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

CATHRINE SHARMAN

Kaimai Presbytery childrenyouthfamilies@kaimaipresbytery.org.nz

027 374 7091

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