Karen
Our Minister
Karen Mitchell-Lambert is an ordained Deacon (ask her what that means) in the Uniting Church and has been in ministry for 30 years. Her specialty is community engagement and working with Children and families but she also loves our Oldies just as much. Karen is our Team Leader, she takes the vision set by the congregation and helps make that a reality with the Church Council. Karen is married to Boo and together they have 2 kids. She loves to be creative and try new things. She has a particular interest and passion for art and craft as spiritual practice. She understands that sport is important to a lot of people but doesn’t follow a code.
Courtney
Our Community Networking Pastor
Courtney has worked at GPUC for over 8 years, initially running playgroups but have varied over the years. In her Community Networking role, she helps provide an avenue for our church community to be apart of the wider local community. Courtney and her family live locally. She is married to Andy and has two daughters plus a gorgeous GSP puppy dog who they all adore. Her family loves the great outdoors, running, and are sport fanatics. Courtney can’t live without a perfect sunrise and keeping life simple.
Larissa
Our Young People & Families Ministry Worker
Larissa looks after all things around discipling & empowering our young people & families. Within her week to week, this can look like doing the hokey pokey on Tuesday mornings at Playgroup, writing scripts for our Quirky the Quokka videos & teaching all things faith in SRE at local public schools. Having grown up in church, she has been apart of various ministries of all shapes & sizes since she was young, and has a degree in theology. Larissa is a creative. She thinks there is no problem some vitamin D & salt water can fix & has often got her head stuck in a book.
Meet Our Team
As the saying goes, many hands make light work & we are blessed to have so many hands to help us with our ministry at Gordon-Pymble.
Sonja
Our Admin & Facilities Coordinator
Sonja is GPUC "family" - she began volunteering at our Gordon office in 2005 when her youngest child started school and became a member of staff in 2021. Based at our Pymble office, Sonja works Wednesdays through Fridays looking after reception, accounts and invoicing, room booking enquiries and regular hirers for both our sites; as well as providing administrative support to our Minister, Treasurer, Business Team and other internal groups. Sonja also produces our weekly congregational newsletter.
Wren
Our Creativity Centre Coordinator
Sonja is GPUC "family" - she began volunteering at our Gordon office in 2005 when her youngest child started school and became a member of staff in 2021. Based at our Pymble office, Sonja works Wednesdays through Fridays looking after reception, accounts and invoicing, room booking enquiries and regular hirers for both our sites; as well as providing administrative support to our Minister, Treasurer, Business Team and other internal groups. Sonja also produces our weekly congregational newsletter.
Diana
Our Cafe & Hospitality Coordinator
Sonja is GPUC "family" - she began volunteering at our Gordon office in 2005 when her youngest child started school and became a member of staff in 2021. Based at our Pymble office, Sonja works Wednesdays through Fridays looking after reception, accounts and invoicing, room booking enquiries and regular hirers for both our sites; as well as providing administrative support to our Minister, Treasurer, Business Team and other internal groups. Sonja also produces our weekly congregational newsletter.
