Meet the Chews: Paul, Jo and children. Paul has started at Battery Point and the Cathedral in 2007. A confine of space makes it seem a good idea to introduce us High Fidelity style by giving you the low-down in Top 5's:

Paul Who?

Five things you may not know about Paul Chew:

1. The people standing beside Paul in the photograph are not interested bystanders but in fact Paul's family: Jo (wife) and children.
2. Paul works at St George's Battery Point caring for families, kids, and the rest; and at St David's Cathedral caring for the young and young at heart with the nubile congregation of Cathedral Unplugged.
3. Paul likes English literature, German industrial music, Danish philosophy from the 19th century, Columbian coffee, Portuguese tarts, Greek vocab retention, North American indie music, Australian history, being a native Tasmanian, and following a Galilean carpenter.
4. Paul became a Christian in 1997.
5. Paul still holds the honour of being the youngest clergyman in the Diocese.

Five things Paul has learnt since getting deaconed:

1. How to start a Playgroup, how to write and teach a School Scripture curriculum, how to preach a sermon series, how to start a new congregation in the Cathedral, and how to get a fence built.
2. The similarity between a deacon's stole and a Miss America sash.
3. The need to emphasise the priesthood of all believers.
4. A bit more about his character flaws.
5. God is still good when things are hard.