37 candidates are awaiting ordination as deacons this weekend, a brother and sister, and the daughter of the NSW governor.
The Governor, General David Hurley, will be present to see his daughter, Caitlin, ordained for work in the South Sydney area.
Other deacons to ordained by Archbishop Glenn Davies include brother and sister Matthew and Rebecca Baines. Their older brother Mike was ordained four years ago and a cousin, Mark, is also in ordained ministry. Their father is the Rev Peter Baines who is a Chaplain at Long Bay jail.
A husband and wife will be united in ordained ministry. The Rev Kate Snell is chaplain at Barker School and was ordained last year. This year, her husband Brian will be ordained and he will take up ministry in Hornsby.
Other ordinands will work across the diocese in ministry such as prison chaplaincy, university chaplaincy, church plants with the Department of Evangelism and New Churches and one ordinand, Michael Mantle, is being ordained under special arrangements for the bishop of London.
The Full list is
Daniel John Anderson
Macquarie University (Robert Menzies College)
Christopher Luke Anstiss
Kiama
Matthew Jonathan Aroney
Newtown with Erskineville
Matthew Charles Baines
Minchinbury
Rebecca Joy Baines
Shellharbour
Jonathan Baring Baird
Wollongong
James Stewart Barnett
Hurstville Grove
(Angus) Robert Angus Cameron
Fairfield with Bossley Park
Nathan John Campbell
Manly
Emily Ruth Carpenter
Waitara
Timothy Edward Clemens
Department of Evangelism and New Churches
Murray John Colville
Toongabbie
Christopher Robert Conyers
Narellan
Grant Andre de Villiers
Bankstown
James Peter Delanty
North Ryde
Michael Wilson Dicker
Petersham
Stephen David Gilmour
Moorebank
Cameron Glenn Harte
Miranda
Roger James Hokin
Dural
Steven Gregory House
Anglican Home Mission Society (Anglicare)
Martin Stuart Hughes
Gladesville
Caitlin Ruth Hurley
South Sydney
Matthew Ivor Jacobs
Seaforth
Roger Benjamin Geoffrey Kyngdon
Windsor
(Alby) Albert Gar Kay Lam
Department of Evangelism and New Churches
Han Oh Lee
Enfield and Strathfield
Trent McGrath
Minchinbury
Troy Dylan Munns
St George North
Benjamin Nathan Pakula
South Creek
Andrew Edward Pearce
Kirribilli
Brian John Snell
Hornsby
Belinda Leigh Stead
Lalor Park and Kings Langley
Osea Tuqovu Sapenafa Taito
Rooty Hill
Matthew Roger Taylor
Sutton Forest
Michael Geoffrey Turner
Ashbury
Catherine Louise Wynn-Jones
Darling Street
Michael Jen-Ern Mantle
Under Letters Dimissory for the Bishop of London
Feature photo: Last year's ordinands pose for photos outside St Andrew's Cathedral in February 2014
