Leadership

Stephen has been at LPUC for four years.  Before full-time ministry he worked in music, library and industrial relations information.  Stephen has been ordained for 16 years, having ministered in Galston and Port Macquarie before Lugarno.  He has been a chaplain with the NSW Rural Fire Service for this time and currently chaplain to the Sutherland Shire.  His special interest in ministry is in Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy, and he is the Synod Disaster Recovery Coordinator and Senior Chaplain/Coordinator of the newly formed NSW Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy Network.  Stephen likes the idea of fishing, riding his motorbike on long windy roads and listening to good music.  His  family includes his wife Jenny, his daughter Claire, and son Sam who is married to Alison. Contact Stephen This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

James joined Lugarno Peakhurst Uniting in 2007.  Before that he had a career in banking before moving into ministry as Regional Director of Lifewords, a specialist Bible Agency.  He now divides his time between developing community links to the Church, lecturing Banking at a number of universities and leading community development work in Indonesia.  He continues to study theology at Charles Sturt University.  In his spare time (?) he loves gardening, reading and listening to music.  He is married to Karen and has two sons. To avoid confusion on the Ministry James is call Om James or Uncle James. Contact James This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

James has been associated to LPUC since 1991 when he started attending the Kids Club. In 1996 he started attending youth group full time and has been at the church ever since. In 2000 he became a part of the youth group leadership team and in 2008 studied youth work at TAFE and took up part-time employment with LPUC as the youth pastor. In 2009 he started his Bachelor of Theology at United Theological College. James' runs our youth group 'Jchurch' and is also involved with our SNC service, JT's and is an elected member of church council.
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Fiona prefers to be called Fi. Fi likes Disney Movies, Pez dispenses, Soccer, Art and the colour orange. She is almost finished her Diploma of Theology (Specialised in Children's Ministry) at Anglican Youthworks. She works casually doing admin work to support her ministry work. Fi is employed part time as the Ministry Support Worker - Children's at Lugarno-Peakhurst Uniting Church. She co-ordinates the afterschool Kids Program, and in 2010 looks to extend her ministry work into Primary School Scripture. Fi loves spending time with kids and telling them about Jesus, and has a passion for seeing the family at Lugarno-Peakhurst Uniting Church grow. Contact Fiona  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it