{"id":2010,"date":"2017-05-25T17:03:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T07:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wip.lca.org.au\/contemporary\/?page_id=2010"},"modified":"2024-09-22T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T09:16:37","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canberra-queanbeyan-parish.lutheran.org.au\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<blockquote><p>As lifelong disciples and followers of Jesus, we&#8217;re always learning and growing in our faith.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<h3>Gabor Szabo<\/h3><p>Pastor<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/canberra-queanbeyan-parish.lutheran.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2416\/2018\/11\/Pastor-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor 1\" height=\"2048\" width=\"1336\" title=\"Pastor 1\" \/>\n\t\t\t<p>I have been serving the Canberra-Queanbeyan Lutheran Parish for nine years. It is a great joy and privilege to proclaim the Gospel and administer the Sacraments in the heart of Canberra to a very diverse but dedicated congregation.I was born and educated in Budapest, Hungary. I came to Australia with my wife Annamaria in 1987. Later our family expanded with two sons in the mid-nineties. I was able to continue my theological studies, which I had already started in Hungary, and pursued my further studies in Sydney and Adelaide, where I was ordained in 2002. \u00a0One of my favourite passages is in Luke&#8217;s Gospel: &#8220;<em>Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?<\/em>&#8221; (24:32)\u00a0\u00a0 I think it describes accurately our Christian existence as we are on a pilgrim journey and Christ walks with us.<a href=\"\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\t\t \n\t<h1>Our Team<\/h1>\n<p>Our dedicated team of volunteers are here to help, please <a href=\"https:\/\/canberra-queanbeyan-parish.lutheran.org.au\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> if you have any questions or we can help in any way.<\/p>\n<h4>St Peter&#8217;s Memorial<\/h4>\nChairman\u00a0&#8211; Mr Leigh Nielsen<br \/>\nVice-Chair &#8211;<br \/>\nSecretary\u00a0&#8211; Mrs Miriam Gerrick<br \/>\nTreasurer &#8211; Mr Jim Rockhr<br \/>\nCouncil Member &#8211; Tom Basan<br \/>\nCouncil Member &#8211;<br \/>\nElder\u00a0&#8211; COL Ross Harding (ret)<br \/>\nElder\u00a0&#8211; Mr Stephen Hocking<br \/>\nNewsletter &#8211;<br \/>\nProperty &#8211;<br \/>\nSafe Place Coordinator\u00a0&#8211; Mrs Hilary Blundell<br \/>\nSunday School Superintendent\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Mrs\u00a0Anna M\u00e1ria Szab\u00f3<br \/>\nWebsite Coordinator\u00a0&#8211; Mr\u00a0Leigh Nielsen\n<h4><strong>St John the Baptist<\/strong><\/h4>\nChairperson\u00a0&#8211; Rev G\u00e1bor Szab\u00f3<br \/>\nSecretary\u00a0&#8211; Mrs\u00a0Elisabeth Offler<br \/>\nTreasurer\u00a0&#8211; Miss Trudy Kuhn<br \/>\nSafe Place Coordinator\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Mrs\u00a0Elisabeth Offler\n\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/wip.lca.org.au\/contemporary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2017\/05\/WLCTL-leaf-line-1024x65.png\" alt=\"WLCTL leaf line\" title=\"WLCTL leaf line\" \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As lifelong disciples and followers of Jesus, we&#8217;re always learning and growing in our faith. Gabor Szabo Pastor I have been serving the Canberra-Queanbeyan Lutheran Parish for nine years. 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