The Venerable Christopher Page is the Rector of our parish and serves the Diocese as the Archdeacon of Juan de Fuca.

Christopher came to St. Philip’s as Associate Rector in October, 1987, and has served as Rector since the end of 1993. Christopher completed his second Masters Degree (ThM) in 2001 with a thesis on the nature of mysticism in the work of Thomas Merton. He has an interest in the contemplative tradition, and in the classical spiritual writings of Christian history. Especially gifted in preaching, teaching, and writing, Christopher is the author of three books: Christ Wisdom (2004), Mark’s Gospel, Awakening the Voice Within, (2005) and The Way of Courage, Being God’s People in a Broken World (2006). Christopher and his wife Heather have 2 grown daughters, Rachel and Naomi.

               
Anglican Priest, Montessori teacher, Wilderness program instructor, Music leader, philosopher and faithful servant of the Lord,

Ernest directs the Community of Reconciliation and serves in a half-time position as Assistant Priest at St. Philip Anglican Church in Victoria, BC.

Ernest & his wife, Jeannie Achuff have one son, Curzon.

Harry joined St. Philip’s staff as an Associate Priest (part-time) in November, 2005.

Harry’s journey to the priesthood was a convoluted one. After 4 years of teaching school, he decided to learn more about what makes people do what they do. After earning a degree in Psychology, he worked as a clinical psychologist and a teacher of psychology, eventually moving into a specialty of working with people with acquired brain injury. In 1990 he finally gave in to the life-long call to ministry in the church. During his ten years of ordained ministry he served 5 years as the rector of Holy Trinity Church in Sooke.

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The People's Warden and Rector's Warden together with the Rector constitute the legal entity of this Parish.

The Wardens meet regularly with the Rector and no significant decisions are made without consultation among all three

Gillian looks after the details that tie our life as a community together. She is the print shop manager, the list maker, bargain hunter, seniors ministry coordinator, social worker, party convenor, sandwich maker, hospital visitor, photocopy-paper jam trouble shooter and prayer partner. Most often, Gillian is the person who answers the telephone here. She has been on staff at St. Philip for 10 years now.

We are blessed to have Shannon as our Children's Ministry Worker.Shannon develops the curriculum for Sunday mornings, coordinates the Teacher's roster, maintains all the supplies, works on special events, but most importantly she prays regularly for each child and teacher and the programs they run. And run they do! When our children come to Sunday School they experience a place that is designed to let them know that God cares about them. The children are accepted and respected and they participate in a very active and sometimes noisy environment. God's world is presented to them to experience and explore. When they return to the church service, there are crafts at the back tables which relate to the theme downstairs - or they can sit with their family - or they can sit with their friends! They are a pretty fluid lot!

Katie makes sure that we have a program every Sunday morning for our teens and other social activities during the week. Every second Saturday the youth get together for a fun activity, and on the alternate Saturday's they play music together.  There are also yearly events like the youth group retreat to Mayne Island in the Spring and the Christmas party.

John works part time at St. Philip’s, starting with us in April of ’98. If you have a special request for help with set-up or cleaning for any special events or services here at the Church, leave a note for John in his mail slot.

Mary took on this music ministry in August of 1984. An accomplished musician, Mary plays the organ and the piano at both the 9:00 AM and the 11:15 AM Sunday morning worship services as well as all the high days and holy days of the church calendar.

Mike holds the vision of St. Philip and is able to translate that vision into numbers. We are thankful for his wisdom and expertise!

Kathy Fyfe is the Church’s Bookkeeper.

Kathy is the person to see about refunds for Church expenses - the (bright yellow) refund request forms are in her mail slot. Kathy has served as parish bookkeeper since 1999.

Nancy is the person to see about receiving Offertory Envelopes or for information about Direct Deposit.

The St. Philip website has become an exciting and much more interactive place with the expertise of Peter Rowand and other Web members.

It reflects the many activities and gifts of the people who participate in the life of this parish, is filled with pictures, activities, Sunday sermons in case you miss one or want to send it along to a friend.

The goal of the St. Philip website and our presence on the internet is to enhance the mission of St. Philip Anglican Church, to help centre the meaning of our lives in the presence of Christ, and to reflect the nature of our parish community.