Dec2018
Verena Johnson – Church Worker Support Officer
Verena was a trained teacher but followed God’s call into Lay Ministry. She has served as a volunteer and paid Lay Worker in a variety of ministry areas including children’s, youth, spiritual life, small groups, women’s, drama, prayer, and teaching and training others. She began working for the LCA as a Lay Worker Formation Officer… Read more
Oct2018
Resilience
Dr Beverly Yahnke is a clinical psychologist who, over 20 years, has helped church workers cope with the struggles and stresses they encounter as they serve the Lord. Beverley is the executive director for Christian counselling at ‘Doxology’ and also serves as a department chair and professor at Concordia University, Wisconsin USA. Dr Yahnkee recently… Read more
Oct2018
Workplace Health and Safety
As our Church Worker Support Officers have been visiting congregations and parishes a common area that is raising concerns for leadership bodies is workplace health and safety. This is a critically important issue and leadership bodies should become familiar with their responsibilities. There are many places to seek resources and governments in Australia and New… Read more
Oct2018
Erika Mills – Church Worker Support Coordinator
The ‘old kid on the block’ first began as Assistant to the Director for the Board for Lay Ministry in 2008 before becoming Church Worker Support in 2016. Her role entails everything ‘Admin Support’ this means doing those tasks that keep the team organised and maintains all the information and data coming into the department… Read more
