Our Ministry Team

Revd Catherine Blundell (Vicar):
Catherine has been ordained for 10 years, having served her curacy in St Peter’s with St Mark’s Hospital Church in Maidenhead, and her first incumbency was as Team Vicar in the Bracknell Team Ministry with special responsibility for St Paul's Church in Harman’s Water. 

Her husband is David, he works in banking and is a Licensed Lay Minister, they have a daughter at university and a son studying for AS levels.  Catherine’s hobbies include walking, bird watching and reading. 

Catherine is not available on a Monday.

Revd Ian James (Associate Priest):

Ian James

Ian was ordained in 2002 and has served in the Benefice since 2004. He spent most of his working life as an academic at the University of Reading, in its Department of Meteorology, a job from which he is now retired.

He takes particular pastoral responsibility for the church family of St Martin Chavey Down, but regularly leads worship in all the churches of the Benefice.

He is married to Mary, and has two grown up sons. Ian is one of life’s 'messers about', and indulges this hobby with music, model railways, astronomy and painting. When he can get away from the Thames Valley, he likes nothing more than walking among the mountains of the Lake District.

Ian also serves as environment advisor to the Bishop of Oxford, with a particular brief to help people understand the issues around climate change and the Christian response to them.

Ian is not available on a Friday.

 

Church Office 

C/o St Martin’s Church Rd 

Chavey Down 

Ascot 

SL5 8RR