Vacancy - Team Rector
Reverend Sandra Doore - Team Vicar
I’ve moved to Buxton to join you in the parish as the new Team Vicar. I come from Leicester, but spent many holidays in the Peak District. When I left school, I worked as a nurse looking after children in London. I’ve been a Christian since early childhood and was brought up in the free and Baptist Churches.
When working at Great Ormond Street Hospital, I joined an Anglican Church and it was then that I started exploring what God wanted me to do with my life. I later joined the Church Army to train as an evangelist. It was while in Newcastle that I started hearing God’s voice again and this time about being ordained. I served my Curacy at St Stephens Church in Gateacre and then stayed in the team as a Team Vicar for an extra 4 years.
My hobbies are singing, swimming, walking, hospitality, cooking, playing the clarinet and meeting with friends.
Reverend Canon Martin Collins
Martin Collins has been an Anglican minister for nearly 50 years. He worked in parishes in central Manchester and in chaplaincies in Further Education. He became vicar of Norbury Church in Hazel Grove, Stockport, in 1991, and during his time there was made an Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral. He retired in 2008 and is a member of Buxton Team Parish.
Sheila Morris - Lay Reader
Sheila has been a Reader for 9 years and a Scottish country dancer for most of her life. With one friend she mentors a Theology group called ‘ Exploring Faith Matters’ and with another she shares the leadership of the Pastoral Care group. Sheila sings Evensong and as a retired Infant teacher really enjoyschildren’s worship.
To contact any of the clergy please phone the parish office 10am - 12noon on 01298 77856
or e-mail: buxtonparish@hotmail.com