The Diocesan Ministry and Mission Team support the bishop in the training and enabling of ministry and mission in the Diocese. The Education and Ordination personnel support and encourage those seeking to enter the priesthood, those who are about to be ordained, and ordained ministers in their first few years.
The Diocesan Ministry Team (Under 40’s Team) encourage and enable young adult, youth and children’s workers in their individual parish roles.
Meet our Diocesan Under 40’s Team
Under 40’s Ministry Team Leader: The Rev’d Sammy Mould (35 hours/week)
email: youth@anglicanlife.org.nz | phone: 022 021 5401
Your first point of call for anything regarding children, families, youth, and young adults. Sammy is happy to talk with any parishes about anything for under 40’s ministry. Due to the part-time nature of this team, please contact Sammy in the first instance.
Under 40’s Leadership Developer: Paul Hegglun (20 hours/week)
email: youngleaderdev@anglicanlife.org.nz | phone: 021 615 933
Paul’s speciality is leadership development, especially in the areas of worship music, discipling, and growing young leaders.
Under 40’s Safeguarding Educator: Phil Trotter.
email: safe.edu@anglicanlife.org.nz
The Safeguarding Educator works with Diocesan staff to make sure our Diocese and Parishes are striving to be safe places for our children, young people and vulnerable adults. This person provides training for leaders of children’s and youth ministries as well as Parish Safeguarding Contacts.
Children’s Ministry Educator: Azaria Brooker (30 hours/week)
email: cmd@anglicanlife.org.nz | phone: 020 4026 1160
Azaria’s skills and knowledge in children’s ministry will be vital for continuing to help grow vision and practicalities for building children’s and families’ work across the diocese.
Events
2026
2nd Sundays of the month: Cathedral Worship Nights, 7.30pm-8.30pm
2-6 April
Easter Camp
3 July, 7-9pm
Games Night, Bishopdale Recreation Centre
The Abbey
17-19 July, Living Springs, Canterbury
Register here.
7 November
Deeper: Families and Intermediates Day
Visit our Youth & Young Adults page for more information.
Training
Weekly
Thursdays 9am-10am: Key leaders discipleship @ The Anglican Centre.
Resources
Below are some great advent resources for you to use in your churches and communities.
- 40 days of acts of kindness to a different person each day, alongside a commitment to praying for that person each day
- Go to this link and scroll down to the video – it’s about 3 mins long. It shows our young people 5 steps they can use to unpack their days with Jesus. Challenge them to do this for 40 days and create smaller groups (of about 4). In these small groups get them to share what’s been happening for them and as they do this.
Lastly looking under our very own Anglican Strandz site under the resources for Lent & Easter.
