Contact us by telephone: |
Office: 01256 760169 |
Contact us by post: | St John's Church London Road Hook, Hampshire RG27 9EG |
Contact us by email: | office@whitewaterchurches.co.uk |
The Benefice Office is located at St John's in Hook. Access to the office is through the archway at the back of the church (follow the signpost) and use the door at the back of church.
The Benefice Office looks after both the Parish of Hook (registered charity number 1183688) and the Parish of Heckfield with Mattingley & Rotherwick (registered charity number 1132735). Any personal visits will need to be booked with the Administrator, a member of the clergy or one of the lay ministers.
Charitable Status
The PCC of Hook Parish is a registered charity number 1183688, The PCC of Heckfield with Mattingley and Rotherwick (HMR) is a registered charity number 1132735
Priest
Canon Marion de Quidt has now retired. We had a lovely celebration to wish Simon & Marion a happy retirement, we have put some photos here.
We are now in vacancy and will be looking for a new parish priest in due course. |
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Associate Priest
Helen Sherlock is our Associate Priest. She works part time - working on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and covers the HMR churches. Helen grew up in Hartley Wintney and was formerly a secondary school PE teacher, before starting a family and moving to live in Uganda for 12-months. She later trained at St Mellitus theological college in London, and served as an ordinand at St John’s Hartley Wintney before moving to Exeter to complete her curacy in both rural churches and a city centre youth-focused church. 12-months into her curacy she took over leadership of the youth church and served there for a further 3-years. Helen is passionate about people meeting with Jesus, regardless of age and has a real desire to be part of the community in which she serves. Helen is married to Duncan, and they have four grown up children and two dogs. |
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email: helensherlock@whitewaterchurches.co.uk or phone her on 07513 818498
Licensed Lay Ministers (Readers)
Jonathan Bushman has been a LLM at St. John's since 2008 having trained as a Local Preacher in the Methodist Church. Jonathan works in the Oil industry, is married to Caroline and is father to Lydia. Jonathan leads our Children's and Families team, and our All Age services in Hook. |
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email: jonathanbushman@whitewaterchurches.co.uk
Timothy (Tim) Maynes has been a member of the St John's Hook congregation for around 30 years, including being a Church Warden, and he is a dedicated member of our Choir. He began training as an LLM in 2018 and was licenced on 2nd November 2020, by Bishop David Williams of Basingstoke. He is married to Brigitte and is the father of Matthew, Thomas and Ruth. |
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Jennifer Martin has been with us since 2003. She is a vistors chaplain at Winchester Cathedral and Honarary Chaplain to the RASC/RCT Association Aldershot Branch. She has been involved in Childcare, Health and Social Care, worked in Higher Education, and sees faith and work as an integral part of ministry. Jennie runs the ecumenical bible study, the Open the Book at Whitewater School and is on the HMR PCC. |
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email: jennifer.martin17@btinternet.com
Office Staff
There may be days when the office is being run from home, so please initially contact us via email or leave a message on the answerphone and we will come back to you when someone is available. |
email: office@whitewaterchurches.co.uk
Website & technical support
If you want to contact us with respect to our website, please email our support team.
Churchwardens & PCC
We are extremely lucky to be supported by a team: including Churchwardens, two PCCs, four Deanery Synod representatives, and a team of Junior Church teachers, musicians, a music group and an active choir. We also have a team of people who work behind the scenes: those who look after our buildings & grounds, the flower arrangers, the IT & Office support. In addition we have the support of our congregations to run morning and evening prayer, Bible Study and fellowship groups, all age worship, "Open the Book" in Hook Infants and Whitewater School, "Messy Church" in Hook, "Bumps & Babes" pre-school play & friendship group, coffee shop and many other annual events.
Churchwardens Hook:
Sam Frolich, Hook |
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email Sam |
Russell Phillips, Hook |
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email Russell |
Churchwardens HMR:
James Trumpeter, Heckfield |
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(07982) 717960 |
Steve Burridge, Rotherwick |
email Steve |
Ian Kenny, Rotherwick |
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(07785) 707114 |
tba Mattingley |
Vacancy |