We welcome our two new Curates, Joy Beauchamp and Sarah Rae, and their families, as they begin their 3-year curacy with this parish. Please keep them in your prayers as they move to this new chapter.

Photo: Joy (left) and Sarah (right)

Joy: Hello! My name is Joy! I have lived in the borough for 25 years and we, my husband Richard, two boys, William (15) and Nathaniel (12), and foster cat called Karma, are all excited to now be living in Teddington, such a beautiful and vibrant part of London.

My first (academic) love was science and I have a degree in Biological Natural Sciences. Work roles include medical research, youth work, and work around diversity, equality and inclusion. Most latterly, I qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant, working for Price Waterhouse Coopers, then IBM. Voluntary roles include Hospital Chaplaincy, and involvement with Special Educational Needs at my boys’ primary school and more widely within the borough.

As well as the joy of church life and worship, the things in which I most delight are being with friends and family or spending quiet time in the beauty of Creation - particularly the river. I enjoy reading, singing and playing my flute.

We are all looking forward to getting involved with parish life at St Mary with St Alban, meeting members of the local community and getting to know Teddington.

Sarah: Hello, my name is Sarah. I have lived in Teddington for over 25 years and worshipped at St Mary with St Alban for fifteen of those.  I live in the parish with my husband Ian.

We have two children, Peter (25) and Flo (24), who no longer live at home, and I studied Physics at University before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers to train as a Chartered Accountant .

My voluntary roles include hospital chaplaincy which is something I hope to continue during my curacy.  Also I was involved in establishing and volunteering at Teddington's Community and Bereavement Cafes, and was the church bookkeeper for over twenty years.

When not working or involved in church life, I enjoy walking, slow running and swimming.  I also try to read most evenings which might then turn into enjoying a bit of television too.

I look forward to returning to parish life at St Mary with St Alban, as part of Teddington's community, in my new role within the clergy team.