Meet some people
Staff & Churchwardens
Brian Elfick
Vicar
Brian has been the vicar of Christ Church since April 2022. Before that he led a church in inner-city Liverpool for ten years. He has previously worked for churches in Sydney, New York and Cambridge. He is married to Alice, a barrister, and they have three children: Lucy, Bear and Charlotte. Brian loves sport and has the unusual claim of having captained both universities in a varsity match.
Rich Powell
Associate Vicar
Rich has been at Christ Church since 2017 having spent 8 years serving in churches across the south of the UK. He is responsible for the student and small group ministry at Church. He spent three years training as an illustrator and still has a keen interest in the visual arts.
Andrew Dimond
Churchwarden
Andrew joined Christ Church at the start of 2016 after moving from Cambridge. Andrew is married to Claire with whom he led a bible study group for a number of years before taking on the role of churchwarden. They currently live in Southfields and Andrew is a molecular biology researcher at Imperial College London at the Hammersmith Hospital campus. Amongst other interests Andrew especially enjoys cycling and baking.
Breanna Monaghan
Pastoral Worker,
Overseer of Children’s Work
& Safeguarding Officer
Breanna grew up in Birmingham and on the South coast but has called London home since 2013 when she came to study at Imperial. She’s worked at Christ Church since graduating and is married to Michael who is a doctor at Croydon Hospital.
Roselle Fox
Ministry Support Coordinator
Roselle grew up in Cornwall, and after graduating in textiles from Bath, moved to London where she worked in fashion and interiors before working for Christ Church in 2021. She enjoys spending time with her friends, and a good day at the beach.
Sam Barber
Pastoral Worker & Director of Music
Sam joined Christ Church in September 2020, having previously held roles at St Helen’s Bishopsgate and the Royal Church of St Alfege, Greenwich. When not at Christ Church, Sam enjoys a varied freelance schedule, which among other things has recently taken him to the O2 Arena to play alongside Queen.
Pippa James
Pastoral Worker and Overseer of Small Groups
Pippa has been part of the church family at Christ Church since 2017 and joined the team in 2022, having previously worked for a Christian charity. She studied languages at university and loves singing and baking.
Tristan Bacon
Pastoral Worker for Students
Tristan was one of our Ministry Trainees following three years working in the self-driving vehicle sector. Having grown up in Bristol, he studied Engineering at Durham University from 2014 but spent far more time behind the drum kit or on the squash court!
Tom Haley
Ministry Trainee
Tom joined Christ Church as a Ministry Trainee after four years studying at New College, Oxford. When not working at Christ Church, he enjoys arguing about philosophy, going running and visiting nuclear power stations.
PCC Members
Georgy Armitage
PCC Secretary
Matthew Baugh
PCC Member
Claire Dimond
Secretary of Buildings & Fabric Committee
Felipe Gana
PCC Member
Richard Heffner
PCC Member
Winnie Ip
PCC Member
Irene Lu
PCC Member
Gregor McKinley
PCC Member
Amelia Ravalde
PCC Member
Imogen Sprackling
Treasurer
Hannah Thoppuram
PCC Member
