Clergy & Team | The Guild Church of St Katharine Cree

Meet the Team

Our team works alongside a growing number of volunteers and leaders from the community to lead the development of the church and community.

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Priest-in-Charge and Centre Director

Rev'd Josh Harris

Josh leads the church and team, and oversees our ministry and community activities and partnership development. Through the Joseph Centre, Josh leads our public and civic engagement as the City of London's Guild Church for Workers. Before leading the renewal of SKC, Josh led church and community projects in East London and was a political adviser, speechwriter, and sometime civil servant.

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Operations Director

Appointed

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Mission and Outreach Coordinator

Kitty Montero Junca

Kitty leads the development of our Spanish-speaking community activities and worship, and coordinates our outreach work including our English classes and our involvement in community organising with London Citizens. Prior to joining the team, Kitty was living and working in Colombia and has a background in both leading church ministry and teaching English.

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Administrator

Crystal Green

Crystal manages our church administration and events and is the contact for enquiries about use of the church, hall or garden, or about special services and events here. Prior to joining SKC, Crystal worked as a senior administrator of a school in Hackney.

Lead English Teacher

Nurjahan Julie Begum

Julie works for English for Action and leads the teaching in our beginner English classes. Born and brought up not far from SKC in Tower Hamlets, Julie has worked on various projects with migrants and asylum seekers, as well as with heritage projects and in adult social care.

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Non Stipendiary Assistant Priest

Rev'd Alanna Harris

Alanna has been supporting the development of our workplace chaplaincy. She has worked as a hospital chaplain and in local church ministry, and as a consultant and coach for churches and charities on leadership development and spirituality and mission. Alanna works full-time as the Lead Chaplain for the Canary Wharf Multifaith Chaplaincy.

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Church Warden and Ministry Team

Michael Page

Michael is one of our Churchwardens and is a core volunteer member of our ministry team, often found in the kitchens preparing food for our community events or helping lead our weekday prayers. Michael's career as a shipbroker meant he worked around SKC for many years, and he lives near to the church.

Community Organiser

Chelsea Marie Joseph

Chelsea is a community organiser with Citizens UK, the UK's most diverse and most effective people-powered alliance of civic institutions. As well as supporting the Living Wage Campaign across London and working as Borough Organiser for Newham, Chelsea works alongside us and our other partners (including trade unions, churches and public bodies) to develop grassroots leaders among low paid workers in the City of London and to support the development of the community.

Cleaner

Alessandra Stecca

Alessandra works for the leading ethical cleaning company Clean for Good and keeps our beautiful church clean for our activities and community groups.

Trustees

St Katharine Cree is a Guild Church governed by the City of London (Guild Churches) Acts 1952 and 1960, which means its governance is similar to - but in certain specific and significant ways different from - parish churches. There is an elected Guild Church Council who also serve as Trustees for the Charity Commission which includes the Priest-in-Charge, the Churchwarden, and elected members. If you are interested in joining the Electoral Roll of the church please contact the Priest in Charge.

Guild Church Council Members 2024-5

The Revd Josh Harris (Chair)

Michael Page (Churchwarden and Vice-Chair)

Dr Rachael Burke (Churchwarden and Treasurer)

Allan Ramanoop

Parish Clerk

St Katharine Cree is also able to appoint a Guild Church, or Parish, Clerk. This ancient office is an honorary role, though our current Clerk plays a valuable role alongside our Churchwarden with preserving the history, fabric and treasures of the Church. Parish Clerks across the City and in certain other churches may belong to the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks.

Our Clerk is Martin Woods, a long-standing Clerk and friend of this church, a Churchwarden elsewhere in the City, and a past president of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks.