Meet the Team

Revd Sarah Mounoury, Minister

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I'm Sarah and I joined St Thomas' in October 2025 from churches in the Sid Valley, East Devon. Before being ordained, I had a myriad of careers, from serving in the Royal Navy, to being an Estate Agent, owning my own Cake Business and working as a Teaching Assistant with children with additional needs. Before being ordained in 2022, I was a childminder in East Devon. I live at home with my French husband and our 3 teenage children and in my free time, I enjoy being outside on my bike or with our exuberant collie, and eating cake!

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The Revd Sarah Cumming

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My name is Sarah Cumming and I joined St Thomas after being Ordained in September 2019. I have lived in Exeter for 21 years, which is the longest I've lived anywhere! I trained as a Primary School Teacher and will continue to teach part-time while working in this parish as an Assistant Priest. In my spare time I enjoy gardening, sewing and knitting, and chatting to friends over a cuppa.

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Mr Philip Baker, Licensed Lay Minister

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My name is Phil, I am a Licensed Lay Minister. I was born in Shorne in Kent, and attended school in Tonbridge. After spending two years in South Africa I started an 18 year career in Agriculture, working for the Potato Marketing Board in Kent and Devon. I was admitted to the Office of Reader and first licensed to Shorne Parish in 1978. I have been licensed to St Thomas since 2002. My interests include sailing, theatre and local government.

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Fr Terry Litherland

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I was one of the first Ordained Local Ministers in the Manchester Diocese in 1993, working as a self-supporting Priest in the Horwich & Rivington United Benefice (4 Parish Churches). My 'day job' was as a Carpenter & Joiner, for almost 50 years. I retired at 65, giving me time to take on other voluntary community roles. Having grown up in that community, it was an immense privilege to minister to families I had known all my life. Moving to Exeter to be near to family, it is now a great privilege to be Honorary Priest at St Thomas. My wife and I enjoy exploring this wonderful corner of England and, if it rains, I have always got plenty to read, crosswords to solve and Classic FM to 'lose myself' in.

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