Ministry Team

Kevin Bird

Senior Team Leader

0407 989 275
kevin@ashgrove.org.au

Kevin has attended ashgrove since 1998 and has had the joy of leading the church as Senior Team Leader since January 2005. Kevin has previously pastored churches in Victoria and Brisbane and prior to coming to ashgrove, he was the Queensland State Director for the Bible Society.

Kevin is passionate about God's heart for people and the notion that the Church can be all that God wants it to be in our complex and confusing world.

On a personal note he enjoys a meal with his family (which means ten people these days), a coffee with friends, an occasional movie and every now and again getting into the surf. Kevin is married to the delightful Kerrie and together they have 4 adult children.

Lorraine Pfeffer

Team Leader - Care

(07) 3855 1977
care@ashgrove.org.au

Lorraine took up position of Team Leader - Care in September 2005. Associated with ashgrove since childhood, Lorraine has served in a variety of ministries and leadership roles over the years, including as counsellor and relationship educator from 1994 to 2005. Lorraine is a qualified Social Worker and in recent years has completed a Masters in Counselling.

Following marriage to her husband Graham, they both attended Bible College and lived and worked in Nigeria in a mission context for ten years. Graham and Lorraine have 2 adult children, Matthew and Miriam.

As a result of growing up in a ministry context and her own life experiences, Lorraine's passion is for the spiritual well-being of people in the midst of life's difficulties. She is convinced that an emphasis on the 'whole person' is vital to the health of any church and her vision is to see ashgrove becoming such a community.

Ian Walton

Team Leader - Training

0415 625 251
training@ashgrove.org.au

Ian's dream is that ashgrove is a passionate church, on fire for Jesus and equipped to understand and interact with its community. Ian contributes to this dream by being primarily responsible for training and equipping the church family.

Ian has a background in chartered accounting and travel management. Prior to commencing with ashgrove at the start of 2006, Ian studied full-time at Malyon College. In 2005 he spent a year as associate pastor at South Bank Baptist Church.

Ian is married to Olivia, for whom he declares "it was love at first sight". They have 3 young children, Isabelle, Nicholas and Caroline. They also have a much-loved cocker spaniel called Scooter.

Tash Bengtson

Program Director - Youth

0404 947 070
youth@ashgrove.org.au

Tash commenced as Program Director - Youth in 2005. Immediately prior to this, she interned at ashgrove whilst completing a one year Youth Ministry Internship with Scripture Union (SU) in 2004. In addition, Tash has in excess of 8 years experience as a youth leader at ashgrove, as well as being committed and involved with local high school youth programs and SU camps. Tash is also a talented musician who taught violin and piano professionally before taking up this role. She continues to foster this love for music.

Tash is passionate about young people capturing the life that Christ has intended for them and helping them to understand what that "fullness of life" looks like. Her vision is to see young people passionate about their Maker and sharing Him with others.

Tash likes to think of herself as a jelly bean; don't be fooled by her tough exterior, on the inside is a big softy waiting to seep out.

Simon Baek

Program Director - abc International

0422 250 086
international@ashgrove.org.au

Simon (Sang- Hyun) has a passion to reach the unreached. He is fulfilling this passion by being a bridge between the international community of Brisbane and ashgrove. Having grown up in Korea and now undertaken postgraduate study at Malyon College Queensland, Simon is in a unique position to be able to work within this community.

Simon, together with his wife Seon-a and three beautiful daughters - Cara, Grace and Joanna, have attended ashgrove since 2003. During this time Simon and Seon-a have fostered their passion for people particularly through music and sport.

Cara Cox

Music & Creative Arts Coordinator

0413 993 466
worship@ashgrove.org.au

Cara commenced in her role in January 2006. Having been brought up attending ashgrove, Cara is a familiar face who has fitted easily into this role. For a number of years, Cara has been leading our church family in corporate worship as well as heading up the music teams that contribute to the Sunday services.

Cara juggles her role at ashgrove with shifts as a midwife for Queensland Health. She is married to Ryan and together they enjoy annual trips to the snow. Cara is also known to hit the waves for an early morning surf.

It is Cara's desire to enable members of ashgrove to use their God-given gifts and abilities to serve Christ and His church.

Beth Nickerson

Care Coordinator

beth@ashgrove.org.au

For the past eight years, Beth has been on staff as the Care Coordinator. Prior to this, Beth worked as a registered nurse for 14 years and raised her 3 children as a single mum, having been widowed when her family was quite young. In late 2005, Beth married Jack and in total they have 5 adult children. Life is never dull for Beth!

Beth's life experience is invaluable in her role at ashgrove. Her passion in life is to help people through difficult circumstances and draw them closer to Jesus.

Ann-Janette Reinhardt

Team Leader - Support

0402 098 102
support@ashgrove.org.au

Ann-Janette works 3 days a week in her role as Team Leader - Support, having joined ashgrove in November 2005. A newly created position, Team Leader - Support facilitates the delivery of administrative, facilities, communication and events at ashgrove. When not at ashgrove, she continues to practice law 2 days a week as a solicitor.

Inspired to run the race before her with meaning, Ann-Janette seeks to lead a team who desire to support and enable the various ministries of ashgrove and their leaders. It is a role in which she hopes to utilise the skills learnt from her legal practice and apply them in a Christian context.

Helen Murchie

Support Specialist

0410 597 816
admin@ashgrove.org.au

Helen comes to her role at ashgrove with a wealth of private enterprise experience in front end reception and administration. Being part of the Support Team, Helen is involved in many aspects of everyday church life at ashgrove. In addition to this role, you'll also find Helen contributing in many ways to various other ministries around ashgrove. She is passionate about people feeling welcomed, appreciated and loved as part of our church family.

Married to Scott and mother to Jack and Rachel, Helen enjoys a good run around the streets of her neighbourhood with friends and will always say yes to a game of tennis. Phew - how does she fit it all in!