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Our Team
Nerida Peart
Assistant Minister
Nerida is our Assistant Minister, with a 5pm Service focus. She has worked in churches in Vancouver and in the Hills District of Sydney. She is passionate about helping people integrate their faith into their whole life, so they can live flourishing lives for Jesus. She loves teaching on vocation, work, and sabbath.
She studied theology at Regent College, Vancouver with a minor in snowboarding at Whistler. She loves meeting people and hearing their stories. She loves the beach, reading novels and drinking coffee - sometimes all at the same time! Nerida is married to Angus and they have three wonderful children.
The Rev. Martin Robinson
Senior Associate Minister
Martin is the senior associate minister, married to Jann Robinson. He handles the parish’s nursing home and hospital ministry and brings to bear his many years of parish ministry experience as an advisor to the other clergy.
Sam Giddy
Music Minister
Sam has been serving as music minister at St John’s since 2023, after studying music at Sydney Conservatorium and theology at SMBC. He has served as an organist, pianist and church musician across several churches in Sydney (including as assistant organist at St Andrew’s Cathedral), and is passionate about the role of music in worship.
Sam is responsible for coordinating music across all services at St John’s, as well as directing the choir and concert series. Sam is married to Wayo and they live just down the road from St John’s in Elizabeth Bay.
