Talk Speakers
Alan Au
Lead Pastor
Captivate Presbyterian CHurch, North Ryde
Alan has been leading Captivate Presbyterian Church in North Ryde for the last 7 years. He’s married to Beatrice, and they have three crazy kids. Alan dabbles in baking and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He thinks that cheese Twisties are the bomb and chicken Twisties are an abomination.
Alan spent most of his high school years being a science geek and working out how God’s creation shows his great glory and deep love for us. Alan is stoked to be able to share with you all at KYCK 2024.
Alan will be giving 1 talk at 4 KYCK weekends.
Brett Hookham
Lead Pastor
Menai Baptist Church, Menai
Brett is the Lead Pastor of Menai Baptist Church in Sydney’s South. He is married to Victoria, and they have 4 kids, Micah (11), Tilly (9), Eve (6), Reuben (4), and recently a new puppy named Ziggy joined the crew. Brett enjoys watching and playing sport, recently getting a little too into the NFL… but mostly the real football (soccer). He also enjoys quality coffee, quantity food (just all the food really), exercise and records.
Having grown up in a small youth group in Lithgow he loved getting to gather with so many other young people and hear from God’s word at KYCK. He’s excited to be back with us at KYCK this year!
Brett will be giving 2 talks at 2 KYCK weekends.
Sam Low
Lead Pastor
City on a Hill, Gold Coast
Sam met Jesus as a 14-year-old, even then Sam knew no one can love like Jesus does. And with a whole bunch of mess and stuffing up, Sam has spent the last 27 years encountering more of God’s love and faithfulness to unworthy people like him.
Sam is the Pastor of City on a Hill Gold Coast which launched publicly in 2020. Sam loves nothing more than helping other people discover the life, joy and hope that is only found in Jesus.
Sam is married to Sally and they have 3 sons — Bailey, Hudson and Zion. If Sam has spare time, he loves surfing, eating and hanging out with his family.
Sam will be giving 2 talks at 2 KYCK weekends.
ANDY STEVENSON
HEAD OF MINISTRY SUPPORT & SRE OFFICE
YOUTHWORKS
Andy works at Youthworks as the director of youth, children’s and SRE in schools. He’s worked in Church and school ministry for over 20 years. Andy is married to Kim, and they have 3 sons: Lincoln (12), Samuel (9), and Ezekiel (6). Andy and his family love all things sport including soccer, cricket, hockey, basketball, netball, oztag and cross country running! They also love going to the beach with friends.
Andy grew up on the south coast of NSW in sunny Dapto, became a Christian at KYCK in 1993 and has been involved in KYCK as a youth, leader, youth minister and on the organising committee. He has always had a passion for youth ministry and in particular public school ministry and is forever thankful to God for the privilege of being able to serve Him in the various ways and places he’s been called to.
Andy will be giving 1 talk at 4 KYCK weekends.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Polly Butterworth
CHAPLAIN,
ABBOTSLEIGH
Polly is a high school chaplain who came to faith as a child and grew up in a Christian home. She enjoys exploring the Bible with youth, particularly girls and young women. Polly is married to James (a maths teacher who loves cats), and spends her spare time embarking on creative pursuits, including sewing, writing, craft, baking, photography, and music. She has a cat named Lilliandil and a dog named Beasley.
Polly will be presenting an interactive seminar at 3 KYCK weekends.
Patricia Weerakoon
Christian Sexologist & Author
Patricia Weerakoon is a medical doctor from Sri Lanka, academic, sexologist and writer. She is an evangelical Christian. She retired in 2012 after a career as director of an internationally renowned graduate program in sexual health at the University of Sydney to pursue her passion for writing and public speaking.
Her writing and speaking brings together her enthusiasm for sexual health and her love for the glory of God. Her non-fiction books are gold-standard guides for good sex for all ages and include ‘Talking Sex By The Book’ (2021) and ‘The Gender Revolution’ (2023).
Patricia will be joining our Q&A session at 4 KYCK weekends.
