St. Thomas Crookes has several worship leaders, who regularly lead at various gatherings. We are always keen to invest in others. If you feel called to be involved in worship leading, contact nick.law@stthomascrookes.org.
Becca Staniforth
Becca has been born and bred in Sheffield, and joined the St Thomas staff team as the Worship Director in 2007. She is married to Adam and before working at church, worked as a Geography teacher in a local school.
Becca started leading worship when she was 16 at her local church, and since then has played at Spring Harvest and New Wine. Most recently in summer 2008, she lead worship at New Wine North.
As the Worship Director she oversees the worship life of the church, leading at Sunday gatherings, raising up other leaders and encouraging worship throughout the community. She plays the piano and loves to sing – as many will testify, she is rarely silent!
She has a passion to see people encounter God and be changed by Him in worship, so that worship becomes a lifestyle rather than just a song.
Nick Law
Born and based in Sheffield, Nick is the worship coordinator for St Thomas Crookes.
As Worship coordinator , Nick’s role at St Thomas Crookes involves raising worship leaders and developing the worship life and music ministry of the church. He is currently exploring ways of introducing new songs, investing in emerging songwriters and developing worship leaders.
Nick’s passion is to write congregational worship songs that challenge musical boundaries, convey theological truth and connect with people’s hearts and lives. He endeavors to bring fresh expressions to eternal truths, in a way that will encourage and equip others in their walk with our amazing God.
A keen music producer, Nick has written and recorded two records, Heart On Fire and Christus Victor, both available from http://nicklaw.bandcamp.com.
Nick is married to Claire, and is the father of Esther Francis Law.
Johnny Cassidy
Johnny was born and raised in an small fishing village, nestled in the mountains of Mourne in Northern Ireland.
He started by playing mostly hymns on the flute in his local church band; an experience which gave him a respect and reverence for hymn music. Over the years, Johnny became a passionate supporter of modern worship music through amazing worship leaders such as Robin Mark, Matt Redman and the Summer Madness worship team.
After Teddy Saunders, a man from his home church, prophetically bought him a guitar to learn and lead worship on, Johnny began worship leading.
Coming to Sheffield to study Biochemistry and Genetics at Sheffield University, Johnny was welcomed into the St Thomas Crookes family. After finishing his degree, Johnny spent a gap year on FORM, where God shaped his character and introduced him to his now wife, Liz.
Johnny loves leading worship at St Toms, and sees it as a huge privilege to lead such an amazing church full of passionate worshippers. He is deeply committed about seeing the name of Jesus lifted higher in our gatherings and being involved in worship that pleases the heart of God in Heaven.
Josh Gauton
All the way from Canterbury, Josh Gauton is a student at St Thomas Crookes and is currently studying architecture at Sheffield University. As the newest edition to the worship leading team, Josh primarily leads worship at the evening gathering and often leads at various events, such as School of Theology. Josh is a keen songwriter and released a digital download of ‘You Never Fail’ which you can download by clicking here.