Meet the people at St Paul's
Ministry
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Steve JeffreySenior MinisterSteve grew up in country NSW and became a Christian at 23. After 3 years at Moore College, he spent the next 10 years as Assistant Minister at Norwest Anglican Church. In April 2009 he commenced as Senior Minister of St Paul’s. Steve has a deep commitment to ministry to the next generation, and so since 2004 he has also worn the hat of National Director of Youthsurge. Steve's passion is to treasure Jesus. His greatest earthly treasure is his wife Natalie, followed by his other little treasures Isabelle and Phoebe. He loves to spend time with them at parks, the beach and the zoo. |
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Brian TungChinese MinisterBrian is married to Jen. They have three daughters Bethany, Zoë and Amalee. He has been ministering in Chatswood since 2005 and joined the staff of St Paul's in 2010. Prior to that he ministered at Riverwood-Punchbowl, Parramatta, Hornsby, Strathfield in a variety of churches and capacities. |
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Chris JonesSenior Assistant MinisterChris is married to Kerry. They have five children (three at home and one married) aged from twenty five to fifteen. He grew up at Collaroy Plateau on the Northern Beaches and still loves the surf and fishing. He came to Christ in 1977 while studying Civil Engineering. He worked for a firm of consulting engineers for four years before studying and training for ministry at Moore Theological College. |
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Debbie GouldAssistant MinisterDeb is married with 2 adult sons and a new daughter in law. She has always been involved in ministry from the day she met Jesus and has a heart for the lost to also know Jesus. When taking time out for self Deb enjoys walking, coffees with friends, movies, beach, family time and did we mention coffee with friends. You will generally find Deb at the office on Mondays to Thursdays otherwise she may well be having a coffee with a friend. |
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Sam LowNext Gen MinisterWhen he was 14 someone explained to Sam that Jesus died for him in spite of who he was. That was good enough for him and ever since then Sam has wanted to serve God by telling other people about Jesus. Sam is married to Sally and they had the privilege of studying at Moore College together. They love serving together at Chatswood and are really pumped with the potential to see God glorified in and through St Paul's. |
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Tallis TienAssistant Minister (Chinese Congregation)Hung-En (Tallis) Tien was born in Taipei, Taiwan and was raised in a family with Christian tradition for five generations, which is very rare among Chinese community. Tallis is married to Jui-Mei (Jennifer) Chung. They have 2 children, Claire and Samuel, aged 10 and 8 years old respectively. |
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Nick FreestoneMusic DirectorNick is a country-bred musician and is married to Sam. He is a proud Chatswoodgien and is committed to serving the local area of Willoughby. Nick has a Masters degree in music and works part time producing, song-writing and composing. Nick works part time at St Paul’s leading the Friday Night Live church for high school aged kids and coordinates music across St Paul’s Sunday services. Nick works in the office on Tuesdays. |
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Ken WongAssistant Cantonese PastorKen is married to Winnie. They have two sons, Jonathan and Jeremy, aged 17 and 14 respectively. Ken's family migrated to Sydney from Hong Kong in 2002. After graduated from Morling College in 2007 with the Master degree of Divinity, Ken started his church ministry in a local Chinese Church. |
Ministry Support
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David LawrenceGeneral ManagerOriginally from North Queensland, David moved to Sydney in his early teens and trained as an Electrical Engineer. He became a Christian gradually in his late teens and has been heavily involved in parish life every since. For the last 7 years he has been working at St Andrew's Cathedral School, first as Registrar and then as Director of Development. |
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Karen SmithExecutive AssistantIs married to James and they have a daughter Keziah. Karen went to church as a child, but didn’t make a commitment to follow Jesus until she was seventeen. Firm foundations for her journey of faith were laid whilst she was at University. Originally from the UK they moved to Sydney in February 2009. They came for an adventure and are having a ball! Karen's husband is currently attending Moore College to complete a bachelor of theology. Karen is joining him in his studies by taking the PTC course. She is delighted to have been offered a place on staff and looks forward to getting to know you. |
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Sally LowOffice AdministratorSally is married to Sam and has lived in Sydney her whole life. She became a Christian when she was 15 and has loved being involved in her local church ever since. Sally has recently moved to Chatswood after her three year stay in Newtown where she studied a Bachelor of Theology at Moore College with her husband. Sally works in the office Mondays - Fridays. |
Ministry Interns/Trainees
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Josh ShortInternJosh is the new youth intern at St Paul’s. He has lived in Vancouver, Canada, for most of my life. With parents in fulltime ministry, Josh have always attended church, but he came to trust Jesus himself in the last few years at youth group. Naturally, Josh thinks Christian youth groups are so important. He is very excited to be at St Paul's and to take his part in equipping the next generation. Josh will be studying at Youthworks College and working 3 days a week at St Paul’s. He hopes to serve in youth ministry back in Canada one day. |
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Tashi NicholasInternBesides doing the internship with St Paul’s Tashi studies at Sydney University doing a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in ceramics. She comes from a non-Christian family, but became a Christian when she was seventeen years old. Tashi heard the parable of the sower in a religious education class, and ask a friend who attends St Paul’s if she could go to youth group with her. She became a Christian shortly after that. Tashi is really excited for this year, and hopes to meet as many people as possible. |
