Calvary Baptist Church
Charity No: 1147565
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Meet the Team

 Our Pastor - Gary Collier

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Gary commenced his ministry at Calvary on 1st September 2018.  He grew up in Plymouth, where he came to faith in Christ when he was sixteen years old at Catherine Street Baptist Church.  He worked for Wayback Foundation, a Christian charity in a ministry to recovering alcoholics, and then he moved to Strathaven in Scotland where he worked for Youth for Christ.
He studied theology at the London School of Theology and then trained for Baptist ministry at Spurgeon's Baptist College, London. He has been a Baptist Minister for twenty-seven years and he has pastored churches in Ipswich, Northampton, Chipping Norton and Blackhill in Consett.
Gary has been married to Val for thirty-one years and they have three grown-up children, Glen, Jemma and Hannah.   In his spare time, he is a loyal and long-suffering Plymouth Argyle football Supporter.

Deacons

Church Secretary - Kate Lowry

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​   Kate Lowry was elected as a deacon in
  2015.    She has a heart for the needy in our
  society and leads Calvary's weekly
  Community Praise event. Every Thursday
  morning we hold a short service followed
  by a lunch to which all are invited free of
  charge. It is  wonderful to be able to serve
  our local community in this way and to see
  lives changed as the gospel is preached and
  food is shared. Kate is also a trustee of
  Emmaus South Wales a charity which aims
  to help formerly homeless people by
  offering them a home in our community
  house and meaningful work in our social
  enterprise business. In her leisure time she                                                                       is a keen swimmer and cyclist and loves to                                                                        paint and draw.


Church Treasurer - Jeff Christopher

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Jeff Christopher is a retired accountant who spent most of his working life as a lecturer in accounting and finance at the University of South Wales.  Jeff has been a member of Calvary since the mid 1980’s and during that time he has served as a deacon and house group leader and more recently, 2009 – 2015, as church treasurer.  He is also a CAP money coach and helps to deliver the CAP Money Course and is a member of the Night Shelter team.
Jeff volunteers with the Cardiff and the Vale Credit Union, and spends spare time with family and grandchildren, and enjoys local history, watching rugby and splitting logs for the wood burner.

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Patricia Wiltshire was born in Calne, Wiltshire where she was baptised during her student years. After training as a social worker she worked in hospitals before moving to Cardiff in 1972 to work for Newport City Council, latterly in the Adoption Team. She has been a member of Calvary since 1973 and for ten years in the 1980s was employed as the full-time pastoral worker. She is a member of Calvary’s Pastoral team and the Global Issues Group; leads worship sometimes; heads up the teams taking short worship times regularly in two local care homes. In retirement(!) she is involved with the South Wales Baptist Association as the safeguarding advisor and one of the trainers, is a counsellor with Concern Cymru and a Tearfund speaker. When not busy with these organisations she loves gardening, entertaining and visiting family. Tricia has a passion for seeing God’s kingdom grow, both in the UK and abroad.
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Mirena Noyvirt became a member of Calvary in 2007.  During the last four years she has been co-coordinating a House Group and been involved in Sunday School with children age 8 to 12.   Mirena is from Bulgaria and has been living in the UK since 2000.  
Mirena is a physician at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
In her spare time she enjoys hiking, boxercise and exploring healthy recipes.


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Amanda Smith came to Cardiff in 1989 from Kingston in Surrey. She is relatively new to Calvary but feels very much that this is where God has led her. She was elected as a Deacon in 2015 and has particular responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.  Amanda has a heart for the Canton community and leads a church small group in a local pub. She is particularly interested in the church 'getting alongside' people in the community and giving practical help. Amanda has 2 grown up children and enjoys spending her spare time with them as well as reading, theatre and cinema. 

   

Calvary Baptist Church
134 Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff, CF11 9ND

Activities

Weekly Activities
Tots Plus
Craft Club
Community Praise
Global Issues Group
Small Groups
​Night shelter

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