Jemma Allen and Andrew Coyle

Jemma Allen and Andrew Coyle are from New Zealand and are both ordained as priests in the Anglican tradition.   They take up the appointment as Co-pastors in August 2010.  

Jemma has most recently been the Ecumenical Chaplain at the University of Waikato.  Prior to this appointment she was Priest Assistant at a parish in Auckland where she had particular responsibility for ministry with children and their families.  Jemma has been training as a Spiritual Director and has a particular interest in contemplative spirituality and the practices which help us live a sustainable life.  Creativity is an important part of her life and she is a keen crafter.  She has a commitment to leading worship that inspires us to embody justice, mercy and mission.  

Andrew has been the Vicar of a suburban parish in Hamilton for the last five years.  He is passionate about making good biblical scholarship accessible and integrating theological insight with the practicalities of our living.  Hospitality is an important ethic for Andrew and he looks forward to being co-pastor in a congregation where we experience God’s hospitality to us and show hospitality to one another.  Andrew sustains his sanity by running, reading and spending time with friends. 

 

The Rev. Anthony Hutchinson 

Tony Hutchinson is an Anglican/Episcopal priest from Seattle, Washington, currently living in Beijing.  Self-supporting through outside work, he serves as the COGS minister of music and assists in the COGS pastoral team.  He has a Ph.D. in Biblical languages and literatures from the Catholic University in Washington, D.C.   He is on leave as a chaplain at St. John’s Cathedral in Hong Kong where he is also lecturer at the Minghua Theological Seminary.  He has lived and worked in China on and off for 25 years.  His wife Elena is librarian at the International Academy of Beijing.

 

Rod Suderman

Hailing from Canada, Rod and his family have lived in China for nine years. In Canada he served as an ordained pastor, and in China, he and his spouse, Kathi, are the North East Asia Representatives for Mennonite Central Committee. MCC is a North American non-governmental organization (NGO) that works in the area of relief, development, and peace. They have three children. The Suderman family has attended COGS since 1998, and during this time Rod has helped with preaching, worship leading, and has served on various congregational committees. Rod states, “I believe God has called us into community to care for one another and to be a light in our world.”