Frances Shoesmith

Frances Shoesmith tells Karen Carter about adapting to changing contexts in a pioneering role.

As team vicar of Walthamstow, Frances has pioneer responsibility for a church based at a market stall. After serving her curacy in a rural market town, Frances went on to work in the deprived urban area of Bootle, Merseyside. There she helped to establish a fresh expression called Chill Out which is now being led by indigenous lay leadership.

At the beginning of 2011, she moved to Walthamstow and St Luke's in the High Street. St Luke's doesn't have a church building but runs a café stall at the Sunday morning farmers' market in the high street.