The Hillsong Team
Here are some fun facts about Hillsong Church and Team….
Name: Hillsong Church
LOCATION: Sydney, London, Kiev/Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Capetown ...
HISTORY: 26 years
HEART: Connecting God & people!
PASSION: To make His Name famous; to genuinely serve and bless the communities, cities and nations entrusted; to welcome the lost, broken and searching home (Isaiah 58); to raise up future generations; to sing of His great love and see the Song of the Lord resound around the earth...
CONFERENCES: Hillsong Conference, Colour Your World Women's Conference, Hillsong Men's Conference (hosted in Australia and Europe)
SENIOR LEADERSHIP: Brian and Bobbie Houston
Name: Brian Houston
Birthday: 17th February 1954
Favourite food: Penne Arabiatta.
Passion: Bobbie & her offspring!
Bit about your family: Nice people, all of them!
Your role on the Hillsong Team: Boss.
Name: Bobbie (real name Roberta Lee) Houston
Birthday: 16th January 1957
Favourite food: Seriously crusty, chewy Italian bread; and homemade chips! mmmmm!
What's playing on your Ipod?: Photos of my family
Passion: God/church/family (all impt) ... & seeing this global Sisterhood find her full potential Bit about your family: I have the most amazing, funny & unique husband. If I had to choose again, I would definitely choose him, plus our kids that blow my mind. I can't believe I get to be their "mum"
Your role on the Hillsong team: I'm the Boss's wife (smile) & amongst many things that come with pastoring a church, I think I play an important role in keeping the heartbeat of our church close to His.
Name: Cathy Clarke
Birthday: 2nd March 1962
Favourite food: Roasted Mediterranean vegetables
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Bobbie Houston’s messages
Passion: Love lots of things, to choose one - seeing people believe in themselves (through God of course)
Bit about your family: Married to Gary, 2 beautiful teenage kids -Tori and Jadyn, 2 cats and a dog and live in the incredible city of London.
Your role on the Hillsong Team: Pastor Hillsong Church London – alongside my husband
Name: Vera Kasevich
Birthday: 17th November 1970
Favourite Food: Borshch (Ukrainian soup) Apples, Broccoli (it’s true!), Salmon and all kind of nuts, raisins and seeds
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Oops, I don't have one yet.. But I love any music which lifts my spirit and creativity up
Passion: To see people of all ages in my part of the world turning their eyes on Jesus
Bit about your family: Funny and amazing husband Zhenya, beautiful 15-year old daughter Diana, grown up son Roma and his stunning wife Arina (plus first grandbaby on a way!)
Your role on the Hillsong team: alongside my husband lead pastor of Hillsong Church Kiev and Moscow
Name: Christine Caine
Birthday: If I tell you I will have to kill you.....23rd September 1966
What’s playing on your Ipod?: All things U2-all that you can't leave behind / how to dismantle an atomic bomb/ No line on the Horizon as well as an electric mix of Greek post-revolutionary folk songs
Favourite food: HOT CHIPS & anything my Greek mum cooks
Passion: Riding my PINK Vespa/ Nick/ My girls/ Eating/ To see people rescued from human trafficking/ Reading spy thrillers/ Seeing people saved/ Greek islands/ Building the Church
Bit about your family: Nick is the most ravishing piece of masculine flesh on planet...Catie-Bobbie is sweet, kind, gentle, loving.. Sophia-Joyce is strong, learning to be sweet, kind, gentle, and loving
Your role on the Hillsong team: umm...good question...I am global ambassador of all things Hillsong.. General gap filler...whatever it takes...friend of Bobbie...actually no real formal role...
Name: Lucinda Dooley
Birthday: 6th March
Favourite Food: Thai and Sushi for sure!
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Lots of messages that I listen to as I go to the gym!!!
Passion: Jesus the Church and my precious family and of course my new country… I love Africa!!
Bit about your family; I have an amazing Husband and 3 beautiful Children, Abbey now just hit double digits she is 10, Bella is 7 years old and Zac "the Man" is 5 years old. They are such a joy and such a special gift to my world they all have lots of personality and creativity!! I love it!
Your role on the Hillsong Team: My Husband Phil and I are the Pastors at Hillsong church in Cape Town and we are extending the Hillsong Family in this side of the globe!! What an Honour and Privilege!!!
Name: Donna Crouch
Birthday: 15th December (....somewhere back in the 60's...)
Favourite food: Salads / Pavlova and berries
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Jesus Culture
Passion: Making Jesus real to people
Bit about your family: Love boats, bikes, sport, dancing & being together most of all
Your role on the Hillsong team: Lead Hillsong CityCare
Name: Darlene Zschech
Birthday: 44 years old, born 8th September
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Jesus Culture, Leona Lewis, John Legend, Sarah Groves, Cold Play, 100's demo songs...the list goes on and on.
Passion: (Apart from Jesus and His worship) is my family and friends… And creating lush atmospheres, whether through music, art, food, lyrics or candlelight - My immediate family is the prize... My three daughters, one son in law, one DIVINE grand daughter... and my rock of a husband.
Your role on the Hillsong Team: worshipper, leader, pastor and I guess, coach. One personal favourite ways of mine to invest into young people coming through, is through the bible college.. LOVE IT!!
Name: Julia A'Bell (no middle name, first name means 'youthful')
Birth date: 19th April 1973
Favourite food: Anything breakfast!!! Especially yummy muslie with skim milk & natural yogurt on top!
