Pastoral Team

John McClean - Interim Moderator
John is the Vice Principal of Christ College and teaches in the area of Christian Thought, focussing on Systematic Theology and Ethics. He had been serving GracePoint as Interim-Moderator since 2017. He and his wife Elizabeth live in the Lower Blue Mountains. Their home church is Winmalee Presbyterian. They have two adult children, who are both married, and three grandchildren.

Peter Hughes - Youth Minister
Peter was born and raised in Sydney's inner west and has been part of GracePoint since 2000. After many years working in the banking industry as a lawyer, Peter left full time work to attend Sydney Missionary and Bible College (SMBC). Having finished his M.Div in 2007, he now serves as the Youth Pastor for Extreme, a youth ministry at GracePoint Lidcombe that meets every Sunday morning at 11:30am. In his free time, Peter enjoys reading, cycling, swimming and hanging around with friends.

Kamal Weerakoon - Assistant Minister
Kamal was born in Sri Lanka and migrated to Australia as a teenager with his parents. He has been ministered in churches of Arabic, Chinese, Indian, and Sri Lankan background, as well as in established local churches seeking to reach the diverse communities of today's Sydney. Kamal is passionate about missions and completed a PhD in multicultural ministry. He is also an adjunct lecturer at Christ College (Sydney) and the Reformed Theological College (Melbourne).

