Farewell Stuart

​After nearly 27 years with Urban Expression Stuart Murray Williams will be stepping down as team leader of the coordinators' team, having been involved since it began in 1997.  We are delighted to announce that Alex Ellish will be leading the team of coordinators from January 2024.  Alex has been a member of the team for several years and has been involved in two local UE initiatives – in Tower Hamlets and Harold Hill. Her role will be to provide strategic direction and oversight to the team of coordinators that support UE mission partners.  Alex will also continue as the minister of Amott Road Baptist Church in Peckham.

In an interesting and unexpected development - whilst he will no longer be a member of the coordinating team Stuart and his wife Sian will be moving from Canterbury to Peckham early in the year where they will become members of Alex’s church!  Stuart will also continue to organise the Crucible Course and share involvement in the Black Light Course in partnership with the Ascension Trust.

Stuart says:   It has been a great privilege to be involved with UE over the past 26 years as this mission movement has grown beyond all expectations. I have been involved with no other community in which its core values (relationship, creativity and humility) have been so embedded and influential. I am deeply grateful for the friendships made over the years and I hope many of these will continue. I have every confidence in Alex and the rest of the team, and I look forward to hearing how UE continues to develop over the coming years. I’m also looking forward to getting involved again in a much more local context in South London.
 
Alex says:  Urban Expression has been my 'tribe' since I was ordained in 2009 and joined Phil and Sarah Warburton at E1 Community Church in the east end of London. I love the people of UE and I'm passionate about the values and commitments of this community. We have a great team of coordinators and I'm really looking forward to seeing what God has in store for UE over the next 25 years. If you would like to get in touch, please don't hesitate to drop me a line: [email protected]