Who’s who at St James’s
REVD Ian Gallagher · Vicar
Born 1971, ordained 2008. Hails from a large Irish family in North America, including an identical twin brother. Ian has a BMus from the Oberlin Conservatory and an MA from Duke University in singing and historical performance practice; he was a lecturer in music history at Duke before emigrating to Germany in 1997 and then worked internationally as a professional musician and stage performer. Ian became an Anglican at St George’s Berlin, where he later served as a lay pastoral assistant. Prior to his arrival in 2014 as the eleventh vicar of St James’s, Ian served as interim rector in Frankfurt am Main and as team curate in Liverpool. He has held the office of chair and then vice-chair of the Community and Police Engagement (CAPE) group for Enfield Highway ward. For the Diocese in Europe Ian serves as a formational and placement supervisor for enquirers, postulants and ordinands from the Diocese in Europe. Ian loves languages, music and theatre, travelling, most anything with subtitles, quiz evenings, and making soup.
REVD Henderson George · Associate Vicar
Born 1944, ordained 2007. Born and raised in Trinidad to Grenadian parents, Henderson came to Britain in 1967 and served both in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. As a schoolteacher he spent his career in East London and North London, including as a headteacher in Hackney and Bethnal Green, and lastly as Deputy Head at a primary school in Tottenham. Before coming to St James’s in 2012, he was a curate in Hackney and before ordination a Lay Reader in Poplar. At St James’s Henderson has a particular brief for pastoral work, and from 2016 to 2021 served as Assistant Area Director of Ordinands. Married with two children and two grandchildren, Henderson also confesses to being a supporter of Liverpool FC and West Indies cricket.
Keith Harvey LLM · Licensed Lay Minister
Born 1959, licensed 2019. Born in Ponders End and has lived all his life in Enfield. He has been a part of St James’s since 1966 when he joined the cubs of the 1st Enfield Scout Group and is still a scout leader in Enfield. Keith served for many years as a Junior Church leader at St James’s. His career has mainly been spent working for local government in the Highways Department. Keith has a wide range of musical tastes (from punk to Puccini!), is a member of a local darts team, and an avid Arsenal FC supporter. Keith is the younger of two sons to his parents who also attend St James’s, and his elder brother is also a Licensed Lay Minister, serving in Hoddesdon, Herts. Keith married in 2015.
Mouse Caffell + Richard Griffiths · Churchwardens
Mouse also serves as the Lay Chair of St James's Church Council (PCC), the audiovisual maestro and webmaster. Moreover, he has been instrumental in the establishment of the Wednesday evening music worship session 'A Joyful Noise' as well as the recent revival of the Youth Group. Mouse works in social care, and in the community, serves also as the chair of trustees for the Enfield Highway Community Association. He is an avid baseball fan.
Richard also serves as our parish health & safety officer. He worked in the senior civil service for the Department of Health, and brings to the post of churchwarden experience of capital fundraising, not to mention he writes a good risk assessment! Richard is a keen devotee of the opera.
Carole Harvey · Parish Administrator
Carole has been a member of St James's for most (if not all) of her life, and also serves as the leader our parish's flower team, not to mention serves regionally as the Chair of the London branch of the Church of England Flower Arrangers Association (CEFAA).
Our church council (PCC)
Abiola Akinkugbe
Bayode Akinkugbe · Enfield Deanery Synod
Melloney Deacon-Powell
Sarah Field
Marian Jacobs · Enfield Deanery Synod
Shirley Robertson
Gwen Tucker
Gordon Tweddle
Ogo Uduchukwu
Derek Woodward · Treasurer
Other parish officers and postholders
Dorah Sabiiti · Church Safeguarding Officer and Sacristan
Abiola Akinkugbe · Deputy Safeguarding Officer
Paula Nicholas · Children’s Champion
Richard Griffiths · Health and Safety Officer
Gordon Tweddle · Deputy Health & Safety Officer
Adrienne Greenaway · Data Protection
and Electoral Roll Officer
Mouse Caffell · Audiovisual Maestro and Webmaster
Corrine Lewis · Junior Church Co-ordinator
Carole Harvey · Flower Team Leader
Derek Woodward · St Barnabas Hall Manager
Carol Harvey · Stewardship Officer