Meet our team
Karen Burton
Team Rector
Karen trained for ministry on the Eastern Regional Ministry Course and was ordained in June 2016. She has been with the Team since 2019.
She is a Foundation Governor and Chair of Governors at Ixworth and Bardwell Primary Schools.
Karen is Assistant Rural Dean for the Ixworth Deanery.
She lives in Ixworth.
Email: revkarenburton@outlook.com
Tel no. 07546 491388
Contact Us:
If you would like to arrange a christening, confirmation, wedding, funeral or a visit, please contact Rev Karen
Email: revkarenburton@outlook.com
Tel: 07546 491388
Lesley Norburn
Associate Priest
Lesley was licensed as a Reader serving in the Blackbourne Team from Oct 1998, then trained on the Bishop’s Auxiliary Ordination Pathway and ordained in 2019.
She is a Foundation Governor at Bardwell Primary School.
She works part time as a Business Change Specialist in the NHS, and lives in Great Livermere.
Email: revdlesleynorburn@gmail.com
Tel no. 07917005397
Lauren Moore
Associate Priest
Lauren trained on the Bishops' Auxilliary Pathway and was ordained in 2018, joining the Blackbourne Team in 2023.
She works for the Diocese as Learning Development Manager.
She lives in Hinderclay.
Email: rev.laurenmoore@gmail.com
Tel no. 07798705876
Tony Redman
Associate Priest
Tony trained on the East Anglian Ministerial Training Course and at APU. He was licensed as a reader in 1976, and ordained priest in 2004. He is Bishops Advisor for Self-Supporting Ordained Ministry, a member of the Diocesan DDO team and National Officer for SSOM.
He serves on the Norwich and Peterborough Diocesan Advisory Committees and is a trustee of both the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust and Hospices of Hope Ukraine. He is an historic buildings consultant for a local practice and the author of a bestselling book on “The Building Stones of Suffolk”. In his spare time he sketches, paints, attempts to grow his own food and collects coloured toilet pans.
Email: tony@theredmans.co.uk
Tel no. 07860868828
Jill Walker
PTO Priest
Jill has lived most of her life in Ixworth before moving to neighbouring Walsham Le Willows. She takes Evensong at Ixworth Thorpe.
Email: jill.walker@me.com
Tel no: 07734 008968
Sally Fogden
PTO Priest
Sally was one of the first women to be ordained as a priest. She has a passion for rural ministry, becoming the Agricultural Chaplain for the Diocese. She helped to set up the award-winning Rural Coffee Caravan which travels around Suffolk bringing people together.
She lives in Sapiston.
Email: sallyfogden@btinternet.com
Tel no. 01359 268923 or 07860 101980
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Sue Nutt
PTO Priest
Sue was a Reader for 10 years before joining the local training scheme run by the Diocesan Ministry Course in 1996. She was priested in 2000 to serve the people of the Blackbourne Team and particularly in Barnham where she lives.
Email: suenutt@hotmail.co.uk
Tel No. 01842 890409
Dinkie Williamson
Lay Elder
Kelly Petch
Children and Families Minister
Dinkie is a Lay Elder and lives in Bardwell. She is Churchwarden of Bardwell Church and Foundation Governor at Bardwell Primary School. Dinkie leads services in Bardwell and Bardwell Messy Church.
Kelly is a Lay Elder and Children and Families Minister. She leads Ixworth Messy Church as well as other services.
She is our Team Safeguarding Officer.
Neil Weedon
Lay Elder
Neil is a Lay Elder and Churchwarden of Ixworth. He mainly leads services in Ixworth.
Paula Riley
Lay Elder
Paula is a Lay Elder and leads services in Ingham, Ampton and Livermere parish, and in Troston.