Ministry team

As well as our Priest in Charge, Rev Gareth Howles, there are other members of the team here who you will meet if you join us for our services.


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Rev Gareth Howles - Priest in charge
Rev Gareth Howles joined St John's Church in Farsley as Priest in Charge in December 2020. He previously spent nine years as the Children and Youth Minister at Pudsey Parish Church.
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Shirley Walker - Reader
Shirley has been a Reader at St John's for nearly 20 years. She prefers a good book and pen to anything 'mobile' or online and helps run our Sunflower Memory Cafe.
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Lorna Sykes & Janet Whitaker - Churchwardens
As churchwardens Lorna and Janet represent all members of the congregation at St John's and look after the building and its contents.
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