Lay Ministry Team

Margaret Keighley
Lay Reader:
Other Teams: Messy Church, Choir -
Margaret Practiced as a GP in the Northfield/Longbridge area for over 30 years. Was a GP tutor and trainer as well as a full time GP and was awarded an MBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for services to medicine. After retiring in 2006 she became fully involved in ministry and support in the parish. She also supports her husband Mike in his medico-legal practice and his charity work.

Dr. Mike Keighley
Lay Reader:
Mike was a full time Colo-rectal surgeon at the QE Hospital and Professor of Surgery at the University of Birmingham until he retired in 2004. He then did 10 years intermittently of voluntary work at the Christian Medical College in Vellore S. India. He remains a trustee of the friends of Vellore UK and remains actively involved.
In 2015 he completed an MA at Durham University in Theology Spirituality and Health and wrote a dissertation (subsequently published) on the social, psychological and spiritual consequences of birth trauma injury and as a result in 2016 he started a charity (MASIC) to support mothers injured during childbirth and now runs education days, support groups and public information activities. He is President of this now registered charity. He is still actively involved in medical research in The University of Birmingham
Other Teams & Volunteers
There are so many people involved with doing things to help keep the church going, to keep business ticking over, to maintain the buildings and churchyard, to look after couples and families looking for Baptisms and Weddings, etc, to create the Parish Magazine, to work with our young children, youth and families, to clean, open and lock-up the church, and make the tea. You too can get involved with any of these teams.