Presbytery Team
Presbytery Ministers
Two new Presbytery Ministers started full time with the Presbytery of North East Victoria (PNEV) in early 2025. Rev. Tanya Walker takes responsibility for the West of the Presbytery and Scott Leslie (Pastor) for the East. The Hume Freeway is the dividing line between East and West with some exceptions. Rev. Alan Lockwood is part time Presbytery Minister for Pastoral Care.
Presbytery Chairperson
Rev Gereldine Leonard
Presbytery Secretary
Lorraine Threlfall
Presbytery Minister East
Rev. Tanya Walker
As Presbytery Minister’s our role is to respond to the needs of congregations within the North-West of the Presbytery, from Rutherglen/Corowa along the river to Echuca, down to Northern Rivers cluster and up the highway to Wangaratta, with all the congregations within this.
Working with these congregations and communities of faith, along with the other Presbytery Minister for the South-East side of the Presbytery, and other Presbytery leaders, this role will act as a resourcing minister, offering support and care to congregations and leaders with specific responsibility of developing ministry with Pacifica people. Through developing relationships and connections with faithful members of congregations this role will offer support, encouragement and equipping for ministry in the local context.
Presbytery Minister East
Scott Leslie
Scott’s role is to resource and encourage the congregations and communities in the Eastern part of our Presbytery. He will be involved in training, equipping and engaging with churches as a lay person in the ministry of Pastor. Scott has recently finished as Pastor at Euroa and Terip-Ruffy churches, and was also PNEV Secretary in 2022-2023. He lives in Wangaratta with his wife and teenage son. Before coming to this Presbytery, Scott was in a pastoral care role with Manningham UCA in Melbourne. He has experience as a lay leader in Anglican churches and in Student ministry, previously working within the recruitment industry and as a Public Servant. Scott is the representative from PNEV to the Equipping Leadership for Mission (eLM) unit, and meets regularly with Presbytery Ministers from across Victoria and Tasmania to discuss strategy and explore different ways of being the church. Scott follows Hawthorn in Australian Rules and Tottenham Hotspur in English Soccer. He looks forward to sampling the tea and coffee in the churches and cafes in towns across the Presbytery.
Presbytery Resource
Minister (Part time)
Rev Hoon You
Presbytery Minister Pastoral Care
Rev. Alan Lockwood
The Presbytery Minister Pastoral Care is a part-time minister who collaborates with the two full-time Presbytery Ministers. When long-term care is needed, it is typically the Presbytery Minister Pastoral Care who provides the ongoing support to individuals or congregations.
The Presbytery Minister Pastoral care maintains contact with ministers in placement, especially those settling into new placements, as well as with leaders where there is no minister in placement, and retired ministers.
The Presbytery Minister Pastoral Care is a member of the Synod Placements
Committee and the Presbytery Pastoral Relations Committee, and at times participates in mission studies with congregations seeking a new minister, Life and Witness programs, and is a facilitator for the Loddon Mallee North East Victoria Presbyteries worship resource program.
