Who's Who

Meet our team

Church Leader

Dave Parr

Dave joined Bearfield in September 2023. He has been a CoE minister for about 20 year. Born in Bradford-on-Avon, it is great to have him as part of the church with his wife and two children.

Youth Worker

Bex Cox

Bex is the Youth Worker at Bearfield. Her desire is to encourage the faith and discipleship journeys of children and young people. She wants to help them experience a life-giving relationship with God and for that to impact their lives and the world around them. Bex is a great lover of Jesus, eating cake, cuddling dogs and adventuring (in that order!)

Administrator
& leadership team

Sarah-Ann Howes

Sarah-Ann works part-time as Administrator at Bearfield. She is married to Warren and has two wonderful daughters and a crazy spaniel. Sarah-Ann loves to cook, be creative and teach Maths.

Leadership Team

William
Butler

William is a science teacher at a Chippenham secondary school. He is married to Libby and they have three sons. He loves gardening and exploring the wilder, less well-known parts of our countryside.

Kathryn
Maguire

Kathryn is one of our Music Worship leaders as well as part of the leadership team.

She has been part of Bearfield Church family for over 10 years with her Mum and family.

Her passion is to enable our church family to come into the presence of God through times of sung praise and worship mainly through music.

She really enjoy my football coaching and work in a rewarding job as a Teacher Assistant in a local SEN school.

Neil Loescher

Neil has been a member of Bearfield church since 2010 and was previously a trustee. He works in environmental consultancy and has a thing about Citroen 2CVs.

James Vaughton

James is married to Annie and Dad to Grace and Zac. He has lived in Bradford on Avon and been part of Bearfield Church since 2005. James is CEO at mission agency Transform Europe Network, which works alongside indigenous Christian leaders in the Balkans.

Trustees

Helen
Fuggle

Helen is married to John, and they have two teenage children. She is a maths teacher at a local College, and loves spending time with friends and family, reading, baking (and eating) cakes and all things Agatha Christie.

Tom Vaughton

Tom is the Chair of Trustees and Treasurer.