Who's who
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Sandra and Chris have been attending for over ten years, along with their children Caleb and Erin. Both Caleb and Erin are now at university and pop back in to see their JOY Place friends when they can. Sandra works with children with special educational needs, and Chris works in cyber security.
Fun fact: Sandra grew up with (JOY Place legends) Chuck and Anita’s children in the Philippines!
Hunter, Amberle, and Atlas have been a part of the JOY Place team since January of 2021. Hunter is a DPhil student in New Testament at the University of Oxford and Amberle works on the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning team at Compassion International. They enjoy cycling around Oxford on their tandem (when it is warm enough!) and staying faithful to their Texas roots by making tacos.
JOY Place started in 2010 through the vision of Church and Anita, and Matt and Jenny. The first meetings were in a different St Andrew's, in north Oxford.
It was - and still is - the first of its kind in Oxford.
Chuck and Anita have now retired to California. Matt and Jenny are still around but they are taking a break to spend more time with their family.
Chuck and Anita
Matt and Jenny
David is part of the ministry team in Cumnor parish. He has retired from teaching New Testament in colleges in India, Oxford and Bristol. He is married to Clare and has two married sons, two daughters-in-law,
six grandchildren and a small dog.
Others also take part in services, and sometimes we have visiting speakers.
MUSICIANS
We have a number of musicians who play for our singing, including Amberle on the keyboard, twins Margaret and Rosemary on the harps, Caleb on the piano, and sometimes a band on special occasions.
