The Team

The Team
St Jude’s Church is the local church in the Anglican Parish of St Jude in Wolverhampton and part of the Diocese of Lichfield. Like all Anglican churches, it is led by the Vicar, Church Wardens and the Parochial Church Council (PCC). As a church, we aim to encourage every member to use their gifts for the benefit of the church and the wider community, all to the glory of God. Meet our full time staff...
	Philip Robertson – Vicar Philip is the vicar at St Judes after his licensing took place here in July 2011. He is married to Nicky and they have a Belgium Shepherd Dog, Ada, as well as three grown up children and a grandchild. In a previous life, Phil dabbled with architecture until some Godly agitation led to a very different calling on his life. Phil and Nicky have very much warmed to St Jude’s passion for Christ along with their desire to make Him known and welcome the opportunity to encourage everyone to live faithful to Christ so that St Judes can grow. Phil’s favourite motto is ’It’s never too late!’ Phil likes dog agility training, fell walking, watching films and large portions of food should they get invited round for a meal!!

	Ivor Saunders – Ordained Local Minister Ivor has been a member of St Jude’s Church since he was 11 years old. He was licensed as a Lay Reader in 1979 and ordained in 2004. Prior to ordination, he worked as an apprentice patternmaker in the foundry trade and for 30 years as a Probation Officer. His current work at church includes leading worship, preaching, organising mid-week services, conducting funerals and the occasional wedding or baptism and oversight of ministry to Residential and Nursing Homes. Ivor is married to Wendy and has two sons, both married and two grandchildren. His interests include holidays in the Lake District. Gardening is a necessity!

	Children & Families Outreach Worker. We are currently looking to appoint someone to this vacant post. We are praying for God’s guidance on how to move forward with this important work and the PCC has taken the decision to ring-fence the funding for any future worker. Currently, we are maintaining the work through a team of forty volunteers that work across the whole of the children’s ministry.

	Centre for Youth Ministry Trainee Youth Worker Will Davies is a young man who has grown up and been nurtured in the family of St. Jude’s. He has stepped up to the challenge of being a CYM Trainee Youth Worker on placement here whilst working with the existing volunteer team. Will gets involved in all sorts of things from helping run Sunday morning Bible Studies, C4 midweek groups and Friday night Youth Club to cramming twelve people into a room to watch films and eat pizza!. Incidentally, Will’s favourite food is sherry trifle or any other kind of trifle for that matter! He loves acting, swimming and climbing as well as chilling out with friends and having a laugh too!!

	Alita Caine - Secretary Alita is the part-time Church Secretary working Tuesdays to Thursdays. She is married with two grown up children and a dog. She enjoys most types of music and sports. Alita is keen to encourage people, particularly young people in their Christian walk. She also heads up ‘Food for Thought’, a monthly luncheon club open to anyone interested in learning more about Jesus. Although Alita works at St Jude’s, she lives in Perton and is an active member of Lakeside Community Church, Perton.

Placement Students
One of our values here at St Jude’s is ‘Training’. In recent years, we have had several people on a variety of placements enabling them to experience and grow through different ministerial opportunities. These have included short term work experience placements as part of academic studies and a gap year with Careforce. Longer term educational placements have included a Future Builder student studying for a degree in Children’s work with Birmingham Christian College, a youth ministry trainee on a diploma course with CYM (Centre for Youth Ministry) and an apprentice exploring a call to ordained ministry through the Diocese of Lichfield. If you are interested in exploring the possibility of a placement here at St Jude’s and would like to receive further information please contact us.