Gay Sypel

Tel: 01865 552315
e-mail: g.sypel@btinternet.com

Gay nursed at the John Radcliffe for many years and has lived in Wolvercote and attended St.Peter’s since 1990. She has been a member of the choir for several years.

Rodney Eatock Taylor

Tel: 01865 512258
e-mail: r.eatocktaylor@eng.ox.ac.uk

Rodney and his wife Jackie (who helps to organise the
Choir) joined St Peter’s when they moved to Oxford in 1989. He is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oxford University, where he undertakes research related to offshore structures and wave energy in the Department of Engineering Science.

Deputy Church Wardens

John Beale

Tel: 01865 559600

John has lived in the Parish and attended St. Peter’s almost all his life. He began his association with the Church by attending Sunday School, thanks to Mrs Smith of Rosamund Road when the vicar was Rev. Paul Rebbeck, and progressed to Choir Member and Server. During the incumbencies of Rev. M. Ottaway, Rev. G. Murray, and Rev. D. Michaels, he has been Sexton, Parish Clerk, and Church Warden, and he is still a Sidesman, Bellringer and a member of the PCC.

Caroline Pepys

Tel: 01865 510583
e-mail: carolinepepys@talktalk.net

Born into a clergy family, Caroline trained as a nurse and midwife and spent many years working in the Neonatal Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, where she was Nurse Manager before she retired. She served as Church Warden for six years from 2001 to 2007.

Deanery Lay Chair

Peter Bridges, MBE

Tel: 01865 558705
e-mail: Vivpbridges@aol.com

Peter retired from the Retail Motor and Petroleum Industry in 1997 and since then has been actively involved in a number of voluntary organisations. Currently he is Chairman of Oxfordshire Family Mediation, Chairman of a City Livery Company Charitable Trust providing mobility grants for severely disabled children and Chairman of Oxford University Rugby Football Club, and also President of TRAX (a centre to divert young people from car crime). He also serves as a magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant in Oxfordshire. He has lived and worshipped in Wolvercote all his life, and currently organises the servers and oversees the publicity for St Peter’s. He is also involved in the wider life of the Diocese, as Lay Chairman of the Oxford Deanery and a member of Bishop’s Council.