Senior Minister
Phil has been the senior minister at Christ Church since May 2003. Phil, Jill and the family moved from the Eastern Suburbs and have have greatly appreciated the warmth and support of so many in helping them settle in quickly.
Phil has responsibility for the overall ministry at Christ Church and for leading the staff team. Phil works with a team of leaders to pastor and organise the 9 am congregation and associated ministries. Phil has wider ministry interests with the Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) to develop ministry training and leadership in other Churches in the north of Sydney, as well as with Katoomba Convention.
Phil enjoys running, soccer, golf, good coffee and games with his family. Phil works each day at the Church Office and can be contacted easily on Tel: 9817 2631. Please don't hesitate to call or drop in to say hello and raise any matter you wish.
Alistair is the new minister of the 10.30 congregation. He is from England and trained for ministry at Oak Hill Theological College in London. Prior to joining the staff team here at Christ Church, Alistair was serving as the assistant minister at several Anglican churches in Cambridgeshire. Alistair loves all things Australian, especially his wife Sarah. They met when Alistair came to Sydney on an exchange to Moore Theological College in 2004. They have two young children and in the few moments of spare time that are left in the week Alistair likes sitting in cafes reading a good book or heading to the beach for a swim in the sea.
Trained at Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Andrew and his wife Julie have been attending Christ Church for 22 and 15 years respectively. For some years Andrew was on staff in a part-time role, heading up the church's cross-cultural ministry. Andrew and Julie both speak basic Mandarin and have an English as a Second Language teaching background.
Bruce and his family have been inolved at Christ Church for the past 15 years. Prior to coming here he worked as a youth worker at Bexley North and then Rozelle. For the last 11 years he has had the responsibility of heading up children's and family ministries. This involves teaching scripture in schools, after school groups, organising CCs (Sunday School), and working with the parents of our Church. Bruce attends the evening congregation and has great pleasure in working with many people from that congregation in leadership and training. Bruce's great joy here at Gladesville is to see the Bible taught and responded to by all ages. Bruce is married to Jan and they have 4 children, Sarah, Christopher, Zoe and Johanna.
Sarah left her teaching role in a primary school to join Christ Church as a trainee minister in 2007 and is studying at Moore College. Sarah loves teaching children about Jesus.
Ann is professionally trained as an early childhood teacher and has for many years been providing training, coordination and leadership for our creche and preschool ministries. Ann is married to Keith and they have three children, Nick, Sarah, Claire and a dog Max.
Gavin ministers to thte evening church congregation. He is married to Kate.
Morgan is now ministering to the evening church congregation.
Robyn Kapp is our Office Administrator. Robyn's responsibility is the administration of many areas, such as maintaining the Church calendar, newsletters, publishing and printing, Sunday meeting outlines, evangelistic event support, rostering, music, office operations, baptisms, weddings, member database, property management/maintenance and handling phone and drop-in visitor queries. Robyn is a member of the 9am congregation and assists with welcoming and pastoral care.