Team

Alan is married to Sally and they have four children; Sarah, Hannah, Alanna and Isaac. Alan joined the Vine church in 1985 and has been an elder since 1997. Alan works full-time as Policy Manager for a large energy company…

Jimmy and Elma have four children; Justin, Aaron, Gemma and Zara.  Jimmy and Elma started the Vine church in 1980 which started as a small group of friends meeting together in a house.  Jimmy and Elma with their eldership team;…

Mike and Claire have two children; Jessica and Matthew. Mike and Claire joined the Vine church in 1997 and Mike and Claire have served as Vine kids leaders since 2008. Claire is employed 8 hours per week as Vine kids…

Steven and Zara have two beautiful daughters; Ameilia and Sophia. Zara was born into the Vine church as daughter of our founding Pastors Jimmy and Elma Dowds. Steven became a Christian and joined the Vine church in 2008. Steven and…

Michael and Hannah joined the Vine church in 2012 and led the Connection Team. The purpose of the Connection team is to help first-time guests get fully connected into the life of the church. This includes them overseeing our Host…

Ewan is married to Lara and has one daughter Rana. Ewan has served as a Synergie youth leader for many years and is also on our Vine leadership team.

Tim is married to Mel and has three children; Josh, Leah and James.  Tim is our Vine Connference Centre Manager at the

Aaron and Lynsey have been full-time lead pastors at the Vine since June 2017.  They previously were the youth leaders at Synergie for over 10 years and also Associate pastors.  They have 5 children; Clara, Kate, Judy, Heidi and Levi.…