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Dennis Wright (Session Clerk)

Dennis was born & educated in country Victoria . He has lived in Melton since 1977. Dennis opened his public accounting practice in Melton in 1985 after having work for several companies including Renault, Sidchrome and Air Liquide. He is married to Glenys, his partner for 35 years and has three children. Dennis has attended the Melton Presbyterian Church since 1992 and is the session clerk. Dennis and Glenys opened the first Subway store in Melton 6 years ago and currently operate the High Street Subway store. He enjoys a good laugh and spending time with his family. His other interests include reading, playing indoor soccer, Formula One and Grand Prix motor bikes, old cars, especially Fords, walking his dogs and going to the movies.
Dennis is a member of Gideons International and enjoys visiting the local secondary schools to hand out personal copies of the New Testament to the year seven students.
Dennis also delights in preaching the Word of God as a lay preacher.

John Dalstead

I was raised in a nominal Anglican family in Sydney . As a youth I had an interest in the sea (my father was a sailor) and wireless before radio and electronics were invented. I worked in the NSW State Government while studying at night to become a ship's wireless operator. At the time I graduated, one of the intructors asked me to consider a technical career in aviation. I worked at Mascot and Bankstown airports as a bench repair technician and trained as a Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (L. A. M. E.) in radio systems. After a period in New Guinea, I became an instructor for LAMEs and during January 1965, while in Perth conducting LAME training on the brand new Boeing 727 aircraft, I was converted through the friendship of Frank, a Christian man living permanently at the hotel where I was staying.
On returning to Sydney , a friend of Frank introduced me to the Brethren Assemblies and my future wife, Mearal. She is the daughter of a Brethren missionary doctor and his wife, a midwife, who had worked in the Belgian Congo . We married in 1966 and returned to New Guinea where I was area manager for the company. We worshipped with the Salvation Army in Lae, and had contact with many missionary associations. We often had Christian folk visit and stay with us while in Lae.
In 1968 I was appointed Victorian Manger for the Division of my company which included the aviation functions. As the structure of the company changed, so my responsibilities changed, at one time National Aviation Training Manager and finally Administration and Finance Manager. I retired from the company in 1991 and we have run a family business since 1992. Mearal is still nursing at a private hospital in Bundoora. We have moved several times, and as we have done so, we have sought to identify a church close to home which faithfully preaches the Word and an active program of outreach into the community. At various times we have been members of the Christian Bretheren, Baptist Union and Churches of Christ and worshipped with independent Baptists. I have held a number of posts in these congregations depending upon their structure.
On moving ot Melton in 1994, having known Bob Carner and Peter Owen a little, and observing the state of the churches there, we joined the Melton Presbyterian church in 1995 and was elected elder shortly afterwards. I am currently church treasurer(Melton / Brimbank), presbytery elder and assessor elder for the Wyndham church.
Outside of the church I have been an active member of the Gideons since 1982, and among various local camp duties, spent many years working in the “Regional Cabinet� which oversees that work in the western part of Victoria.

Matthew Teggart

I am 36 years of age and am married to Rachel. I have 3 children , Lachlan , Elizabeth and Alexandra. Our family has lived in Melton for over 4 years and have been members of the Melton Presbyterian Church since moving to Melton. I came to know the Lord when I was 23 years of age.

I was ordained as an Elder in the Melton Church in 2005. Presently I am working as a Ministry Trainee with the Church which is a 2 year appointment and I hope that this will lead me onto a full time role in serving the Lord.

In my spare time I like to spend as much time as I can at the beach with my family and also like gardening and golf.

Glenys Wright

Glenys was born and educated in country Victoria . Glenys and Dennis moved to Melton in 1977 and they have three wonderful children. Glenys has attended the Presbyterian Church since 1992 and is currently Secretary of the Church Board of Management. God has opened many doors in her life. Glenys was a member of the armed services (WRAAC) for four years before training as a registered nurse at PANCH. During the last 6 years she has been operating the Subway stores in Melton. Glenys enjoys spending time with her family and loves a chat over a coffee. Her other interests include knitting, sewing, Sudoku, caring for her animals, which includes walking the dogs, with Dennis, of course. Jesus has made it possible for me to live a full and contented life and I will continue to do so, with lots of joy and laughter, and a smile.

Carl Peters

I was born and rised as a Lutheran in Hamburg Germany and migrated with my wife Renate to Australia in 1960. We have three married children and nine grandchildren.

I'm a Painter by trade, but followed various different occupations during my working life.
I'm a resident of Melton for the last 30 years,

I'm now retired, living and enjoying my retirement, my hobbies are Golf, Camping and fishing with the grand children.

I joined the Melton Presbyterian Church in the year 1999, and became a member 2nd July 2000 after public Confession of Faith to the Lords table and the Church. With the blessing of the Lord I`m able to perform some voluntary work with Combined Churches Caring Melton.

Phil Duncanson

I am self employed with a background in carpentry. I live in Toolern Vale and spend my leisure time hunting, spear fishing, playing snooker and any sport or outdoor activity thats going. I preach from time to time and have a passion for ministering to young people. I've been a part of the Melton congregation for five years and have been truly blessed by the worship and fellowship there.

Mark Jellis

I became a Christian when I was 18 years old and have been a member of Melton Presbyterian church since mid 2002. In 2005 I was elected on to the Board of Management. I have had the opportunity to teach Sunday school, work on the set up team and attend home group activities. At PYV (Presbyterian Youth of Victoria) I have had the privilege of serving as a leader also. My interests include a variety of sports, which include indoor soccer. I also enjoy spear fishing, and just having fun with my mates but most of all serving our maker and saviour the Lord Jesus Christ

Colin Phillips Jr

I am a 36-year-old father of three, who moved to Melton as a newlywed in 1991. It was then that I started attending Melton Presbyterian Church, after having been raised in Sunshine and attending the Sunshine Presbyterian Church. I have had the privilege of serving on the Board of Management at Melton for a number of years now. The two things that stand out in my mind as great blessings for the Church during my years on the Board are the recent establishment of a Church plant at Brimbank and Melton becoming financially independent after starting life as a Home Missions Post and being reliant on external funding to balance the books.

Employment wise, I am currently working in the aerospace industry as a Senior Designer after starting working life in 1986 as a Trainee Draftsman at Williamstown Naval Dockyard. My interests are spending as much time as I can with my wife and children, pancakes on Saturday mornings (which the kids always hold me to), bush walking and generally being outdoors, fishing, gardening, tennis, running, body boarding at the beach, building things and catching up with friends.