Guest Speaker: Anne Spoelder
Anne Spoelder has been a minister with the Churches of Christ in Australia for many years, serving at One Community Church (formerly Blackburn Church of Christ), Box Hill Church of Christ and for the last 10 years at Southern Community Church in Cheltenham, the last five years at Southern Community Church as ministry team leader.
In Anne’s first 20 years of ministry at One Community were solely working with single adults and single parents.
Anne's journey as a single parent spans many years, a role that has given her firsthand knowledge of the challenges and triumphs that come with it. Her understanding is further deepened by the recent loss of her former husband, who was also the father of her child.
Anne recently retired from full-time paid ministry but is still active in people's lives at a pastoral level. She also loves the opportunity to connect with her customers at a personal level through a small business, Yo-Ko Original Boutique in Seaford, which she is now spending more time in.