About Us

I taught English and was Senior Housemistress at Epsom College, a large coeducational day and boarding school in Surrey before becoming a priest. I am currently Team Vicar of Totnes (with seven parishes and nine churches) and from March 2016 look forward to serving as Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Devon in addition to my current responsibilities.

I am particularly drawn to monastic wisdom and contemplative prayer, relishing opportunities to engage with people, who would describe themselves as spiritual rather than religious. I delight in discovering the sacred in the ordinary. I am re-created by singing with Devonly Voices Community Choir, walking the coast path, Pilates, reading and relaxing with family and friends.

I am grandly titled the Totnes Team Rector, which basically means I have oversight of nine parishes, including Marldon. I have been a priest for over 30 years, serving in parishes across the country, ranging from Tyneside in the Northeast to the Isles of Scilly in the far Southwest. I have currently been in the Totnes team for 10 years and also serve as the Rural Dean for the Totnes Deanery.

In addition to my ministry, which dominates my time, I have a passion for music and as well as supporting Church music, sing in a small secular choir, Cameo. However, I am never happier than when I am out and about in the parishes meeting people and sharing the joys of my Christian ministry.

As a late entrant to dog collar life, I am enjoying hugely being part of the Totnes Mission Community team. I have particularly relished putting down roots in Marldon’s school and church communities. Living near Dartington, with my husband, Richard, means cocker spaniel dog walking continues to be a daily pleasure of weekly life. I have been able to exercise a limited amount of my passion for gardening but hope to grow involvement beyond the community orchard in Week… Singing is another hobby but think inspirational choir rather than opera! A secondary school English teacher and school chaplain in my previous life, I have brought my love of live theatre, music and films with me. I still find it a real treat to emerge from a bookshop with a paperback purchase. Both our daughter and son know a book is a good gift for Mum! A cradle Anglican, I have been involved in a wide range of churches and look forward to sharing this stage of my Christian ‘journey’ with other ‘travellers’ and enquirers.

Steve is a minister with the Totnes Ministry Team, and lives in Marldon Vicarage (1 Love Lane, Close, Marldon). Many of the youth events take place, or start or finish at his house. He is married to Denise and they have two adult children, Katie and Charlie. Steve has been a Royal Marine, a police officer, a barrister and a Baptist minister. Steve lived and worked as a Baptist minister in the USA for ten and a half years before joining the Church of England. He has been involved with youth ministry for the last ten years.