SAMANTHA JENSEN
Director
With experience working in administration roles in churches, as well as for both secular and christian organisations, Sam is a committed Christian who wants to help churches take care of the 'behind-the-scenes' jobs so that Pastors are freed up to do their most important tasks.
Married to Dave (a Pastor himself), Sam works from home where she also cares for their children. Sam started VCA to help churches and ministries flourish without the burden of disorganised and chaotic administration, as well as to help train and resource pastors and staff to increase their productivity, and subsequently their joy in the ministry/workplace.
AMANDA HUNTER
Senior Administrative Assistant
Amanda has over 12 years of administrative experience working as a personal assistant and project administrator and 4 years working with Virtual Church Assist. Despite taking a break from formal work to raise her three boys, she has spent this time indulging her love of all things admin by serving in her church, organising rosters and logistics, and sitting on the Parish Council.
Amanda has a passion to see people use their talents; especially encouraging ministers to focus on their gift of preaching and teaching and let go of the admin tasks. She is keen to assist in utilising the most appropriate tools for your church to ensure administrative tasks are taken care of efficiently and seamlessly.
LAURA SMITH
Administrative Assistant
Having worked for Anglican Youthworks coordinating admin, events and managing compliance data for SRE, Laura understands well the ins and outs of all kinds of admin when it comes to ministry! With experience in Kids and Youth ministry in a small parish as well as in larger parishes, she understands the different administrative needs of churches in different contexts, as well as the importance of good systems to support ministry. Laura is passionate about making small, manageable system changes to create huge results in ministry efficiency and joy!
Laura is currently studying at Moore College with a desire to pursue full time vocational ministry and has been involved in, and is training for, ministry in both Parish and para-church ministries for a number of years.
ANNA COX
Administrative Assistant
Anna has been around churches her whole life and been serving on ministry teams for many years. She is passionate about helping churches and Christian organisations run smoothly.
With a professional background in editing, attention to detail is her specialty and she enjoys anything that involves proofreading and correcting punctuation.
When she’s not working, she’s looking after her four kids, watching bad tv with her husband Matt and enjoying all the perks associated with living in Newtown.
DANI TREWEEK
Associated Freelance Designer
Dani Treweek brings a unique combination of skills, experience and insight to her role as the VCA designer. She has over 12 years of graphic design experience, the vast majority of which has been with churches and other ministry organisations. This, alongside 5 years of experience as a church administrator and over 6 years experience in full-time parish ministry, means that Dani is in the ideal position to understand and meet the design needs of churches as they seek to proclaim Jesus to their communities.
After studying at Moore Theological College, Dani worked as the women’s ministry trainer at St Matthias Anglican Church, Centennial Park before embarking on a PhD in theology in 2016. Her role as the VCA designer provides her with the creative outlet she craves in the midst of the many, many (oh, so many) books on her desk!
Malina Mumbi
Associated Freelance Designer
Malina has over 10 years experience as a Graphic Designer. Having worked for Large Corporates and Christian Not-for-Profits. Malina brings great knowledge to the team around branding, concept design and layout. In her local church she serves by managing all design and publications. Malina is a committed Christian, married to Julius and they have 3 children. In her spare time you will find her cooking, drinking good coffee with friends or Op-shopping!!!
Malina looks forward to being able to help churches design collateral that communicates their message well, whilst being aesthetically engaging.
GEORGIA CONDIE
Associated Freelance Designer
Having worked in both a church context, and for various Christian organisations, Georgia has experience designing with the Gospel in mind!
She is passionate about churches communicating well, and having the right tools to do so.
With a degree in Visual Communication from The University of Technology, Sydney, Georgia is well-equipped to design material that is both effective and aesthetic.