Paul Bartlett is the Senior Pastor of Lighthouse, a church that He and Annette have just celebrated 20years this year of senior leadership at Lighthouse.  Under Paul and Annette’s leadership the church has grown significantly as a church of influence in its local community aswell as on a national and global scale.

Paul is one of the nation’s leading voices influencing the way that the local church views its role in effectively engaging its community. Paul will effectively disrupt and challenge our thinking because he cares deeply about how people experience church and God into the future & wherever they may be at in life. Although Paul is a visionary and innovative thinker, he is passionate about serving a vision greater than his own. As President of ACC NSW, Paul has been committed to advancing the significance and uniqueness of our movement, serving churches through his State Role and National Portfolio in Community Engagement, hosting conferences and training community leaders at Alphacrucis College.

 

Paul’s vast experience as the leader of his local church and variety of initiatives that meet the needs of people in the region has led to Lighthouse being a well-known and trusted church. Whether it be through Sunday Gatherings, weekly pop up restaurant for those in need, chaplaincy with the NBL Basketball Team the  Hawks, homeless youth housing, or through the church’s school Cedars Christian College and its 750 students the vision of Lighthouse and Australian Christian Churches is being felt through the region under his leadership.

 

Paul and Annette have raised their family in the local church and their children Jordan, Caleb and Sophie all continue to lead and serve. In his spare time you might find him fishing on his Kayak or crabbing off his boat, but more recently any spare moment is spent with his grandson Teddy.

Associate Professor Rebecca Loundar is an Australian-based health professional and has been a practising Psychologist for over 25 years and is endorsed as a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist.

Rebecca is the Head of Social Sciences and an Associate Professor at Alphacrucis College. She oversees AC’s Counselling, Chaplaincy, Professional Supervision, Wellbeing and Community Services programs. Rebecca is also one of AC’s Higher Degree Research Supervisors. Rebecca has been actively involved with the development and teaching of these courses. 

Assoc. Prof. Loundar has a broad range of experience working with individuals and groups, in a variety of settings including clinical and community (including not-for-profit) based psychology services, education facilities and corporate environments. Rebecca has been an active member on different government and community committees, a researcher and provider of clinical consultation, supervision and training to psychologists, counsellors, chaplains and pastoral workers.

 

Her research interests include psychosocial, spiritual and professional wellbeing and societal issues including domestic and family violence.

Working in the field of emergency care since 1997, Katie has witnessed first-hand the impact frontline work can have on the health and wellbeing of clinicians.

Drawing on her experience as an emergency and trauma nurse, academic, and NSW Ambulance chaplain, Katie is undertaking a PhD through the University of Technology Sydney to explore the role and value of chaplains in ambulance services.

Her hope is to better equip emergency workers with the tools needed to stay well, and to access support when they need it.

Susan has been involved in Chaplaincy Australia for the past 10 years.

Her experience in chaplaincy includes hospitals, emergency services and disaster response.

Susan is passionate about people being well trained to provide quality empathic care and support, and for people to engage in transformational learning.

Susan is an ordained ACC Minister and a Professional/ Pastoral Supervisor with Australasian Association of Supervision.

Susan is an experienced Professional/Pastoral Supervisor, a recognised Supervisor/Supervisor Trainer with Australasian Association of Supervision (AAOS) and a member of Transforming Practices. She is also a Board Member, Membership Coordinator and Chair of Training Standards for AAOS.

Susan specializes in the provision of supervision to supervisors, pastors, leaders, chaplains and pastoral carers as well as allied health professionals.

Susan is also an advocate and researcher in the area of supervision with a passion to see all those in the helping professions receive quality non-judgmental confidential support, and engage in transformational learning.