Sam Bleby

Sam moved to St. Johns from Adelaide in September 2019 with his wife Hannah, and their 5 school-aged children. Originally a corporate lawyer with a law degree focusing on International Human Rights law, before going on to study theology at Ridley Bible College, graduating with a Masters of Divinity and Graduate Diploma in Bible & Ministry. Sam has worked in a number of churches in Adelaide, including most recently in church planting as part of the Grace Anglican Network.

Outside of working in the church, Sam loves reading, running, hiking and wrangling his small army of children. He also lived in Papua New Guinea for a year, ask him about it!

Assistant Minister

Jimmy Young

Jimmy joined the St. Johns Cranbourne team in 2021, moving over from the West of Melbourne with his wife and son. He has served on staff with a variety of churches in the past ten years, before graduating from Ridley Bible College in 2021 with a Masters of Divinity and being ordained. He has a deep love for the word of God and a great desire to see the gospel bring holistic transformation in our lives.

Jimmy loves any and every kind of sporting competition, most weekends you can find him riding up and down the Dandenongs on his Giant Propel road bike, but you can also find him playing video games or reading profusely. Most of all though, he loves to talk about Jesus.