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David Sheath

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:17:15 +0000

David is our Senior Pastor and has been since The Lakes commenced in 2002. David oversees the Growing areas of church and is the main Bible teacher in our church meetings. He also has oversight of our staff team and is responsible for ensuring our church continues to reach our goals and build Christ’s church.

David is also Secretary of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches and plays a key role facilitating church plants and providing ongoing encouragement to various churches throughout Australia.

David is married to Ruth and they have three children: Daniel, Micah and Sarah.

p: 4389 1660
e: dave@thelakes.net.au
e: ruth@thelakes.net.au

Michael Plaege

Stewart — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:09:45 +0000

Michael oversees the Engaging and Starting areas of our church. He also plays a key role in training our ministry apprentices.
Michael joined our staff team in 2009 after being pastor of Padstow Congregational church for the previous six years.
Michael is married to Natalie and they have three beautiful daughters: Chloe, Bronte and Abbey.

m: 0412 916 709
e: Michael@thelakes.net.au
e: natalie@thelakes.net.au

Ian Mears

Stewart — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:21:09 +0000

Ian oversees the serving area of our church in a part-time capacity.
Ian has decades of experience both in pastoral ministry and in training pastors. In fact, when Dave Sheath was fresh out of Theological College, Ian was Dave’s mentor.
Ian is married to Margaret and they have three grown children: Kylie, Peter and David. All of their children are married with children, and they are involved in full-time ministry in Canberra, Brisbane, and Sydney.

p: 4388 9247
e: irmears@bigpond.com

Russell Windon

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:28:57 +0000

Russell is our voluntary Seniors’ Pastor. He leads the Senior Fellowship and Glengara Friday Church. Russell and his wife Nancy retired to the Central Coast from Sydney in 2004 and are keen to bring the gospel of Jesus to the lives of older people living on the Central Coast.

p: 4388 4138
e: russandnancyw@gmail.com

Tim Ham

Tim Ham — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:01:46 +0000

Tim is our Youth Pastor. Tim works half time as a Maths teacher at Tumbi High School and half time in ministry at The Lakes.
Tim is married to Jo and they have three fine children: Lloyd, Jesse, and Miriam.

m: 0406 678 293
e: tandjham@gmail.com

Or you can email Jo at
e: joham0901@gmail.com

Adam Gregory

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:51:18 +0000

Adam is employed by The Lakes Church as the pastor of Church@5 as well as the chaplain who oversees our university ministry (Ourimbah Christian Students).

Adam has been at The Lakes for over seven years and is married to Megan. They have three children: Jed, Laura, and Timothy.

m: 0411 440 404
e: adamsgregory@gmail.com

Emma Martin

Michael Plaege — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:00:53 +0000

Emma is our Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) Trainee. Emma began her two year ‘on the job’ apprenticeship in February 2011 and will serve in a variety of ministries across our three congregations and at Ourimbah Christian Students (OCS).

Emma grew up in a property outside of Tamworth and decided to give her life over to serving the Lord as a teenager. Emma completed her studies in Podiatry in 2010 and has a fetish for foot odour, particularly the infectious kind.

m: 0432 438 434
e: emmamargaret22@gmail.com

Stewart Kingsland

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:47:48 +0000

Stewart oversees our Connecting and Growing ministries. He also plays a key role in managing our church office.
Stewart grew up in a farming region of the Central Coast, where he became a Christian. After graduating from Uni, he worked for various building and construction materials companies as an engineer. He also attended a Bible College in Sydney. Stewart rarely knocks back an invitation to go sailing in his spare time.
Stewart is married to Robyn they have three sons: Ben, Mitch, and Nick.

p: 02 4389 2006
e: Stewart stewart@thelakes.net.au
e: Robyn srkingsland@gmail.com