Presbytery Ministry Team
Port Phillip East Presbytery employs a ministry team who work with committees, teams and volunteers.
The Presbytery Ministry Team is based at the Presbytery office, 1 Alan Street, Noble Park.
Telephone 03 9558 4710. Email secretary@ucappep.org
You can download a copy of the Presbytery Directory February 2024, which includes key staff contacts, and a list of all our congregations.
Jay Robinson (Presbytery Minister – Team Leader)
Anneke Oppewal (Presbytery Minister – Pastoral)
Robin Yang (Presbytery Minister – Church Development)
Anne Kim (Presbytery Secretary)
Presbytery Ministers
Rev Jay Robinson began her role of Presbytery Minister Team Leader in January 2024. Jay has previously been in congregational ministry roles as well as a member of various Presbytery, Synod and Assembly committees. She brings over 15 years as an ordained ministry agent in the Port Phillip East Presbytery therefore her knowledge of the Presbytery will help her as she steps into this role. Jay looks forward to being in ministry with you all.
Rev Robin Yang is serving as Presbytery Minister – Church Development (part-time). Robin began his role as Project Manager in June 2023 and set about clarifying many aspects of the mission and governance of the project. He is also the deputy chairperson of PRC. Robin has served in a wide number of placements across three different Synods.
Rev Anneke Oppewal began with the Presbytery in June 2019. She comes to the Presbytery with experience in Ministry in the Netherlands, the UK and Australia. In the UCA she served in the role of Minister with Balwyn North Uniting Church and Toorak Uniting Church. Anneke is also a qualified psychotherapist. See Anneke’s personal website.
Secretary/Administrator
Ms Anne Kim began in the role of Presbytery Administrator/Secretary in February 2021. Anne is a member of Korean Church of Melbourne, where she has carried various volunteer roles, including administrator, secretary of the Sunday School, secretary of the Christian Education committee, and organiser of key events such as the annual church camp. Anne was a Safe Church Project Officer for the VicTas Synod for from 2016 to 2019, covering the Presbyteries of Port Phillip East and Yarra Yarra. Her major roles in the Presbytery are secretarial work of Standing Committee, Pastoral Relations Committee and Presbytery in Council, editing Presbytery Weekly Newsletter, organising gathering and events in the Presbytery.