IntraVic

End of March saw Trent Martin ordained. Many of you may know him from his years working in the Youth Department. He has also served at Frankston and Dandenong Polish churches and currently is with Mernda Church and Gilson College Mernda. Trent grew up in Lismore NSW,...

Andrew Wilson’s ordination took place at Bairnsdale in early March. Unlike Quinten, Andrew grew up in a non-Christian home and rarely even considered God’s existence, although he did wonder what life was about, if there was something more to it and what happened after...

The 2019 GROW Conference for Elders and Church Leaders featured Jerry and Janet Page and made the experience of prayer the focus. The prayer summit occurred over the long weekend in March to help spiritually prepare for the ‘Revelation Today’ meetings in May. Jerry is...

Hello everybody! My name is Manuel Tikulin and I come from Croatia to pastor St. Albans and Westall Churches. As a young person I did not believe in God because no one had meaningful answers to my questions on death and suffering. Meeting my wife was my first contact...

Rose has this year joined VicYouth and loves her role as Assistant Youth Director. She loves people and seeing God transform them. She sees His transformation in her life as He guided her steps to the path He had chosen for her. It has been and is a journey by faith,...

  Adrian Peterson will  be working with Burwood Church as the assistant pastor, working primarily with children and teens. His wife, Lyndelle is also a pastor and is a departmental director for the Australian Union Conference. Adrian is super passionate about...

Jose St Phard, who comes to us from the USA, is not new to Melbourne, having recently been one of our guest speakers at Big Camp. He was called to ministry at the age of 17 and been on an incredible journey of faith and grace ever since. His ministerial career began...

Jonathon Gillard, from New Zealand, loves his home country and was sad to leave, however his fiancé (now wife, Catherine) has been teaching at Gilson College the last two years, so he willingly accepted a call to serve the College as part of the chaplaincy team. After...

Paul Kleinmeulman did not grow up a Christian. He fell in love with the God of the Bible while at university. He and his wife have since dedicated their lives to the church and for the last eight years have been serving Him in SNZ. Paul has a love for evangelism,...

Jared French has a number of passions. He loves animals – spiders in particular (he was a Curator of Zoology in NZ) – and exercise (especially if it involves a basketball and his two sons). He’s not averse to board games and holidays either. He loves books and...

Graduating from Avondale in 2014, Tauae Poasa has worked as a Bible worker at Northpoint Church and then Ascot Vale Church, so he is not new to Victoria either. However this year sees him commencing his internship, working with Geelong and Colac churches. He loves the...

Sylvia Mendez is also well known to many of us. Over the last three years she has been a lay minister at Wantirna while completing her studies through Avondale’s distance education program. She is thrilled to be an intern here in Melbourne this year, and have the...

Marius Jigau actually grew up in Melbourne, and spent much of his adult life studying in the field of Science. This interest has developed into a passion for apologetics, especially when related to creation and evolution. Marius is acutely aware of God’s infinite...

After 26 years, Paul Goltz has returned to Victoria joining the Gilson College Taylors Hill Chaplaincy Team for 2019. Paul commenced formal ministry in Mildura in 1990. He subesquently served in pastoral roles in WA, Tasmania, Qld, Greater Sydney conferences and...