Meet our
staff & Family.

Phil is filling in as our Lead Pastor, holding the seat as we look for a Pastor to lead Living Water in the years ahead. Phil is a country lad, born in Armidale in northern NSW. He came to the city for education and worked initially as a Civil Engineer. Phil has spent the majority of his working life in church ministry. He enjoys golf, kayaking, bushwalking, farming and watching Australia win any sport. He describes himself as an amateur barista… you can sample his coffee at church.  Phil is married to Jill and they have 3 adult children.

Fili works as our Youth Pastor to co-ordinate the youth ministry – a place where young teenagers can hear and discuss what Jesus has to say about life. Fili is from Auckland, New Zealand and was a professional NRL player with South Sydney followed by London Broncos/Harlequin RL in England. Fili then studied the Bible at Moore Theological College. You will see Fili running sport activities with youth around the area. Fili is passionate about sharing the good news of Jesus with the range of people he meets in the Redfern community. He also enjoys explaining what the Bible says about Jesus at some of our Saturday services. He is married to Lijana, a teacher with a career history of teaching at Indigenous schools. They have three active kids!

Terrence is a young Mirning man from Ceduna, South Australia. He joined Living Water this year as a part-time Youth Worker. As well as working at Living Water, Terrence will be commencing study at Youthworks to grow his understanding of Jesus. He loves to connect with all age groups, especially youth. He is keen to do life with them and show how Jesus loves each one of them.

Tace is a Spinifex and Noongar woman from Perth and has made Living Water her home church over the past five years. Tace studied in Sydney and now works in film and television production. Tace leads some services at Living Water and can be found chatting, drinking coffee and playing with kids after the service. Tace helps advise our church on Indigenous culture to ensure a welcoming and safe church for our Indigenous friends.

Nerida leads kids church, assisted by Bella. They make a great team with a shared objective of introducing young kids to the love of Jesus. They enjoy making kids church fun and creating a safe space for kids to enjoy stories, sing songs and do craft. Kids church takes place at the same time as Saturday church, which helps parents keep connected to their kids. Nerida and Bella also love to help and encourage the parents and carers at Living Water to learn and share Bible stories and pray with their children.

Trace is a Mukiga by tribe from the wider Bantu ethnic group in South Western Uganda. He grew up there in a family of 6 and came to know the Lord through the help of peers at university. Trace then moved to Australia in 2013 to pursue further studies in science at the end of which he was encouraged by his ministers there to consider vocational ministry. Trace is now studying at Moore Theological College with the hope of returning to Uganda. He is excited to be serving at LW as a Student Minister and sharing his story of Jesus's love for him, growing and learning to be like him every day alongside his brothers and sisters here.

Bridget has worshipped and served at Living Water for the past 2 years and this year joined the staff team. Bridget, through her work as a medical doctor, has worked in Alice Springs Hospital and as part of Aboriginal health and ageing projects in Sydney. Bridget has a great respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - their strength, humour and compassion in the face of great past and present injustices. Bridget will be working part-time at Living Water while undertaking ministry training at Campus Bible Study UNSW.