Meet our
staff & Family.

Phil is filling in as our Lead Pastor, holding the seat as we look for a Pastor to lead Living Water in the years ahead. Phil is a country lad, born in Armidale in northern NSW. He came to the city for education and worked initially as a Civil Engineer. Phil has spent the majority of his working life in church ministry. He enjoys golf, kayaking, bushwalking, farming and watching Australia win any sport. He describes himself as an amateur barista… you can sample his coffee at church.  Phil is married to Jill and they have 3 adult children.

Fili works as our Pastor, Evangelist not only overseeing youth, families and men’s ministries but sharing Christ with unreached people groups. Fili is from Auckland, New Zealand and was a professional NRL player with South Sydney followed by London Broncos/Harlequin RL in England. Fili then studied the Bible at Moore Theological College. You will see Fili running sport activities with youth around the area. Fili is passionate about sharing the good news of Jesus with the range of people he meets in the Redfern community. He also enjoys explaining what the Bible says about Jesus at some of our Saturday services. He is married to Lijana and they have three active kids!

Lijana is our Families and Children’s Community Pastor whose role is to find effective ways to generate gospel and spiritual growth opportunities for new and existing Living Water contacts; specifically, women, families and kids. From a young age, Lijana has known the love of Jesus and wanted to share this with those around her. Growing up in Dubbo and being part of cross-cultural ministry amongst the First Nations people, Lijana learnt about cultural sensitivities and ways to build relationships to reach this people group with the gospel. Her career in Primary Teaching led her to work in the slums of Cebu and Outback NSW. Later teaching at two Indigenous schools in the heart of Sydney, Jarjum College and Gawura. Lijana is married to Fili and they have three active kids!

Bridget has worshipped and served at Living Water for the past 3 years and this year joined the staff team as our Student Minister. Bridget, through her work as a medical doctor, has worked in Alice Springs Hospital and as part of Aboriginal health and ageing projects in Sydney. Bridget has a great respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - their strength, humour and compassion in the face of great past and present injustices. Bridget is in first year at Moore Theological College.

Annika assists Lijana in caring for the kids and families at church by running Kids' Church each week. She grew up in Western Sydney with her parents and three siblings, and they all love to spend time together cooking, bushwalking and skateboarding. Annika is in her last year of study at Moore Theological College, and has joined Living Water because she loves to see her Aboriginal brothers and sisters growing in their love of Jesus, and raising their kids to do the same. After college, she hopes to keep teaching the Bible to kids, and to see more of the amazing reconciliation that Jesus offers- reconciliation with God and with other people.

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