St Andrew's Church
Goldsworth Park
Woking
To know Jesus better
and so to make Him better known
Who's Who
We hope you found the information on this site useful and you gained an impression of what St Andrew's is like and what we do.
We would love to hear from you if you have questions about our services, our mission and ministry, our buildings and facilities, what it means to be a Christian or even the big questions of life: what is it all about?
You can email one of our team members below, or send a messsage via the form on the CONTACT US page.
Meet our Staff and
Voluntary Leaders
Kate Wyles
Vicar
Kate is responsible for the vision of the church. She is passionate about mission and worship and loves to see lives transformed by Jesus. Kate has four sons and is married to Jason.
Patrick Coad
Community & Youth Worker
Patrick joined us in January 2020 after over 10 years working for Engage Woking Schools, which supports a Christian presence in local schools.
Shani Orchard
Safeguarding Officer
Shani is responsible for safeguarding of children and adults in the church. She works with the vicar and PCC to implement safeguard-ing policies and procedures.
Karin Rayner
Childrens' Worker
Karin was a science teacher, then joined us in 2012 to develop our work with children and their families, and to oversee the SKIDs (Sunday Schools). She is also involved with the 'Open the Book' project.
Helen Best
Church Administrator
Helen works in our busy office and looks after all the big and little things that make everything tick at St Andrew's! She will usually be your first point of contact for room bookings and general information.
Mandy Hucker
Churchwarden
Mandy has been a part of our congregation for over 20 years. She is known (amongst other things!) for being in charge of the Palm Sunday donkey at St Andrews for several years!
Julia King
Churchwarden
Julia has been a member of St Andrew's for 33 years. A member of the local school nurse team, she enjoys meeting primary school children and their parents, and working in the wider community.
Janice Vickers
Self Supporting Minister
Janice joined St Andrews in March 2018. She has three grown-up children, and four lovely grandchildren, and is enjoying being part our wonderful church family.
Julie May
Licensed Lay Minister (Reader)
Julie was licensed as an LLM in the spring of 2019 and is is one of our preachers and service leaders.
Liz Twigg
Pastoral Co-ordinator
Liz is the first contact for those in need, organising visits and support. She oversees our Pastoral Assistants and encourages all church members to play a part in our caring ministry.
Chris Harrison
Retired Clergy
Chris was a Curate at St Andrew's for many years until her "retirement", but soon rejoined our ministry team as a volunteer. She preaches and leads some services and helps "behind the scenes" in many ways.
Malcolm Herbert
Retired Clergy
Malcolm is one of our preachers and service leaders, and often plays piano or organ in services too, He leads Goldsworth Park's community choir "Sing Gold" which meets at St Andrew's.
