Wesley and St Aidan's have a tradition of excellent preaching. Sermons are available from our download page. There is usually a team of two full-time Ministers settled in the Parish. We also have a wonderful group of Lay Preachers and worship leaders who bring energy and creativity to our services. Our Children and Family worker position is currently vacant.

	The Rev. Gregor Henderson , BA, BD (Hons); Gregor was ordained as a Minister of the Word in 1971 and ministered previously in the parishes of Shepparton North (1971-1975), Wodonga (1975-1982) and Hobart City (1983-1988). He then served 12 years as General Secretary of the National Assembly, from January 1989 to December 2000. For the three years of 2001-2003 he was executive director of the Clergy Exchange International Foundation. Gregor commenced ministry with us in February 2004. For the three years from July 2006 to July 2009 Gregor served as national President of the Uniting Church in Australia, while remaining also part-time as one of our ministers. During this time he traveled far and wide, visiting congregations, speaking at conferences, attending many inter-church and inter-faith events, meeting with Australian community leaders and politicians, and spending more than half the time away from Canberra.  He returned to us fulltime in July 2009. Gregor has wide ecumenical experience. He has been a member of the World Council of Churches Central Committee since 1998. He has served on committees and assemblies of the Christian Conference of Asia. He has been heavily involved in the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) ever since its establishment in 1994. He has visited many of the Uniting Church’s overseas partner churches, in Asia and the Pacific. Gregor has ongoing involvement with Frontier Services, the Uniting Church’s outback ministry agency, of which he was chairperson for several years; and with Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the NCCA. He is currently chair of the Board of the John Flynn Foundation. Gregor’s wife, Alison, died after a short illness in 2007. He has three daughters, all married, and two grandchildren.
	Rev’d David M Thiem joined our Ministry Team on November 7th, 2009. Before joining Canberra Central Parish, David had been the Associate National Director of Frontier Services since January 2002.  This is the UC agency serving outback Australia.  Prior to this appointment, he served as Minister in the Queanbeyan Parish for seven years.  He has also been a Defence Force Chaplain (Navy) at the Australian Defence Force Academy, and had two Parish appointments in South Australia. David and his wife, Annette, love living in Canberra.
	Rev. Janis Huggett, American-born (with an accent that still proves that), Janis came to Australia in 1985 and was received as a Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church in 1988.  In 1992 she also became an Australian citizen.  She has served parishes in California, the Newcastle region and Sydney, as well as teaching Liturgical Studies and New Testament at St. John’s College (Anglican) and United Theological College.  Recently retired from full-time ministry as Chaplain of Mirinjani Village UnitingCare Ageing, she was our part time Supply Minister earlier this year, and now, as a member of our congregation (and choir!) is a welcome participant on our preaching roster from time to time.  She loves music, cats and chocolate (not necessarily in that order).
	Our Ministers Emeritus are Rev. Jan Alblas and Rev. Ian Tanner (Ian is a past President of the National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia). Our Minister-in-Association is Rev. Prof James Haire.   James is the Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, a past President of the Uniting Church in Australia and is immediate past President of the National Council of Churches in Australia.