St John's Roslyn - Our People

Our People

Vicar: The Ven Dr Kelvin Wright

Kelvin Wright has been Vicar of St John's Roslyn since January 1999. He grew up in Dunedin, Lower Hutt and Christchurch and was trained for the Anglican priesthood in Auckland. He was ordained in 1979. He holds degrees from the Universities of Canterbury and Otago and a Doctorate of Ministry from the San Francisco Theological Seminary. Before coming to Dunedin he worked in the Christchurch and Waikato dioceses. He is married to Clemency and has three children, Nick (b. 1980), Bridget (b. 1982) and Catherine (b. 1988).

telephone: 464 0240
mobile: 021 303 350

Sound recordings of most of Kelvin's sermons can be found on the Insights page. He is also maintaining a blog; the address is http://vendr.blogspot.com.

Curate/Priest-in-Charge at St Mary's Mornington: The Revd John Sherlock

John Sherlock was born and raised in Christchurch and moved to Dunedin in 1998 for post-graduate work in classical studies. John has recently been ordained as a priest after completing an Otago post-graduate diploma in theology whilst training at St John's College in Auckland. He is married to Connie and they have two sons, Jesse (b. 2004) and Finlay (b. 2006). John has interests in music and contemporary worship.

John became a curate at St John's Roslyn in late 2005, and in February 2007 he was installed as Priest-in-Charge at our neighbouring parish of St Mary's Mornington, as part of the new Dunedin Hills Ministry Team.

Sound recordings of some of John's sermons can be found in our St Mary's sermon archive.

telephone 474 9334
mobile 021 0707 276

Parish Assistant: Verna Rutherford

Verna Rutherford has been involved in church all her life, and in St John's Parish since 1987. She is presently a licensed lay minister. Amongst other activities, she is a member of the Choir and the Afternoon A.A.W. She has recently completed a Clinical Pastoral Education course and she is a hospital chaplaincy assistant.

telephone: 476 3975
mobile: 027 238 6893
e-mail: verna1@ihug.co.nz

Parish Administrator: Margaret McLanachan

Margaret McLanachan is married to Craig and has four adult sons. She is a life-long Anglican, having been raised in St Mary's Parish, Mornington, and she has been a member of St John's since 1989. She has been Parish Administrator since 2001, and she works in our office from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.

telephone: 464 0240 (office)

e-mail: st.johns.roslyn@xtra.co.nz

Youth Worker: Matt Dent

Matt Dent is the new Youth Leader at St John's. He took over responsibility for the Youth Group in March 2008.

mobile: 027 428 9215
telephone: 477 0970
e-mail: via Parish Office

Vestry 2008

Vicar's Warden:	Brian Tegg	Vestry:	Christine Barnsley
People's Warden:	Noelene Evans		Robert Budd
Synod Representatives:	David Fielding		Barbara Dineen
	Richard Sutton		Alan Firth
			Mirani Keillor
			Edith McLeod
			Jane Musgrave
			Brian Stewart
			Murray Thompson