Who's Who?

Vicar Revd. Steve Clapham, All Saints Vicarage, 79 Stewart Street, Crewe. CW2 8LX
Email:steve.clapham@yahoo.co.uk Phone: 01270 560310

Curate Revd. Jacky Wise, 41 South Crofts, Nantwich, CW5 5SG Email:jacky.wise@virgin.net Phone: 01270 619129

Reader Anne Marshall, 5 Sharnbrook Drive, Woolstanwood, Crewe. CW2 8TZ Phone: 01270 214695

Office Hour Tuesdays at The Vicarage between 6.30p.m. and 7.30p.m. to arrange Baptisms, Marriages and the calling of Banns. For more information call 01270 560310.

St. Peter's Church Warden:
Graham Evans. 17 Bray Close, Crewe, CW1 5LJ Phone: 01270 582163

All Saints Church Warden:
Marlene Harper and Stuart Harper, both available at: 83 Danebank Avenue, Crewe Phone: 01270 663285

Where are we?

All Saints
79 Stewart Street, Crewe, CW2 8LX
Church Location Parish boundary

St. Peter's
Earle Street, Crewe, CW1 2AG
Church Location Parish boundary

What is the Christian Faith?

Christian life is lived in relationship with God through Jesus Christ, and in common with other Christians in the church seeking to deepen that relationship and to follow the way that Jesus taught.

For Christians God is understood and known as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

…Father… God is love, caring for creation and for every human being as God's beloved child.

…Son… God is as he has revealed himself to be in the historical person of Jesus Christ. Jesus' life, death and resurrection holds the key to knowing and loving God, and to making sense of life, before and after death.

…and Holy Spirit… God is alive, loving and active today, inspiring faith, justice and truth, sustaining the life of the world, giving spiritual gifts to the church and bearing his spiritual fruit in the world - changed lives and a transformed society.
Finding out more

If you want to wait before contacting anyone, and you'd rather find out more about Jesus online, why not visit www.rejesus.co.uk, and www.christianity.org.uk?

But because Christianity is about relationship and community, the best way to find out about faith and prayer, to raise questions and to get help, is to meet some Christians - so why don't you come along one Sunday morning, or give the Vicar a call?

What are we here for?

For a number of years our aim has been:
Making new Christians and making all Christians new.
Taking the Church into the community and bringing the community into the Church.

However - we're always open to new ideas, so if you can think of a better aim for our Parishes of St. Peters and All Saints, please add a comment using the button below. It needs to sum up what we are here for in a couple of sentences and be easy to remember...

Assistant Curate, Jacky Wise

After completing a Creative Arts degree (in Drama and Visual Art) I spent fourteen years working for the BBC as a radio and television journalist, my favourite time being as Religious Affairs producer for BBC Radio Stoke, when I went around North Staffs and South Cheshire recording the worship programme In Praise of God. During much of that time I was living in Lord Street.
Needing to find something ‘more fulfilling’ I resigned from the BBC and, moving 100 yards down the road from Radio Stoke, I began working for the Citizen’s Advice Bureau. This was a very rewarding time, helping children from refugee and asylum seeking families settle into school in North Staffordshire. It was also very humbling, learning of the awful situations that people live in around the world, and how they manage to survive.
It was during my first year at the CAB that I felt a calling and – having already embarked on a Reader’s course – I felt I needed to investigate this further! After a very busy year of placements and reports etc I eventually gave up my CAB work too and three years ago I went to study at the Northern Ordination Course.
As I began my theology studies I actually had no idea how I would pay the bills but God was good and each month something came along. The last two years though I’ve been working as an advocate for people at their school appeals which I’ve really enjoyed.
And now – as my ordination approaches – I am really excited to be joining everyone in Crewe. I’m so looking forward to meeting you all, to finding out more about where God wants me to be and joining you in all your different journeys of faith. I come as a disciple (a learner!) and look forward to all the many learning experiences that I shall be coming across.
I am Mum to two lovely children, 14 year old Tom (who you won’t see much of as he plays football most Sunday mornings!) and 12 year old Mimi, who you will see a lot of as she’ll be coming to the two churches with me and is looking forward to joining the Guides at All Saints. Both of them are really supportive and encouraging about this new step for us. I look forward to meeting you soon.
Jacky Wise

The Vicar, Steve Clapham

Steve was born in London, and was brought up in London, Essex and Devon.

He studied Computer Science at Portsmouth Polytechnic between 1980-1984, and at the age of 19 he became interested in the Christian faith. After reading and thinking very intensively he made a prayer of commitment and gave his life to Christ.

For over twenty years Steve has worked in Information Technology as a computer programmer, systems analyst, and up to 2004 as a Project Manager.

Steve is married to Christine, and they have four children: Paul, Jennifer, Daniel and Victoria. They also have two cats.

From 1990 to 2004 they were based in Stockport, and were involved with a church plant which met in a local pub, local mission churches and two parish churches. As the family grew they became more involved, playing guitar and flute together in worship. In 1996 Steve was licensed as a Reader, and later changed direction and was accepted for Ordained Ministry.

From 2004 to 2006 Steve was curate at St. Mary’s, Nantwich before being selected as Vicar at All Saints and St. Peters in Crewe. In 2008 Steve was appointed the Chaplain to Crewe Alexandra football club.

Steve’s main hobby is wine making – so if anyone has any spare fruit available he’s always pleased to have it. He also loves science fiction, listening to music, playing guitar and playing flight simulator games on the computer, because in reality – he’s a frustrated fighter pilot!