A Six-pack of Staffworkers
Those of you who were around last year have probably noticed a lot of changes in the characters who make up the ECU Staff Team. Let’s take some time to meet these new people.
- Name: Rob Copland
- Married to: Jo
- Children: Liliana (3) and Jemma (2)
- Church: St Michael’s Anglican
- Favourite food: Thai curry
- What were you doing last year?: Anglican Chaplain at UWS Penrith
- Why Full-time Ministry?: The gospel is more important than straight buildings (Rob was trained in surveying).
- Why Wollongong?: I woke up one day and was here.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?: Sensible
- Staffworker for Commerce/Law, Education, Campus East
- Name: Phill Birtles
- Married to: Sarah
- Church: Woonona Presbyterian
- Favourite food: Thai
- What were you doing last year?: Saving creeks and rivers through getting trees planted.
- Why MTS?: Tell people about Jesus!
- Why Wollongong?: It’s nicer than Liverpool.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?: Still a Christian
- Staffworker for: Arts/Creative Arts
- Name: Mark Evers
- Married to: Genevieve
- Church: St Michael’s Anglican
- Favourite food: Seafood
- What were you doing last year?: Working as an electrical engineer for Energy Australia
- Why MTS?: As an engineer, I need to find out if I can deal with people
- Why Wollongong?: Why not?
- What do you want to be when you grow up?: A minister of a bush parish.
- Staffworker for: Engineering, Weerona
- Name: Kimberley Baker
- Church: Wollongong Baptist
- Favourite food: Cheesecake and chocolate milkshakes.
- What were you doing last year?: Working part-time as a pharmacist.
- Why MTS?: There was a need, I’m able, I’m available, I want to do it.
- Why Wollongong?: I moved here to live with my sister when she came to Wollongong for university.
- What do you do with the rest of your time?: Continue as a pharmacist.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?: Godly
- Staffworker for: Education
- Name: Meghan Gold
- Church: Dapto Anglican
- Favourite food: Coffee. Is that a food?
- What were you doing last year?: Finishing my Speech Pathology Degree at University of Sydney (Cumberland Campus)
- Why MTS?: I want to work for what's important for eternity – and be trained in the godliness and skills it takes to do that.
- Why Wollongong?: We have an international group and I'm interested in cross cultural ministry. Conveniently, my family live here, so I can live with them.
- What do you do with the rest of your time?: I work as a Speech Pathologist with children with Autism at a school in Corrimal.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?: I would like to write – maybe some Christian mission & Speech Pathology with Aboriginal kids... A female John Piper? (No not really, but his books are REALLY good!)
- Staffworker for: Science/Health and Behavioural Sciences, IBM
- Name: Irwan
- Church: St Michael’s Anglican
- Favourite food: Fruit and duck.
- What were you doing last year?: Studying full-time PhD with Wireless Networking.
- Why MTS?: I love to tell people about Jesus.
- Why Wollongong?: The staffworkers here are godly and can train me in godliness.
- What do you do with the rest of your time?: Two days a week PhD.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?: To be used by God in any capacity to share Jesus’ love with the world.
- Staffworker for: IBM
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