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.
Iris Barber + Linda Fenwick · Churchwardens
Before their election as the churchwardens of St James’s in 2019, Iris and Linda have served the parish in a number of capacities—Iris lastly as parish treasurer and Linda as co-ordinator of St James’s social events ministry. Out of their initiative they founded and have been running together the parish's popular weekly Over 50s Fellowship Club, which has been going strong since 2017. Iris and Linda have also also instrumental in establishing Family Fun Days in church over the school holidays. Linda and Iris have long been passionate advocates for the mission of St James’s in our local community. The parish has reaped the benefits of Iris’s baking and plant propagating, not to mention Linda’s talent for creative activities and fundraising events.
Stephen Tomaszewski · Parish Administrator
Born 1996, appointed 2017. Stephen came to London as a university student, earning a BA in history at University College London with a specialism in church history, while working in two Camden parishes, then serving as a chaplaincy assistant at King’s College London. Stephen has also helped to establish a Polish-speaking Anglican community in Watford. Stephen was awarded an MPhil in Anglican studies from the University of Cambridge, and also serves as Chapel Clerk at Lincoln’s Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in central London. Stephen has a passion for running, and is the chair of the Enfield Harriers, and also enjoys in equal measure the company of cats and cups of tea.
Our church council (PCC)
Abiola Akinkugbe
Bayode Akinkugbe · Enfield Deanery Synod
Melloney Deacon-Powell
Verna Drysdale
Carol Harvey
Marian Jacobs · Enfield Deanery Synod
Ogo Uduchukwu
Derek Woodward · Vice-chair and 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
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