PYM Staff
MATT CHAMBERLIN
National Youth Director
matt@pym.org.nz 021 712 700
Matt Chamberlin is the National Youth Director for the Presbyterian Church. He has been involved in youth work for nearly 20 years working as a youth pastor, youth worker in schools and as a General Manager of a Christian youth work agency. He finds great synergy in the way that his interests in youth work, counselling, science and theology can complement each other as we wrestle with how to build the church in the 21st century. Matt is married to Stephanie and they have two nearly-teenaged daughters Hannah and Lila. He loves the outdoors, chocolate and bouncing his daughters on their trampoline. As the volunteer key leader of his church’s youth and young adults ministry Matt is enjoying putting into practice locally some of the ideas he encourages nationally.
Many presbyteries employ a youth ministry coach or enabler to support youth ministry in their region. These youth coaches are employed and managed independent of PYM, however there is a strong collaborative approach between the presbytery youth coaches and PYM. We regularly meet together to pray, plan and produce resources and run events that will serve our leaders collectively. If you haven’t already, we strongly recommend that you get in touch with your presbytery Youth coach/enabler for support.
Presbytery Youth Coaches and Enablers
ALOEMA FAINU’U
Pacific Presbytery
aloema@pipresbytery.org
BAKULICH-TUFEAO
Northern Presbytery
youth@northpres.org.nz
09 520 8600
MASELE
JULIANNE MANAGH
Kaimai Presbytery childrenyouthfamilies@kaimaipresbytery.org.nz
027 510 4978
Presbytery Central
nga@presbyterycentral.org.nz
027 653 4257
NGA ROLSTON
Presbytery Central
kyle.h@presbyterycentral.org.nz
021 517 025
KYLE HASTELOW
Alpine Presbytery
youth@alpinepresbytery.org
027 256 0740
SAGE HARRIS
Southern Presbytery
brad@southernpresbyterians.nz
027 499 8333
BRAD KELDERMAN