Clergy
The Revd John Pearson-Hicks was licensed as Priest in Charge on 28th October 2015, having previously been commissioned by the Bishop of London on St Barnabas Day 2015 as Chaplain. He became our stipendiary priest on 1st September 2017.
Fr John was ordained deacon in 2005 and priest in 2006. He served his curacy at The Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair as a non-stipendiary minister under Fr Simon Hobbs and then Fr Mark Oakley. From there he moved to St Stephen with St John, Westminster where he served from 2009-2015 under the Revd Philip Welsh and then the Revd Graham Buckle. Prior to becoming a stipendiary (paid) minister Fr John was a primary school teacher. He started his teaching career at St Matthew's CE Primary School, Old Pye Street. He then spent some time in Hackney as a Deputy Headteacher and then in 1999 became the Headteacher of St Barnabas CE Primary School (next door to church!). From here he went on to spend ten years as the Headteacher of Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CE Primary School (behind St Stephen's Rochester Row). In 2013 John spent a term and half covering St Stephen's and then took on an interim headship in Islington until he became stipendiary (80% of the week) at St Barnabas. The other part of his working week is as a School Data Protection Officer for Grow Education Ltd, the trading arm of the London Diocesan Board for Schools which John has spent 30 years working in. John grew up in Cornwall (St Ives), attended Truro School (a Methodist Boarding School) and then went to college at Crewe and Alsager to study art. From here is completed his PGCE in King Alfred's, Winchester. Along the way he has also picked up a Diploma in Maths Education, a Masters in Theology and Education from Kings College London and a Diploma in Theology prior to ordination (NTMTC). Fr John loves photography, art, gardening, cooking and is an avid reader of crime novels. Contact Details: St Barnabas Church St Barnabas Street London SW1W 8PF 07540 062413 john.pearson-hicks@london.anglican.org |
ChurchWardens
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S Leamy
Church Warden |
J Hopkins
Church Warden |
Music |
Administrator |
D. Aprahamian Liddle
Director of Music and Organist |
D. Pearson-Hicks
provides Administration Services to the parish and his usual working hours in church fall on Wednesdays and Thursdays. He is contactable by email/phone at other times. |