Programme Leaders
Each year we draw upon talented individuals within our community and beyond. They bring their thoughts, methods and spiritual insights to enrich our community.
Richard Bober
Richard leads The Meditational Fellowship. He is a member of Golders Green Unitarians and is a friend of Rosslyn Hill Unitarians. He is a member and teacher at the Buddhist Society London.
Eleanor Chiari
Eleanor is the lay pastor at Sevenoaks Unitarians. She has been leading Unitarian services in London and the South East since 2016. She has also led engagement groups, workshops, and a theme talk at Hucklow Summer School. She is a regular workshop leader at FUSE. She also teaches in the school of European Cultures and Society at University College London, where she is the Programme Director for the BA in Language and Culture.
Kate Dean
Kate has an MA in Abrahamic Religions and past careers in nonprofits and the creative industries. Prior to being called to serve Rosslyn Hill Chapel, she worked with the Unitarian social action centre Simple Gifts in Bethnal Green and Lewisham Unitarians.
Becky Edwards
Becky has worked with children and parents in early-years settings and as a Portage worker in their homes. She spent 6 years developing and managing a children’s centre and believes passionately in the importance of multi-disciplinary working. She has taught in nurseries in America and Germany and is an award-winning children’s author. She is the safeguarding Trustee for Homestart in Chichester and governor for a local nursery school. She is also part of an innovative project to support people out of homelessness and into higher education.
Sheena Gabriel
After a 12-year ministry with Godalming Unitarians, Sheena remains active as a worship leader, tutor for Unitarian College, and spiritual director. She also co-ordinates online services for the Unitarian Christian Association, and co-facilitates ‘Together in Meditation’ sessions online. Sheena previously worked in further/ special education, and as a group facilitator and counsellor within the NHS.
Jen Hazel
Long-time Unitarian, professional flautist, singer, composer and conductor, singing lecturer as well as stage and cabaret performer, Jen is open to collaborative musical and creative projects of all sorts, including contemporary dance, physical theatre, folk, jazz, classical and musical theatre. She is the Music Director of our New Unity Congregation.
Lizzie Kingston-Harrison
Lizzie will lead our worship on Saturday evening. She is a GA staff member working as the Congregational Connections lead. Lizzie loves building authentic and meaningful connections with people and creating spaces where ideas can be shared freely and creatively. She cares deeply about Unitarian principles and left her career in teaching to contribute to this loving and vibrant community. Her role is to find new ways to connect our congregations so that we can share resources, serve our communities, and inspire each other.
Kasia Marzec
Kasia transitioned from a high-pressure business career to embracing the transformative powers of yoga. What followed was an extraordinary path of discovery, leading to mystical experiences and deep connections with universal truths. It has been a journey that illuminated her path to wellness and spiritual fulfillment. Kasia offers gong baths, sound healing, shamanic energy healing, healing circles, and retreats in North London.
CJ McGregor
CJ McGregor is the District Minister for the LDPA and was formerly Minister of New Unity congregation in north London. He hails from the United States where he served as a Unitarian Universalist minister to congregations in Florida, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He was a professor of Ministerial Formation at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. CJ describes himself as a spiritual humanist, with a worldview that reveres all spiritual traditions.
Rob Oulton
Rob is a retired GP and a member of Godalming Unitarians. He is an active member of Unitarians for Climate Justice group, and a trustee of ‘What Next’ – a climate emergency centre in Godalming. He also co-facilitates ‘Together in Meditation’ online.
Sue Sinnamon
Sue will lead our welcoming worship on Friday evening. Sue has 38 years of experience and learning in Spiritual Direction. Sue is a member and President of our Oxford congregation and Chair of the LDPA Council.
Julio Torres
Julio serves Lewisham Unitarians as its Minister. His passion for ministry is centered on the Poor People's Campaign, both the 1967-68 led by Martin Luther King, and its recent incarnation, which launched in 2018. The basis of this is that the Beloved Community can exist once an intersectional approach is taken to social justice, which links poverty, militarism, and discrimination (racism and sexism, to name a few). Then humanity can live with abundance, peace and equality.
Alison Webster
Alison is a practical theologian committed to social justice and an open, questioning and politically engaged spirituality. She has worked for more than 30 years in Christian contexts of social justice and mission, and has written widely on issues of identity. She was theologian in residence for Citizens UK for four years, and is now involved in locally-based community organising.
Please note the programme may be subject to change.