Leadership Team
Check out some profiles of the key people in our church community and some information that you might be looking for in a church leadership team.
Pastors
- Senior Pastor - Larry Galbraith
Larry Galbraith - Senior Pastor
I am married to my high school sweetheart - Shelley, and we have three grown up children. I discovered God while at high school. I love the God given creativity expressed in music, art and architecture. I am privileged to lead such a wonderful faith community. I really enjoy chilling out at the beach and playing and performing with other musos.
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02 9876 3370- Youth Pastor - Steve Hodgson
Steve Hodgson - Youth Pastor
Hey there. God placed on my heart a passion to work in ministry with young people and young leaders since I was a teenager. There is nothing greater then to see God moving in a young persons life as they discover who they are in Jesus. When I'm not at Epping, I love hanging out with my wife Merridy, as much as I can. I enjoy any sport - but grew up addicted to basketball and AFL. I enjoy surfing, spearfishing, finding new places, coffee and people.
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02 9876 3370- Children's Pastor - Tim Walter
Tim Walter - Children & Family Pastor
Hi I'm Tim, after God my passions are my family, then I am very excited by Cars, Music, and Computers! I enjoy spending time with others and usually find myself surrounded by children. When I am not at work I am spending time with my family, Playing Guitar, or washing my car are usual weekend priorities but you will often find me on the computer if I am not outside.
Office Phone:
02 9876 3370
Elders
Les Gainer, David Prees, Grant Mitchell, Mark Langford, Guy CollishawMinistry Leaders
- Prayer - Steven McElveney
Steven McElveney - Prayer
One of the major aims of our church is to be committed to both personal & corporate prayer. This aim is very much based on God's commands throughout His Word. In fact God's command to pray is mentioned more than any other command in the Bible. All are encouraged to support His work & His people through prayer. There is a 6.00am to 7.30am prayer time each Thursday; as well as a monthly one hour local Combined Churches' Prayer Worship on the 1st Saturday of each month starting at 9.00am, all are welcome to join with us on these times.
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02 9876 3370- Missions - Lois Elsmore
Lois Elsmore - Missions
I am the Missions Co-Ordinator of a team helping to bring awareness to all aspects of Missions and the role that we as a church can play in achieving this.
This involves our local community as well as overseas missions.
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02 9876 3370- Music & Worship - Nathan McElveney
Nathan McElveney - Music & Worship
I grew up in this church and so did my wife, Amy. We love being a part of this community. I also love sport and music, so I really value being a part of the music team here. At Epping, we believe that our whole lives are meant to be given to God in worship, and one way we can reflect this is by coming together each week and worshipping through prayer, communion, hearing and responding to God's Word, singing, giving and serving. We'd love to have you join us one Sunday.
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02 9876 3370- Community - Kathy Edwards
Kathy Edwards - Community
I enjoy coordinating the many and varied social and community activities within our church across all ministry areas. Many of these aid in fundraising for various ventures, others are purely social and lots of fun.
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02 9876 3370- Youth - Steve Hodgson
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Steve Hodgson - Youth
We have a passionate team of leaders who are sold out to seeing young people engage in a journey of discipleship - seriously following Jesus in everything they are and do. We believe that the gospel is passed on through relationships and the ins and outs of life, so we seek to shape youth ministry around a close knit community of acceptance, openness and love that constantly seeks to align itself with the life of Jesus. We want young people to experience unconditional love regardless of where they are at in life, faith or their journey.
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02 9876 3370 - Children & Family - Tim Walter
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Tim Walter - Children & Family
Our community here values families and children very highly, with a very large children's and family team with a huge variety of ministries. This is reflected by the many programs that we run. Our goal is to enable children to 'experience' the living God. We wish to partner with parents ensuring that they are equipped to disciple there children at home, and we want those who come into our church to leave having felt loved, cared for, and closer to God in one way or another.
Office Phone:
02 9876 3370
Administration
- Finance - Max Hopkins
Max Hopkins - Finance
I manage our church finances including receiving monies, paying staff & suppliers, and managing our bank accounts. Accounting reports are completed each month and compared to our annual budget.
Office Phone:
02 9876 3370- Office - Kathy Edwards
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Kathy Edwards - Office
My family has been part of this church for many years, our children have grown up here and I have worked in office administration for 19 of those years. I thoroughly enjoy the contact with people from within our fellowship and also with those from the wider community.
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02 9876 3370 - Office - Wendy Collishaw
Wendy Collishaw - Office
My family and I joined the church community soon after moving from the UK in 2008. We instantly felt welcome and have enjoyed getting to know our church community and being involved. I'm married to Guy and we have two children who also attend. I love living in Sydney and we visit the beach anytime we can!
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02 9876 3370- Church Secretary - David Kelly
David Kelly - Church Secretary
I handle a number of administrative functions for the church - everything from documenting church meetings and recording decisions, to our interfacing with various external organisations. I also help maintain the church facilities, including the office and audio/visual equipment. It's a real privilege to be a part of the church family at Epping Church of Christ and to help ensure that the organisational requirements of the church are met so that we can continue to progress our mission of reflecting Christ in our community of Epping.
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02 9876 3370- Property - Bill Harris
Bill Harris - Property
I like to tinker and fix things, which means that I see my role in the team at Epping Church of Christ as an enabler. The provision of programs need to have space and facilities so my contribution is not up front, or even attending on the day, but is usually done before the event. When the chapel and hall facilities work, people engage with the program and I feel I have succeeded and played my part in proclaiming God's word in Epping.
Office Phone:
02 9876 3370