What's playing on your ipod?: Kari Jobe and anything that fills my mind with inspiration
Bit about your family: Love my husband, Joel, passionately, find great joy in my generous-spirited daughter, Harmony and my very humorous son, Eli! My hubby and 2 kids are my best friends! I am also grateful for my extended family and my Hillsong family! Family is important to me!
Your role on the Hillsong team: City Campus Pastor & Sydney/ Brisbane Sisterhood Oversight Aka: Church builder// whatever it takes :)
Name: Danielle Jeyaratnam
Birthday: 3rd November 1981
Favourite food: Thai food..mmmm
What’s playing on your ipod?: Jesus Culture
Passion: Outside of Jesus & building His Church I'm passionate about my veerrry hot husband!!
Bit about your family: Married to Chrishan and mumma to my beautiful bubba girl Milan
Your role on the Hillsong team: Hillsong Youth Pastor & City Campus Sisterhood Pastor
Name: Andi Andrew
Birthday: 4th September
Favourite food: All food! But to narrow it down - Authentic Italian, Paul’s cooking, and I am always a sucker for a good Creme Brûlée. And is coffee a food?
What’s playing on your ipod?: Andi's amazing playlist by Brooke, Kari Jobe, Taylor Swift, and my dance party 'pop' mix for spontaneous dance parties whenever needed.
Passion: Truth, Jesus, my family, building the Church, and bringing freedom to others whether in the spiritual or physical.
Bit about your family: Married to a very hot man (the hottest) named Paul for 7 1/2 years with 3 beautiful kids. 2 boys Ezekiel aka 'Zeke' 4, Jesse 2, and my little Princess Finley Grace 1 year old.
Your role on the Hillsong team: Hillsong Sisterhood Leader
Name: Lina Nielsen
Birthday: 26th November
Favourite food: Sushi
What’s playing on your ipod?: Hillsong - Faith+Hope+Love, Israel Houghton, Kirk Franklin
Passion: Building the Church
Bit about your family: Married to Andreas, have 2 children Selina (4 years) and Angelina (1 year)
Your role on the Hillsong team: Pastor (together with Andreas) in Hillsong Stockholm
Name: Camille White
Birthday: 1st June 1985
Favourite food: duck!! Canard à l'orange
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Bobbie's messages. love it!!
Passion: House of God!
Bit about your family: Married to my incredible husband for nearly 2 1/2 years and expecting our baby girl in March.
Your role on the Hillsong team: Lead Hillsong Paris along with husband Brenden and Leads Sisterhood team.
Name: Annie Garratt
Birthday: 17th August 1979
Favourite food: I’m a savoury junkie… any kind of cheese,Thai food… Oh and chocolate of course.
What’s playing on your Ipod?: The soundtrack from the musical “Wicked”
Passion: I absolutely love being a Mum and Wife… Being a part of a church with such purpose and building the house together.
Bit about your family: I’m married to the most handsome, incredible man, BRENT GARRATT... and we are madly in love with our beautiful little girl, Madison
Your role on the Hillsong team: I look after our choir and vocals... and help care pastorally for our creative team.. LOVE LOVE MY JOB!!
Name: Jonathon Douglass
Birthday: 30th December 1983
Favourite food: Satay chicken
What’s playing on your ipod?: hmmmmm everything and anything..
Passion: Getting young people passionate about God and the Church...
Bit about your family: I have the greatest wife (Lauren) and we have a baby on the way and I couldn't be more excited if I tried!!!!!
Your role on the Hillsong team: Youth Worship Pastor..
Name: Jill McCloghry
Birthday: 30th June 1982
Favourite food: I LOVE sushi ... or anything deep fried :-0
What’s playing on your ipod?: Donavan Frankenreiter/ Bethany Dillion/ Dave Barnes/ Christy Nockels
Passion: Jesus + family + Church +life::
Bit about your family: Matty (really amazing hubby) : Max (heaven baby) : Huey (best dog in the whole world) : Haylee (the most amazing beautiful girl that is ours for however long she is ours... she is SO amazing.. Did I already say that???)
Your role on the Hillsong team: worshipper/leader/ songwriter… Whatever I need to be I suppose :-)
Name: Brooke Ligertwood
Birthday: December... 1980something...
Favourite food: Healthy, home cooked anything.
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Today is a Bach day.
Passion: Books and old things.
Bit about your family: Wife to Scotty, big sister to two little brothers, daughter/daughter-in-law to Kiwis and Scots
Your role on the Hillsong team: Worship leader and mischief maker. One day I aim to dance as well as JD.
Name: Joshua Desmond Bonett (nice middle name, thanks mum...)
Birthday: 2nd February 1974
Favourite food: Cadbury chocolate and home-roasted almonds mixed together in your mouth. And, home-made lemon meringue pie (but not mixed with the chocolate... Eeew).
What’s playing on your Ipod?: Christmas carols! Soon to be Colour items...
Passion: Creating moments and making things beautiful; moving people to action against injustice; seeing the Church be the head and not the tail, in all areas. And, France is pretty great, and so is the ocean :)
Bit about your family: Beautiful wife Belinda, and cutest 11 month old on the planet, Zara Rose. She can have whatever she wants, always.... :)
Your role on the hillsong team: Oversee TV department, stage design, our Christmas musical spectacular and creative elements at Colour Conference with Bobbie. Perfect and fun and vision-filled for over 12 years now!
