The Gap UC

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Council Teams

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Notices

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Ministry Team and Church Council

Church Council

The Church Council provides a leadership role for the congregation as well as operating as a kind of ‘board of management’ for the church and is made up of up to 16 members (Congregational Representatives and Elders) who are either elected or co-opted by the Council plus the Ministry team.

Elders & Pastoral Carers

The ministry of Elder is one of spiritual oversight, and may also be exercised in pastoral visitation, teaching, encouraging members of the Congregation to share in mission, and assisting the Minister in leadership of worship and administration of the sacraments and other areas in the life of the Congregation. In addition the role of ‘Pastoral Carer’ has been created in order for other members of the congregation to assist the Elders in their spiritual oversight. These carers are selected by the Pastoral Care Group and approved by Church Council.

Youth Worker

Kerry has been involved in the life of The Gap Uniting Church congregation since she and her siblings were baptized here as infants. She has been involved in the church's children's programs for over 5 years, beginning as a Sunday School teacher and progressing through various leadership positions since then.

Kerry's passion lies in working with children and youth, introducing them to Christianity and developing them as Jesus followers. As well as Sunday School, she has been involved in children's holiday programs such as Kids Games, Day Camp and Fun Fari. She has attended several Day Camps as a leader and has been a director since 2009 in both Day Camp and Fun Fari. She has also been a leader at the Kids Club and Youth Group programs for over a year.

Congregational Representatives

The role of Congregation Representative is one of leadership and discernment. Nominated and elected by the congregation, it is the responsibility of these people to decide on matters concerning the current and future direction of The Gap Uniting Church. Each representative brings their own personal experience and view to the Church Council to provide a broad scope of knowledge and ideas on all matters dealt with.

Minister

John is married to Katherine and they have three daughters Jessica, Tahlia and Ella. The entire family enjoy keeping fit and Kath and the girls are also budding musicians.

Following a life spent growing up on a mixed cropping farm on the Darling Downs John studied Agricultural Economics at UNE in Armidale and commenced work in rural banking with the NAB and also Suncorp. In mid 2002 John resigned from his role as a Rural Business Banking Manger and completed a Bachelor of Theology and the Uniting Church’s candidating program to be ordained as a Minister of the Word.

Families and Community Worker

Richard has been involved with The Gap Uniting Church since July of 2007 and has been employed as the Families, Youth and Community Worker since December 2007. Richard has previously been involved with youth ministry for over 16 years in a variety of contexts.

Besides congregational youth programs, Rich made links with Juvenile and Correctional Services, ministry in remote indigenous communities in Cape York, and ministry with youth at risk in a suburban context where he spent 10 years in Ipswich region developing schools and education support beyond chaplaincy.