The Rev Simon Gates has been Vicar since 1996, coming previously from St Andrews, Hong Kong, where he met his wife Helen. Together they have three children: Charis, Anna and Samuel. Simon loves cooking, and can often be found in the kitchen cooking for groups at church, as well as gardening.

His favourite passage in the Bible is Revelation 21 and 22 where the new City of God is described in all its colour and variety, and he longs to see something of the touch of the new city here in London.

Simon and his son Samuel are shown preparing to demolish the old Weir Hall, to make way for the new Weir Link building.