Who's Who?

Ordained Staff

Rupert Mackay

is married to Hillary, a local teacher at Queenswood School and they have four children, Victoria, Jamie, Nick and Lexi. He has been involved in Christian service for over 30 years and was ordained into the church of England in 2000. He has served within two churches in the city of London and Cheshire along with working within Lymington camps in the 1990’s.

Jill Northam

was ordained Deacon in the Church of England in 1989 but has been a member of St Paul’s for much longer than that. Jill has lived in Hadley Wood for over 40 years and raised her family here. Jill left teaching to study theology at Oak Hill College in Southgate and since then has worked as Assistant Minister here.

Kirsty Birkett

has been a member of the church family while she has been a lecture at Oak Hill theological college and we are excited that she has come to join the staff team on a part time basis also working for Latimer Trust. Kirsty has worked for the Universities of New South Wales and Sydney as a tutor in history and philosophy of science, and has taught at Moore Theological College. Her many publications cover the whole area of relationships between science and religion. She has also written on psychology, feminism and the family for both a popular and academic audience.

Wardens

Martin Politzer

was elected Church Warden in 2009 and combines these responsibilities with leading the Sunday School team with his wife Kim who works in Fund Management. He works as a Business Analyst. They live in Barnet and have two grown-up daughters Eleanor and Hannah.

Tania Hawkins

was elected as Church Warden in 2015. Tania was a Nursery Manager of Grange Park Girls Prep School Nursery and is married to David who is our treasurer. They live in Hadley Wood and have two children, Claudia and George.