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FAMILY.
I am married to Geoffrey, and we have an adult son and two
teenage daughters.
HOBBIES.
I have had a life long interest in dance and for many years it
was my dream to become a ballet dancer. I taught ballet for a
few years and even had a stint lecturing in the History of
Ballet at Cape Town University Ballet School. I love art, music
and poetry. I also enjoy travel and have had the good fortune to
visit many interesting places in the world.
ACADEMIC:
After leaving school I attended the University of Cape Town and
graduated with a BA and a Secondary Teacher’s Diploma. I became
a teacher of History and English at a girl’s school in Cape Town
where I was Head of History and Dean of the equivalent of Year
11. While living in England I taught English and History in
Bristol and also studied at the London School of Montessori.
When we came out to New Zealand I did a course in tutoring
children with learning difficulties and taught pupils from home
for four years, before accepting the position of lay minister
here at Holy Trinity Devonport in 1997.
MY FAITH JOURNEY:
I sensed the call of God in my life at a fairly young age, but
being female, it was not clear to me how it would be possible
for me to exercise my vocation. It was only once we had come to
New Zealand that I was offered the opportunity as a woman, to be
ordained and so I came to understand how God would use me in
full time ministry. I will forever be grateful for this amazing
opportunity which New Zealand has afforded me, to serve God in
this way, as a priest in His Church.
My faith journey has taken a rather convoluted route. When I was
a child, I attended a Catholic Boarding School and at weekends
worshiped at the Methodist Church with my parents on Sundays.
As a teenager I became very involved in Youth for Christ. During
my university years I was involved in the Pentecostal movement
and attended a Pentecostal church. All of these varied streams
in the Christian faith have influenced and shaped my
spirituality. However, once I graduated from university, my
faith journey took me to the Anglican Church and I have been
involved in the Anglican Church ever since. 12 years ago I
became a lay minister here in the parish of Devonport and during
this time I was ordained, first as deacon and then as priest. I
have been ordained for three years and it is a joy and delight
to serve in ministry here.
MY STYLE:
I
am ‘a people person’ and I regard it a great privilege to be in
full time ministry. I believe that it is my role as priest to
create the space for people to discover God and to build close
and lasting relationships with God. I believe that every person
is unique and has a unique relationship with God and that Church
should be a place where those relationships are nurtured and
allowed to flourish.
I
also believe that it is in community that we are best able to
learn who we are, who God is and how to walk the Christian
journey. So it is that I am committed to doing everything in my
power to build up the community of faith which we call the
church and to make it a safe place for people to make
discoveries about God and to grow in their spiritual life.
Here in the Parish of Holy Trinity our mission is To know
Christ and to make Christ known.
We strive to be a family in Christ; to nurture spiritual
growth in Christ and to celebrate diversity in Christ.
This is the mission and vision to which I have dedicated my
life.
You can contact me further on:
E-mail :
The Vicar
or
Snail mail at 20 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland. N.Z.
Phone 09-4450378 |
