Staff TEam

Senior Minister:
Trent Sutcliffe

Trent oversees the parish as a whole as our senior minister. He is the pastor and main preacher at St Marys and St Clair. Trent is married to Catherine and they have four children.
After working as a high school teacher, Trent studied at Moore College and has been at SMSC since 2016

SRE Minister:
Sophie Ormshaw

Sophie works part-time as an SRE (school scripture) teacher. Sophie is a member of the St Clair congregation, where she also serves on the music and children’s team. She is also an accredited Primary School teacher.
Sophie has attended SMSC all her life.

You can support Sophie by giving to the Tax Deductible SRE Fund and listing “Sophie Ormshaw” as the reference:
BSB: 062 597
ACC: 1088 1554
Please see a warden for a receipt.

Admin Support: Michaela Lucey

Michaela works as administrative support on a casual basis. She is married to Tim, and they have one daughter. 

With a background in legal administration and aged/disability care, and a love for Jesus, Michaela enjoys serving her church community in this role, on Parish Council, and at church services. Her family was welcomed into the St Clair congregation in late 2017." 

Student Minister:
James Crossley

James is completing a Bachelor of Divinity at Moore College, and serves at our St Marys congregation. James is married to Leonie, and they have one child.
Before studying for ministry, James worked as an engineer in the rail industry.

Daniel Cridland:
Year 13 Apprentice

Daniel is completing a Christian gap year with Year13. He attends and serves the St Clair 10am congregation, as well as on a number of other teams.

To learn more about Year13 you can click here.
Contact Evan or Trent if you’d like to financially support Daniel.

Community Chaplain:
Rob Saipa‘ia

Rob serves the community of North St Marys as an Anglicare Community Chaplain in partnership with SMSC. He attends the St Marys 9:15 am congregation.
Before becoming a chaplain, Rob completed The Well Training Program.

You can find out more about The Well Training Program here.