Bev is our part time pastoral care minister. She has a particular passion to see lives and relationships transformed by God. Bev has a nursing background and trained at Ridley Melbourne. Bev's husband Graeme and her lead our marriage ministries. Bev also has oversight of St Alfred's healing ministry. Now an ‘empty nester’ she especially enjoys time with her family and young grandson.


 

Heather oversees our office administration with the help of lots of wonderful volunteers. Born and raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Heather and Mike immigrated to Australia in 1991. "We came to St Alfred’s originally looking for somewhere to baptise our son, but found a fantastic community who were welcoming, loving and made us feel very much at home. Watching our sons Craig and Matthew grow in their faith to become teenagers and young adults, passionate about Jesus, is something we cherish. We also enjoy camping, 4 wheel-driving and watching movies - when we get the time!"

Karen heads up the team who run the children and families ministry at St Alfred's. She loves sharing the gospel with kids in creative and active ways and encouraging young leaders to grow and develop their leadership skills. Karen was a primary school teacher before deciding that working in children's ministry was much more important than teaching grammar and writing reports.

Sam started out as the interim Youth Minister but now he has the job!   He's studying theology at Ridley as well.

Sarah Long is our young adults' ministry intern. She is passionate about growing young peoples' desire to know God more and encouraging them to share their faith with those in their universities and workplaces. She is also finishing off her degree in biomedical science at Monash University. Sarah likes to spend the spare moments of her week by catching up with friends over brunch, a good coffee, or sometimes even dessert!

Rachel is the Children's Ministy intern and is excited about all that God has to teach her. She loves spending time with kids and teaching them about Jesus and enjoys learning from them along the way. She is currently part way through a speech pathology degree and enjoys reading, anything to do with language and hanging out with friends and family.