Elders, Staff, &
Key People
Elders
Richard Brewster
Richard is married to Lily and they came to Avenue in October 2010. They have two teenage children and as a family they love living in Clarendon Park.
Richard is a proud Irishman who enjoys watching movies, reading poetry, listening to the music of Bruce Springsteen and Andrew Peterson, and eating a really nice burger.
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Richard Brewster
PASTOR, ELDER, TRUSTEE
Joel Murray
Joel, his wife Hannah, and three children have been a part of Avenue since 2020 after moving to Leicester for work.
Joel works as Communications and Media Officer for the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), looking after the website, social media, podcasts, and more. He enjoys football, video games, comics, and pop-culture.
Email Joel
Joel Murray
ELDER, TRUSTEE
Chris Shore
Chris is married to Sue and they a teenage daughter. He has been at Avenue since it started, after joining the church plant from Knighton Free Church.
Chris is a mathematics teacher and is currently employed by Loughborough University to train the next generation of teachers. He enjoys music, cooking and walking his dog. He should spend more time working on his PhD than he currently does.
Email Chris
Chris is a mathematics teacher and is currently employed by Loughborough University to train the next generation of teachers. He enjoys music, cooking and walking his dog. He should spend more time working on his PhD than he currently does.
Chris Shore
ELDER, TRUSTEE
Staff
Richard Brewster
Richard is married to Lily and they came to Avenue in October 2010. They have two teenage children and as a family they love living in Clarendon Park.
Richard is a proud Irishman who enjoys watching movies, reading poetry, listening to the music of Bruce Springsteen and Andrew Peterson, and eating a really nice burger.
Email Richard
Richard Brewster
PASTOR, ELDER, TRUSTEE
Jo True
Jo came to faith as a teenager in Hertfordshire and she and her husband moved to Leicester and Avenue Community Church in 2005. She enjoys her family, drinking tea and most recently, her cats.
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Jo True
WOMEN’S WORKER
Ministry Team Leaders
Jim Huckle
Jim leads the Tech Ministry Team, helping us make Sunday gatherings happen with audio and visual technology.
Jim Huckle
TECH MINISTRY TEAM LEADER
Keith Rowe
Keith leads the Finance Ministry Team, taking care of income into the church and expenditure and grants coming out of the church.
Keith Rowe
FINANCE MINISTRY TEAM LEADER (TREASURER)
Sam Waters
Sam leads our Welcome Ministry Team, helping make Avenue a welcoming place on a Sunday (and beyond) - from the moment someone arrives at the school building to the moment they leave.
Sam Waters
WELCOME MINISTRY TEAM LEADER
Trustees
Daniella Blair
Daniella (or Danni) arrived in Leicester from north Somerset to study in 1994 and never left.
Married to Adam with two grown up sons, she has been part of Avenue ever since it started in 2005. She has worked in administration for many years for the Diocese (Church of England) and most recently the University of Leicester.
A country girl at heart, she loves walking in mountains, singing, good food and a good book.
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Married to Adam with two grown up sons, she has been part of Avenue ever since it started in 2005. She has worked in administration for many years for the Diocese (Church of England) and most recently the University of Leicester.
A country girl at heart, she loves walking in mountains, singing, good food and a good book.
Daniella Blair
TRUSTEE
Richard Brewster
Richard is married to Lily and they came to Avenue in October 2010. They have two teenage children and as a family they love living in Clarendon Park.
Richard is a proud Irishman who enjoys watching movies, reading poetry, listening to the music of Bruce Springsteen and Andrew Peterson, and eating a really nice burger.
Email Richard
Richard Brewster
PASTOR, ELDER, TRUSTEE
Joel Murray
Joel, his wife Hannah, and three children have been a part of Avenue since 2020 after moving to Leicester for work.
Joel works as Communications and Media Officer for the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), looking after the website, social media, podcasts, and more. He enjoys football, video games, comics, and pop-culture.
Email Joel
Joel Murray
ELDER, TRUSTEE
Chris Shore
Chris is married to Sue and they a teenage daughter. He has been at Avenue since it started, after joining the church plant from Knighton Free Church.
Chris is a mathematics teacher and is currently employed by Loughborough University to train the next generation of teachers. He enjoys music, cooking and walking his dog. He should spend more time working on his PhD than he currently does.
Email Richard
Chris is a mathematics teacher and is currently employed by Loughborough University to train the next generation of teachers. He enjoys music, cooking and walking his dog. He should spend more time working on his PhD than he currently does.
Chris Shore
ELDER, TRUSTEE
Safeguarding
Mike Warriner
Mike and Sinéad moved to Leicester in 2019 with their son and joined Avenue right away.
Mike works as a data analyst at one of the city's universities (which is more interesting than it sounds). He enjoys cooking and Formula 1 and as a family they enjoy board games and movies.
Mike Warriner
DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD (DSL)
Cheryl Hawkins
Cheryl Hawkins
DEPUTY DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD (DDSL)
Sue Shore
Sue is married to Chris; they have a teenage daughter and a cockerpoo called Lenny!
Sue is a primary school teacher who enjoys singing with her choir and going for walks with the dog.
Sue is a primary school teacher who enjoys singing with her choir and going for walks with the dog.
Sue Shore
WHISTLEBLOWING OFFICER
