St John's Church, Stratford, E15
St John's Church, Stratford, London E15
Who's Who at St John's?


Rev. David Richards is Vicar of St John's.
(David and Carol are not usually around on Fridays because this is their day off.)

Rev. Peter Ngugi is our Curate Elect.
(Peter tends to have Saturday as a day off, but this does change due to circumstances.)

Canon Peter Kolawole is an Associate Minister.
Canon Peter was a Vicar in Lagos and Canon Residentiary of Lagos Cathedral before he retired. Peter and his wife, Dorcas, have retired to London to be close to their family.

Kay Garib is an Assistant Minister with special responsibility for Administration.
(Kay is in the office from Monday to Friday every week.)

Carol Richards is an Assistant Minister with special responsibility for Children and Young People.
(David and Carol are not usually around on Fridays because this is their day off.)

Rosemond Isiodu, Sheva Williams and Maureen Gowrie are our Readers.
Rosemond is trained as a teacher. She has 3 grown-up children. She has a particular ministry to Nigerian Christians and also helps with the Thursday Lunchtime service
Sheva used to work for Sainsburys in Stratford. She now has special responsibility for our Prayer Ministry and for the Healing Café. She is married to Fitzroy and has 5 grown-up children and several grandchildren.
Maureen is a Reader in the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago, but has permission to work as a Reader here while she lives in Stratford.

Geoff Hobbs is our Organist and Recitals Director.
During the week Geoff works as a teacher, and he runs the Stratford Saturday School at St John's.

Fitzroy Williams is our Verger.
Fitzroy used to work for Fords. He is married to Sheva.

Our Churchwardens are elected every April at the Annual Meeting. This year (2011/12) they are :-
Chris Aubrey, Tolu Babarinsa, Gill Carter & Patricia Larocque.