lived in Sheffield - I worked at Christ Church Fulwood, with Christian Unions across Yorkshire, and taught Religious Studies in Rotherham whilst Rebecca taught at Notre Dame High School.
Someone described a Curate as "clergy with L-plates on" - and I look forward to learning from you, serving together, and seeing what our wonderful God does in this new chapter in the life of All Saints Ecclesall. Rebecca, Rosanna, and I are excited to get to know you all!
Simon Oatridge