Crescent Church - Welcome

Student Support Team

Here at Crescent, we try to support and encourage our students throughout their lives at university. The team is based at the Crescent Church Office, and there are three members on the team. You can get in touch with any of them by emailing students@crescentchurch.org

Jim Crookes - University Chaplain at QUB

Jim Crookes

Jim Crookes is one of the University Chaplains at Queen’s.

Jim serves as an elder and Bible teacher at Crescent Church.

He is a former Director of Software Engineering at BT Group.

Valerie Wilson

Valerie Wilson

Valerie is married to John and has 5 children, three boys and two girls (David, Jack, Andrew, Sophie and Kerry).

The three boys have all attended Queens University, and Sophie hopes to study there in the autumn, so Valerie has plenty of experience with Queens! Valerie provides administration support to the chaplain.

 David Wilson

David Wilson

David is the full time Church Worker at Crescent. Part of his job is delivering assemblies and SU lessons to local schools and youth groups. Dave is married to Sharon, enjoys challenging himself to breaking point, and is reigning champion on the XBox360*.

(*In the Carryduff area)