St Andrew the Great employs seven members of staff just to look after students – and we’re keen to be kept busy.
There are lots of ways we might be useful. You might book us up for a one-off coffee to chat about something that’s been troubling you. Many students meet up with us once a week to study the Bible together. Maybe you’d like to invite us round to chat to your friends about the Christian faith. Or use us to organise a Christianity Explored course for your college/sports team. Or perhaps you’d just like some mid-term TLC in a normal home!
You can find us at any of the services on Sundays or get in touch with us by email or phone. Anyway, here’s who we are...
Brian Elfick
Students’ curate
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Brian studied PPE (err, somewhere else) and has also lived in Sydney (good surf), New York (good jazz) and Stowe School (good views), but don't worry: he thinks Cambridge is best! As well as looking after students, Brian runs groups for men in the pub to ask the big questions of life, for postgrads in Arts and Humanities to help them integrate their faith, and for people who want to learn how to preach. Brian is married to Alice, a barrister who has a good story about the time she defended Satan in court...
Kath Rothman
Associate pastor (Students)
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This is Kath's fifth year in Cambridge before which she was a chemistry teacher at a school just outside Bristol. But please don't ask her any NatSci questions - she's forgotten it all. She loves gardening and cooking and is particularly proud of her corn-on-the-cob and pea harvest this year. Kath is always up for playing board games especially if they involve 2 letter Scrabble words and you let her win.
Sam Bostock
Student worker
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Sam studied Zoology at Catz, earning notoriety as possibly the only referee in a 3rds football game to show the red card to two Catz players and award a penalty against his own side - all in the same game. He escaped with his life, and the lessons learned were valuable preparation for spending four years living in London's East End. Born and raised over the border in Suffolk, you'll often find Sam out on the Fens on his day off, looking for big skies and small birds.
Carmen Tan
Student worker
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Carmen was a female comp sci (a very rare breed indeed) at Trinity Hall. Since then, she has spent a year in sunny South Africa with a team from StAG where they helped with some student work and two years doing the Associate Scheme at St Helen's in London where she spent lots of time wandering around the city in T-shirts and flip flops amidst bankers dressed in suits. She loves ice cream and would love for more people to try her mushroom ice cream recipe if you're brave enough!
Geraldine Wood
Student worker
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After managing to get into Cambridge, Geraldine is finding it harder to leave! She studied for a year in California, followed by history at Downing College and then worked for a year with students in the University Christian Union. She's a fan of Geordies (being one herself even though the accent makes that hard to believe), walks in the countryside and her bright pink man's bike.
Barnaby Monteiro
Student worker
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Barnaby used to think he had the coolest surname but is feeling a bit under threat since joining the staff team. He was brought up in the Chiltern Hills and was a mischievous child (he’d say adventurous), managing to break seven windows in four years. Barnaby studied engineering at Catz, went to Oxford to do some Christian work in schools before being drawn back to Cambridge. He enjoys all racket sports, Gardies, reading, hospitality and action films.
Jonnie Deja
Student worker
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Jonnie is returning to Cambridge after a year working in the City as a "Strategy Consultant" (the meaning and usefulness of which remain unclear). Previously he studied Economics at Clare and then spent a year rearranging furniture at St Andrew the Great. Jonnie enjoys playing most sports, watching good films and eating remarkably slowly.
