MEET THE YOUTH DEPT.

  • ALANA LEPINE

    TERRITORIAL YOUTH SECRETARY

    Alana is passionate about young people having trusted people in their lives that give them a place to belong, an opportunity to thrive in every aspect of their lives, and relationships that ultimately help them see and know our loving God. She is also passionate about developing and supporting leaders in this important area of ministry!

  • VANESSA SINGH

    MISSION RESOURCE DEVELOPER

    Vanessa's main role in the Youth Department is to oversee Amplify (our annual territorial creative arts camp) as well as bringing some style and class to the team. Although the majority of Vanessa's work is for another department, she just can't let go of youth ministry, and is also involved in leading young people at her corps. Vanessa enjoys initiating office sing-alongs to Ron Kenoly and '90s Hillsong, and if you bring her Krispy Kremes, you're automatically her new BFF!

  • LESLIE D'MELLO

    ADMINISTRATOR & YOUTH PROGRAMME ADVISOR

    Leslie is the only person on THQ that knows what’s going on, and what he doesn't know he makes up. Without him, the youth department is like a confused huddle of penguins on a drifting iceberg. He's a cheeky bloke but is the kind of guy you want on your quiz team.

  • GEORGIA EILERING

    ONLINE CONTENT & RESOURCE COORDINATOR

    Georgia is the freshest addition to the Youth Department and arguably has the coolest role - she gets to hang out on our socials and make sure everything looks good on the web! So if you reach out online, assume it’ll be Georgia replying… probably while watching reality TV when she should be studying for her university degree. Georgia is super grateful for the part she plays in the team, and loves a good adventure - put youth, camp, and Summer together and that’s her ideal experience.

  • ANNIKA MCLEOD

    YOUTH MISSION PROGRAMME COORDINATOR

    Annika has joined the team as a relational champion, overseeing programs from LAB and Foundations, to our annual More Conference! Most will recognize her as a dance extraordinaire, but most recently she has become a mum to sweet daughter Marley. She loves young people, enjoys quality time with her sewing machine, always up for a trip to Nandos, and likes to split her Big Mac in two half’s… despite that last one, we love having her around!

OUR VALUES.

MAKE, GROW & RETAIN YOUTH DISCIPLES.

We want to grow dynamic youth disciples who are totally committed to following Jesus within The Salvation Army— risk taking, incarnational, fighting injustice and committed to the salvation of the lost. When youth are actively being discipled and growing in their faith journey this is when we will see transformation take place personally and socially.

WORK TOGETHER.

We want to achieve synergies for mission by working in partnership with other organisations. In doing so we better support youth as they transition from children, through their teenage years and on into adulthood. We are at our strongest when we are working together and coordinating a unifi ed approach to mission.

RECRUIT, DEVELOP & RETAIN YOUTH LEADERS.

We want to ensure every youth service has trained, competent youth leaders. A big part of this is ensuring we retain our experienced youth leaders and hold the learnt knowledge. It is important that we not only value our leaders but that we ensure they have proper training to equip and retain them for the long term.

OFFER WELL RESOURCED & CONSISTENT SERVICES.

We want to provide consistent, high quality services that can be funded and replicated around the country. It is important that we share in our strengths and our weaknesses to learn lessons for improving our ministries to young people. If something is working well we want to encourage it and share that success so it can be replicated. If something is struggling we want to learn the key lessons to better facilitate mission into the future.