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Revd Les Memory

Les comes from a long line of Anglican clergy going back many centuries. He is a passionate and committed Christian, has been since 1978 when Jesus became important in his life. He has 26 years experience as a Vicar, Priest-in-Charge and Priest Assistant, in both urban and rural parishes. Responding to a Macedonian call (Acts
16:9-10), in December 2024, he became part of the St Christopher’s team in February 2025. He is married to Margi, and they have two sons.

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Vilna Gough-Jones

Vilna, a parishioner of 30 years with many family ties to St Christopher’s and has taken on numerous different roles within the church. Currently she is a Liturgical Assistant (lay service leader), prayer advocate, encourages community building events, Life Group Leader, been a member of vestry since 2016 and loves St Christopher’s as her spiritual home. She has three married children and five grandchildren.

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Georgina Ennor

Georgina is our Bishop’s Warden, and longtime member of St Christopher’s, joining us in 2000. She completed 53 years as a registered nurse, and 24 as a midwife in the Christchurch Neo Natal Unit, and served on vestry for many years. She was Provincial Commissioner of Guides NZ East-West Canterbury, and received her licentiate in Theology with Honours in 2012. She is married to Laurence, a Presbyterian minister, and has 3 children and 11 grandchildren.

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Rev Dr John Fox (Priest in Charge)

John was raised in Westport, Christchurch and North Canterbury, and comes originally from a Pentecostal background. He has been an academic, worked in family and community restoration, public policy, and children’s and youth work, as well as stints in pastoral care for students and disabled people. He was ordained in 2018.  He is Priest in Charge at St Christopher’s, and Senior Ecumenical Chaplain at Canterbury University. He is married to Emma, and they have one son, Joshua.

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Laly Samuel

Laly, has been a member of St. Christopher’s since 2005. This is her third year on vestry and currently serving as one of the synod representatives as well. She has been involved with various ministries at St. Christopher’s:  managing the venue hires, helping for book sales, mainly music, hospitality, Sacristan and chalice, and on the food pantry team. Laly is married to Babu and they have two adult children. Both Laly and Babu are active on their Kerala Mar Thoma Church in Christchurch.

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Keith Spragg

Keith brings to vestry experience in similar positions in other churches together with a long career in Christian School administration. Keith is married to Wendy with two adult children, and came to St Christopher’s three years ago. Keith also assists with data projection in services.

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Sarah Stevens-Gieseg

Sarah is our People’s Warden.  She is a Leader in our worship team, Church Fair Organiser and loves providing hospitality. She and Steven have two adult sons. As a Sonographer, Sarah meets people from all walks of life, and wants to see a place for all of them at church. Sarah loves to see people in healthy growing relationships with God, and each other at St Christopher’s.

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Mark Squire

Mark has been a part of our family for over thirty years.  In that time he’s been involved in youth leadership, music ministry and audio/visual technical support for well over twenty of those years.  Mark is one of the worship team and tech leaders and cares for all the audio-visual systems for our parish.  He is also a big part of enormous audio/visual systems for large Christian events such as the annual Easter Camp.

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Cathy Allison Maasch

Cathy has been part of St Christopher’s parish for over 20 years and has a long-time involvement in home group leadership and prayer ministry. Now semi-retired from a 30-year career in general practice, she is enjoying serving in other areas of the church life including the Mainly Music and ESOL ministry.

Cathy is married to John, and they have 4 adult children and 6 grandchildren. She is originally from South Africa and retains strong ties with her family in Cape Town.

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Murray Irvine

Murray Irvine is a long time member of St Christopher’s, with extensive experience in business, development, real estate, and hospitality. He has special responsibility for looking after St Christopher’s land and buildings. He is married to Eileen.

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