Vision Sunday

Andrew Grills

Andrew is the Lead Pastor of City on a Hill Geelong. He has spent most of his life as an officer in the Australian Army. Graduating with the Sword of Honour from the Australian Defence Force Academy, he served in Infantry and Intelligence, including operations in East Timor with the commandos. He holds a postgraduate degree in International Relations from Oxford University and an MDiv from Ridley College. Andrew later became an Army Chaplain at the Australian Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka, before leaving the full time Army in 2013 to plant City on a Hill Geelong. Andrew has been married to his beautiful wife Danna for over 20 years and has five young children. He loves the ocean, traveling, camping, playing with his kids (including attending their innumerable sporting matches), and reading military history.

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Matt Keller

Matt is the Director of our Next Generation ministries and Executive Pastor in Geelong. As such, each week he experiences the joy of investing in the health, unity and growth of our children’s and youth ministry volunteers and staff. Matt is an ordained Anglican minister who has been involved in kids and youth work for around 25 years, and still feels he has the greatest job in the world. He also loves reading, watching movies, playing basketball and surfing with his children Anastasia, Xander and Mali and spending time with his wife Emilie.

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Dave Chiswell

Dave serves as the Youth Minister at City on a Hill Geelong. Married to Alexi, father of Eden and Freya, and a golf tragic, Dave loves nothing more than helping people take Jesus seriously – because he’s totally convinced that Christianity makes more sense and offers more hope than any other worldview.

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Alex Bui

Alex serves as the Discipleship Minister at City on a Hill Geelong. He has a finance background and served Jesus for nearly 15 years in the corporate and not-for-profit world. He has since transitioned into vocational ministry and is deeply passionate about helping people to love, serve and enjoy Jesus with their whole lives. He is married to the wonderful Jess and is a father. Alex enjoys hiking, exploring God’s beautiful world, good food, and having deep-and-meaningful conversations.

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Megan Macaluso

Megan is the City Kids Coordinator at City on a Hill Geelong, and the Next Gen Ministry Coordinator for the City on a Hill movement. Before working on staff for City on a Hill, Megan studied Child and Adolescent Development and taught for seven years as a Christian Kinder Teacher. She and her husband Dom moved from California to Melbourne in 2012. Although they had only planned to be in Melbourne for a few years, they joined the City on a Hill staff team and never wanted to leave. Dom, Megan and their son Luca enjoy time at the beach, the pool, and anywhere else they can swim and bathe in the sun. But most of all, Megan loves to teach the good news of Jesus to younger children praying that they might know Him as their Saviour, Friend and King.

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Harry Wilson

Harry serves as the Music Coordinator at City on a Hill Geelong.

He is deeply passionate about seeing the truth and beauty of Jesus revealed through music, leading people to worship and praise our Sovereign King through song. Harry is the husband to the beautiful Jacyntha, and they love to find the best Asian restaurants anywhere they go. He enjoys playing board games and golf with friends, and love to stay up late to watch Formula 1 races.

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Rachel Francis

Rachel is the Connections Coordinator at City On a Hill Geelong. She is super passionate about helping people get connected into the life of the church family, and loves meeting new people and helping them feel at home. Rachel is married to Andy and has three sons. She has spent six years of her life serving in Northern India and is now enjoying feeling settled in beautiful Geelong.

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Olivia Steven

Olivia works as the City Kids Coordinator at City on a Hill Geelong. With a heart for the next generation, she commits herself to supporting their growth and faith. Currently studying a Bachelor of Primary Education, Olivia’s is determination to equip herself with the tools to make a lasting impact in the lives of children.

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Ben Davies

Working as a software developer, Ben took the ‘logical’ next step by leaving his work to become an MTS Apprentice and is now hoping to be equipped for a lifetime of vocational ministry. Currently his ministry focuses on serving the young adults, leading the Global Missions Team and helping run evangelism programs. He loves his wife and daughter, reading, running and cooking.

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Kayla Willey

Kayla is one of our MTS apprentices at City on a Hill Geelong. She works along side Dave Chiswell, helping plan our weekly youth nights and other events we run for City Youth. Kayla is also currently studying a diploma of Ministry at Ridley Bible college and is passionate about ‘knowing Jesus and making Jesus known.’

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Madeline Parker-Hill

Madeleine is an MTS apprentice working in Kids Ministry and specialising in making church a more accessible place for neurodiverse kids and families. She’s been serving in kids min ever since she was old enough to start, and has now left her career in animation to pursue it more passionately- though you’ll still catch her crafting all the time. She loves her dogs, making pottery, and board games with friends.

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Sandra Dempsey

Sandra has joined City on a Hill Geelong as an MTS Apprentice after many years as a specialist cancer nurse and more recently as a counsellor. Her focus during the apprenticeship is pastoral care, women’s ministry, and administration, together with studying a Masters of Divinity at Ridley College. Sandra’s passions include supporting people through times of vulnerability, discipleship, spiritual formation, meaningful conversations, and the art of story telling (especially children’s books and music theatre!). She loves to sing and serves as a vocalist in the worship team. Sandra is married to the amazing Russ, and is a mum to four – Shawn, Maiyah, Harry, and Abiel. Jesus is at the centre of it all, and her passion is to help others experience the truth, beauty, and relevance of Him in their own lives as well.

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Rob Bester (Chair)

Profile coming soon.

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Claire Hill

Profile coming soon.

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Julia Hoevenaars

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Josh Sgro

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Dave May

Dave is the Communications & Creative Director for City on a Hill. He is passionate about seeing creatives serve Christ with their craft and using media to communicate the gospel. He has a Diploma in Graphic Design and Bachelor of Theology at Ridley College. Prior to City on a Hill he designed album artworks and myspace layouts for a living. He is married and has three kids. To unwind he enjoys baking sourdough, running, spending time with his family and making coffee.

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Matt Keller

Matt is the Director of our Next Generation ministries and Executive Pastor in Geelong. As such, each week he experiences the joy of investing in the health, unity and growth of our children’s and youth ministry volunteers and staff. Matt is an ordained Anglican minister who has been involved in kids and youth work for around 25 years, and still feels he has the greatest job in the world. He also loves reading, watching movies, playing basketball and surfing with his children Anastasia, Xander and Mali and spending time with his wife Emilie.

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Dave Chiswell

Dave serves as the Youth Minister at City on a Hill Geelong. Married to Alexi, father of Eden and Freya, and a golf tragic, Dave loves nothing more than helping people take Jesus seriously – because he’s totally convinced that Christianity makes more sense and offers more hope than any other worldview.

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