Mother Jeanny Wang

I grew up in North London as a self-identifying ‘Hampstead Heath-en,’ where the wildness of the Heath first sparked my childhood sense of God. As the daughter of Hong Kong immigrants working long hours in the family restaurant, I was often left to my own devices—fostering an independence and wild imagination that eventually led to a career as an event designer in Singapore. Returning to London, my passions for creativity, storytelling, contemplative spirituality, and theology congealed around Godly Play. Raising three children together with my husband—also a fellow Church of England priest—this path opened the door for me to work as a primary school Godly Play chaplain and, later, national trainer.

My faith has been a broad one. Having come to Christ at 17, I spent decades in low-church traditions before a clear but sudden call to the priesthood eight years ago. Since then, I have been often moved and captured by the reverence, choral beauty, and good liturgy of the higher church tradition; having experienced both, I feel altogether richer for the journey. Now living in Ealing Broadway, I am very happy to be cycling to St Barnabas and ministering alongside a great team.