Who's who
St Barnabas is led through a collaboration between ordained and lay leaders. We are very blessed with a gifted and diverse clergy and congregation who offer their skills to the mission and ministry of the church.
Our Team
Thank you for visiting our website - you are most welcome here and do get in touch to find out more. I am delighted to have joined St Barnabas as Vicar in June 2024, and am getting to know the area and its people. Settling in somewhere new takes more time than we ever imagine! If you and I haven't met yet, please do be in touch with me; I will be pleased to meet you.
I live in Pitshanger, in the vicarage, under the watchful eyes of my two teenagers and our cat Minou.
Felicity Mather
PCC and Pastoral Assistant
I have lived in Ealing for 39 years; for 25 of those years I worked as a local GP.
I then trained as a Pastoral Assistant, a role I have fulfilled for 15 years. I am a member of the Ministry Team and am passionate about pastoral care and the local community.
I was born and brought up in the borough of Ealing, attending Notting Hill & Ealing High School until I was 18. I then did a bi-lingual course at the Institut Francais in London and worked as an interpreter/PA. I married Stephen in 1967 we moved back to Ealing in 1977 with our 2 daughters. I had twin boys in 1980.
I began training for the priesthood in 2001 at STETS, a theological college in Salisbury. After ordination in 2004 I served my curacy at St Mary with St Nicholas in Perivale, London. I remained there as Assistant Priest until taking over as vicar in 2014. I retired in 2017 and am now an Associate Priest here at St Barnabas Church. During this time, I have also worked in Conflict Resolution, Bereavement and Pastoral Care training and also spent 3 years as a prison chaplain.
My husband, Paul, and I have recently moved to the UK from Johannesburg, South Africa. We have three daughters living in and around London and a son in Melbourne. We decided to make the move to be closer to our 5 grandchildren here as they grow up.
For the last 10 years I have been at St Mary’s Junior School for girls in Waverley where I facilitated Divinity lessons across the primary school and supported the school chaplain with confirmation classes and weekly Chapel services for the staff and students. I've always had a twin vocation to minister and teach.
I look forward to being with you at St Barnabas and thank you for your welcoming presence.
Harry Guthrie is a choral conductor, baritone and teacher based in London. In addition to being Director of Music at St Barnabus' Church, Ealing, he founded Continuum in 2018 and directs the group in concerts and recordings in and around London. Harry has been Guest Conductor for the Cambridge University Chamber Choir, the Rodolfus Choir and has directed Ely Cathedral Choir. Harry began a new role as Musical Director of Fulham Camerata in September 2024.
Harry is Head of Academic and Choral Music at Notting Hill and Ealing High School. He has worked previously at Wells Cathedral School, St John's College School, Cambridge, St Catherine's College, Cambridge and Ely Cathedral. Harry enjoys annual work with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and the Rodolfus Foundation.
After growing up in Bedord, Harry read Music at Trinity College, Cambridge where he held a Choral Scholarship under Stephen Layton. Before coming up to Cambridge, he spent a year as the Bass Choir Scholar at Wells Cathedral. Harry has studied conducting with Stephen Layton and Paul Spicer.
Henry Tozer
Music Director Gospel Choir
and Noisy Mass
parish.office.@barnabites.org
I am the leader of the Ealing Gospel Choir. I grew up in deepest Devon playing Chopin and The Beatles, did my music degree at Robinson College, Cambridge, and then flirted briefly with composing music for films in New York City. My passion is sharing the transformational power of music with people. That has led me through various teaching and choir-leading positions (such as Head of Vocals at the Twyford Trust), as well as in various positions on stage. As a pianist, singer and composer I write and record music - songs, piano works and anything that moves my heart.
I practise meditation and Qi Gong to help me ride the waves of life with some level of equilibrium and purpose.
Nick Barnes
Verger
020 8998 4079
parish.office.@barnabites.org
I've lived in Ealing almost all my life and have served St Barnabas parish as Facilities Manager for over 30 years. I'm passionate about working in the local community and ensuring the buildings of the church are well maintained to enable our mission and ministry.
