CLERGY
TEAM RECTOR – The Reverend Matt Godfrey
TEAM VICAR – The Reverend Nick Law
CHURCHWARDENS
Mrs Pam Hunter
I first joined the congregation of St Eustachius in 1990 when I married my late husband and moved to Tavistock. Until then I was churchwarden at a small village church in Cornwall with a congregation of about 20 to 30. It was very different and I was used to taking a very active role. Gradually I became more involved in the church here; reading the lesson, doing the intercessions, being a sidesman, a flower arranger, a member of a prayer group, a chalice assistant, an acolyte, a server and a helper at Friendly Fridays, Messy Church and Little Deers. I have also been secretary of the Friends, a school governor, as well as serving on the PCC for many years. I have helped to raise thousands of pounds with the Vintage Green Team making all sorts of lovely things to sell at the Christmas Tree Festival and the summer fete.
I am blessed to have a loving and supportive family. I have two daughters (my elder daughter sadly passed away 12 years ago), six grandchildren and three great-grandsons. I also have three stepsons and four more grandchildren. I am very close to my sister who lives not far away and my brother who lives in London and is also a churchwarden of a very large church.
Much of my life has been spent within 20 miles of Tavistock. I went to school in Plymouth, and after a period living in Nottingham, Spalding and near Pershore in Worcestershire, I came back to Cornwall and taught for many years at Launceston College. Since my retirement over 20 years ago my interests have included patchwork and quilting, gardening, reading, travelling, walking and music.
My earliest church memory is singing ‘For all the Saints’, wearing a navy blue cloak with a red lining, at St Helen’s and St Katherine’s School in Abingdon. I believe that we are all called to be saints, to follow Christ and to reflect God’s love for us to the people we meet day by day. My life has not always been easy but my faith in God has never wavered.
It is a huge privilege to be a churchwarden and it has been a decision taken only after a considerable time of prayer and thought. I will do my best to support Matt and the Ministry Team in every way that I can. I will strive to be prayerful, diligent, trustworthy, wise, patient, caring, friendly, kind and approachable.
I want our church to be welcoming to all, to reach out to the people of Tavistock and beyond, as we journey together in faith, hope and love guided by the Holy Spirit.
DEPUTY CHURCHWARDENS
