About PYNSW

Your partner in discipling children and youth for Christ.

Our Vision

“To see Presbyterian Churches in NSW filled with children and youth who know, follow, love, and share Jesus, actively participating in the life of the church.”

Aim of PY:

Through God’s strength PY aims to equip the Church to disciple all youth and children for Christ

Constituted in 1872 as the Presbyterian Fellowship Union, Presbyterian Youth (PY) was also formerly known as The Presbyterian Fellowship of Australia in NSW.
PYNSW works with youth leaders at local churches around NSW to help those churches disciple their young people. It remains the youth organisation of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in NSW.

PY aims to present youth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the only way to salvation and call them to an obedient acceptance of Christ as Saviour and Lord; help youth to mature in their understanding of the life, death, resurrection and teaching of Christ through study of the Bible, prayer and fellowship; and encourage youth to commit themselves to Him as Lord, to join the membership of the Church, and devote their lives to the service of God.

PY works to:

Assist churches and presbyteries to fulfil their responsibility to reach, disciple, and place into Christian service, youth within the context of the Church
Promote outreach, mission, discipleship, learning and fellowship among young people, and foster an ongoing concern for these things within the context of the Church
Unite the youth of the Church in a fellowship of worship, study, recreation and service
Facilitate the integration of youth into the life of the Church
Facilitate training for youth leaders
Provide a statewide Christian camping ministry
Assist the Church to develop effective strategies for youth work

Committee

Danny Ford Committee Member

Andrew Garven Treasurer

Brian Stuckings Committee Member

Dave Woolcott Committee Member

David Balzer Convener

James Turnbull Committee Member

Sarah Bell Committee Member

Trish Lewis Committee Member

Jarrod McNaughton Committee Member

Staff

David Phillips General Manager

Roslyn Deal SRE Director

Sam Smith Timothy Partnership Certificate Unit Coordinator

Sophie Hu Admin Assistant

Presbytery Youth Reps
(PYR)

Vacant Canberra, Central Coast, Hunter, Northern Rivers, Sydney East Know someone? Get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.

Stephen Fong Central Tablelands

Allan Blanch Central West

Dal Proudfoot Illawarra

Jarrod McNaughton Northern Inland

Jeff Allen Mid North Coast

Dave Hayes Southern Rivers

Danny Ford Sydney Inner West

Dave Woolcott Sydney North

Shane Gooch Sydney South

Hugh Prattis Western Sydney

What does a Presbytery Youth Representative do?

The Presbytery Youth Representative role encompasses the following:

• Reporting back to the General Manager of PYNSW on which churches in a Presbytery have:
– Youth groups
– Sunday School
– Creche
– Other children’s ministry
– Other family ministries
– SRE teaching

• Communicate with churches in the Presbytery about PY (and other) initiatives that are relevant to the Presbytery.

• Meet (on zoom) twice per year with other Presbytery youth reps for fellowship, encouragement, and to communicate the needs of the Presbytery.

• Be interviewed (via email or phone) by the PY communications officer to help spread awareness on the good news, and need stories around children and family ministry in the Presbytery.

This role description is subject to expansion as PYNSW continues to seek to provide resources to churches and Presbyteries based on the support they require in line with their individual needs.