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“You have a lively faith and unwavering hope! What you are, speaks so loudly, that young people hear what you say with great respect and openness.”
Bishop Peter Ingham,
Diocese of Wollongong
 
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YMT WOLLONGONG PROFILES

Chris Brennan
Team Manager

Nickname: CB, Brenno
Age: 40
City of Origin: Perth
Study or Work Background: Cabinet Making, Hospitality, Teaching
Your Trademark: ...
Favourite meal to cook: Bacon & Eggs
Most embarrassing moment: ...
Most inspirational person you've ever met: My Mum & Dad
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: Nelson Mandela
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: ...


Trish McCarthy
Team Manager (Ministry Co-ordinator)

Nickname: Trisho
Age: 27
City of Origin: Helensburgh (The Burgh!)
Study or Work Background: B. Exercise Science & Grad Dip Ed.
Your Trademark: My ute & My postie bike
Favourite meal to cook: Homemade hamburgers, ANZAC biscuits, Fresh Strawberries & Nutella
Most embarrassing moment: Celebrating a grandfinal win in touch football only to realise it wasn't the final siren but an ambulance driving past. There was still 5 mins to go... we still won, just in case you were wondering!
Most inspirational person you've ever met: Anyone who makes me laugh
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: Anyone I haven't met
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: To grow


Greg Martin
Team Member

Nickname: Greggy, Greggles, Spotleggy
Age: 19
City of Origin: Thriving metropolis of Mullaley!
Study or Work Background: HSC + 6 months of a GAP year on the farm.
Your Trademark: "Ooh Picton", my love for home grown milk.
Favourite meal to cook: (Only meal) ginger biscuits & potato chips
Most embarrassing moment: my date of birth.
Most inspirational person you've ever met: Steve Toohey
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: Scott Hahn.
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: Impact the lives of young people, showing TRUTH in Jesus, & whatever else God has planned!


Marshall Miller
Team Member

Nickname: Slim, M dogg, M & M
Age: 22
City of Origin: Adelaide
Study or Work Background: Social Work (partially completed); Cert IV - Community Development; Cert IV - Sport & Rec, Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
Your Trademark: My confident gait
Favourite meal to cook: stirfry & spaghetti
Most embarrassing moment: I don't usually get embarrassed, but I felt ashamed after breaking the hallway light at school with a football.
Most inspirational person you've ever met: Phil Kelly, Steve Toohey, Andrew Symonds
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: Bono, C.S.Lewis, DJ Tresto
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: Continue what I started and bring young people into the truth, that is Christ.


Alexandra Wedd
Team Member

Nickname: Alex, Al, Allywalywoowoo
Age: 22
City of Origin: Mountain of Origin - Blue Mountains
Study or Work Background: 3 years of a BA of Biological Science
Your Trademark: Random
Favourite meal to cook: something creative + I love Vegetarian & chickpea curries!
Most embarrassing moment: I was at a party & was hugging all my friends goodbye outside my friends house & I hugged a boy goodbye & my dad (who had already pulled up outside the front of the house) called out "Alexandra, put that boy down" & everyone at the party heard!
Most inspirational person you've ever met: Quite a few people inspire me in different ways; Jesus Christ & our Lady.
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: Mother Teresa & Pope John Paul II
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: To trust in God's will for me. Whatever He has planned for me is what I hope to achieve.


James Murnane
Team Member

Nickname: Jimmy
Age: 23
City of Origin: Melbourne
Study or Work Background: Fine Arts (Painting)
Your Trademark: Being impunctual
Favourite meal to cook: Curry
Most embarrassing moment: Accidently drooling infront of a customer at work while I was packing their bag with groceries.
Most inspirational person you've ever met: Fr Kevin Dillon
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: A Carthusian
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: To come to know more the good news of Freedom, to live it & to spread it.


Anne-Maree Trainor
Team Member

Nickname: Annie
Age: 23
City of Origin: Sydney
Study or Work Background: Diploma of Children's Services
Your Trademark: "No worries", "You have a lovely Day"
Favourite meal to cook: Three veg & meat
Most embarrassing moment: When I was talking to my friends & we were discussing what things stood for & then I said, "I wonder what uni stands for?"
Most inspirational person you've ever met: Steve Toohey
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: Christopher West, John Paul II
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: Let the young people realise how incredibly loved they are, and also grow more in love & trust with Jesus.


Celeste Beecher
Team Member

Nickname: Lest
Age: 21
City of Origin: Melbourne
Study or Work Background: Diploma of Circus Arts
Your Trademark: Stretching in weird positions, flipping & doing handstands at random times.
Favourite meal to cook: Casseroles or pasta bakes
Most embarrassing moment: Doing my circus goodness one day, I fell head 1st down a rope 8 metres in the air and landed on my trainer.
Most inspirational person you've ever met: Performers from Cirque Du Soleil
Most inspirational person you'd like to meet: Princess Diana
What do you hope to achieve on YMT: To inspire young kids through my own experiences.