Candidates ready for ordination

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