All Saints staff

All the baptised are the ministers of the Church, and at All Saints we are clear that all of us are 'in the ministry'.
However, some people serve the community of All Saints in particular ways. They are:


Rev. Prince Devanandan is the Vicar of All Saints Ponsonby. Born and raised in Sri Lanka he has been living in New Zealand permanently with his family since 2003. He was made a deacon in 1987 and ordained to priesthood in 1988 in the Anglican Diocese of Colombo. He served in urban and rural parishes and the National Christian Council in Sri Lanka for 15 years. He completed a Master of Theology at the University of Auckland in 2001 under a scholarship from St Johns College. Following this, he returned to the Diocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka for two years. He migrated to New Zealand with his family to the Waitakere Methodist Parish in 2003. Since then, he has served as a parish minister, district superintendent, director for overseas mission and ecumenical work and as National President of the Methodist Church of New Zealand from 2016 to 2018.

 

 
The All Saints office administrator is Jan Zane-Harris
Jan began her working life as a teenage office secretary. ‘I learnt touch typing at school because that was what my parents thought I should do,’ she says. But she soon broadened her horizons and studied to become a teacher, eventually gaining a Masters in Linguistics with first class honours while raising four children.
After teaching at several primary and intermediate schools she took a course in teaching English and got a job at Unitec, eventually becoming Assistant Head of the School of Languages for six years.
She then spent three years in Bahrain helping set up their new polytechnic, and on returning home joined the staff of a private language school in Auckland where she led a team through a curriculum development project.

Making a better place
The Covid downturn in overseas students prompted Jan to retire two years ago, but when she learnt All Saints needed a parish administrator, she felt it was another fun opportunity.
Jan works in the parish office Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, and loves it. ‘I enjoy the variety of work, from accounts to newsletters. But most of all I love being in an office where everyone is friendly and trying their best to make our community a better place.’

People v rosters
Jan joined the All Saints church community a number of years ago and since she took on the administrator role, she has met more parishioners and now feels even more at home at All Saints.

The most enjoyable part of her job? ‘The people!’ And the most challenging? ‘The rosters!
 

Vestry
As well as the people listed about All Saints also has a 'Vestry'.

The Vestry is the business meeting of the parish and comprises an elective body in the parish composed of the Vicar and a group of elected parishioners who administer the temporal affairs of the parish. In effect this is All Saints 'board' with a Treasurer, Secretary and various other officers who have specific work to do for All Saints