Staff Team

James Harricks is the Senior Pastor at Trinity North East and is responsible for leading the staff and leadership te ams. James is married to Karen and they have 6 children. James used to be a high history teacher, and has given up ever playing cricket for Australia.

Maddie Smith is a Ministry Intern involved with the NE Kids ministry team. Maddie will greet you if you are a new family at church and introduce you to some of the Kids ministry leaders.
Leadership team
Trinity North East is privileged to be led by a team of godly men and women. Along with our two Pastors, they are Bryan Robertson, Lydia Kennedy, Emily Norman, Simon Barbour and Will Vaatstra. They are responsible for setting the direction of ministry at TNE, providing budgets and financial updates to people, managing our property and lease arrangements, and liasing with the broader Trinity Network.