Meet the Team

Meet our amazing staff team below. Feel free to contact them or introduce yourself on a Sunday.

Simon Vibert, Vicar

Simon grew up in the lovely island of Jersey and has retained his love of fishing and sailing. After a short career in banking he trained for ordination in the Church of England. He studied theology in London, Glasgow and America. He was ordained in Carlisle where he spent three years as a curate, then serving in churches in Buxton and Wimbledon. From 2007-2017 Simon was vice principal and tutor in Preaching and Leadership at the Anglican Theological College, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. Simon & Carrie moved to Virginia Water in Autumn 2017. His pastimes include golf, tennis and cycling. A return to parish based ministry, for Simon, is focused around his favourite Bible verse, "for me to live is Christ, to die is gain".' Philippians 1:21



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Matthew Smith, Associate Vicar

Matthew joins us from Northampton having served his curacy at St Peter’s, Weston Favell. Matthew is married to Alice, and they have twin sons Albert and Theodore and a friendly black Labrador, Lyla. Matthew enjoys getting to know people and hearing their story and helping others figure out where Jesus fits in to it. Matthew’s favourite bible verse is 1 John 4:19 - We love because he first loved us. Matthew looks forward to sharing this good news with those who don’t yet know the love of Christ for themselves.



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Jeremy Brown, Children & Families Pastor

Jeremy is married to Clair and they have three children (Grace, Samuel and Daniel) plus Poppy the horse and Indy the puppy. He started his role as children and families pastor here at Christ Church in September 2016 having previously been director of the Broadfield Children's Project in Crawley where he was also children's worker for the parish of St Mary's. Before he was a children's worker in Birmingham. He started his working life as a teacher (also in Birmingham). Jeremy enjoys sports and cooking.



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Megan Creamer, Youth Worker

Megan is our Youth Worker; she also supports the student ministry as well as co-ordinating the music team. Megan has an MA in mission and has a passion for studying the Bible and helping young people to understand the Bible for themselves. Megan came to Christ Church first as an undergraduate student at Royal Holloway in 2016 before staying on as an intern during her master’s study and now taking on the youthwork alongside her other roles here. Megan comes from Hull in Yorkshire and is the middle child of three. Megan does ballroom dancing in her spare time as well as singing and reading.



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Michael Hillier, Student & Young Adult Worker

Michael is our Student and Young Adult Worker. He wants to see the students and young adults Grow in Christ, Reach others with the Gospel, Support each other, have fun Together and live for Jesus every day. He is passionate for young Christians to truly understand their faith and to have the confidence to share their faith and stand firm on their belief in Jesus. Michael has joined our church with his wife and two young daughters. He also works as a youth worker for Emerge Advocacy, a Christian charity that visits hospitals to support young people going through mental health crisis.



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Annette Ross, Operations Manager

Annette is married to Graham and lives in Virginia Water with their son Will. Annette first came to Christ Church through the toddler group when she moved to Virginia Water with baby Will. Annette enjoys spending time in the local community and is Secretary of the Virginia Water Community Association and has been a volunteer with Home-Start, Runnymede and Woking, since 2010. Annette has a neglected allotment in Stroude Road and would like to have more time to enjoy gardening, reading, cooking and family adventures - the bigger the better.



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Leza Sack, Finance Administrator

Leza, her husband Darren and their daughter Jenna; together with their dog Coco and bearded dragon Rocky; live in Egham. Born in South Africa, Leza obtained her Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Accounting at the University of Pretoria and Honours Degree part time at the University of South Africa. She worked as the Treasurer at the Lonehill Methodist Church. They relocated to the UK in 2013 and Leza joined the team at Christ Church in July 2018.



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Sarah Gowen - Church Administrator


Sarah, our Parish Administrator, works in the office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (9 – 2:30 pm) and most Friday mornings. Sarah comes to us with great experience of office management and administration and a background in advertising.


Sarah is married to James and has lived in Ascot for 27 years where they have raised their three children; Imogen, Olivia and Charles. Sarah enjoys spending time with her family and friends and experimenting with new plants in the garden.


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