REV DR COLIN MARSHALL (Chairman)
My wonderful wife, Lorraine, and I have been married for 26 years and have four delightful daughters; Julie, Tracey, Catherine & Lisa. Lorraine & I both grew up in St Heliers and were married there by a Presbyterian minister in an Anglican church. For both of us and our family the life of faith has been central. Education has also been very important. Julie is an Secondary English teacher and has taught at Hebron for 2 years. Tracey is currently training as a primary teacher at Laidlaw Teachers Training College and Catherine & Lisa are currently at Hebron.Professionally I began my working life as a primary school teacher at Kohimarama Primary after finishing the Epsom Training College and a degree at Auckland University in Anthropology & Politics. I would later leave teaching for a commercial career as a computer consultant eventually being appointed the NZ National Information Systems Manager with Coca-Cola Amatil. During this time I became involved with the Presbyterian Youth Ministry leading youth groups and running youth and youth leadership camps. After taking me through some years of challenge and change in transforming my personal life the Lord, in 1995, called me to full time ministry. I left Coca-Cola and as a family (Lorraine, Julie, Tracey & myself) headed for three exciting years (and two more daughters Catherine & Lisa) in Dunedin at Knox Theological Hall and Otago University. Since then I have completed training for full time ministry, a Batchelor of Divinity and a PhD in Theology.
In 1998 we were called to St. John's Presbyterian church in Mt. Roskill, a warm, small, family church with an ethincially mixed community of faithful Christian people.
As our children's Christian education was critical to us we spent time researching schools and were very impressed with Hebron's approach and ethos that we could see being lived out in practice. This started a long and increasingly deep relationship with the school. Before long Lorraine was invited onto the board (a role she takes very seriously). and later also joined the staff as a secretary and With the support of my eldership I have also been able to assist the school by chairing the Computer Committee for several years, going on a variety of camps and three overseas mission trips, and providing support to the school pastorally and in a variety of situations.