Ash Brice

associate pastor for youth

email: Ash.B@baybaptist.org.nz

If you count the seasons of your life by the places you’ve lived, Ash Brice is on number three. Ash is pleased to call Auckland home, having moved here at the start of 2020. Place really matters to Ash; she believes that God’s people have particular responsibility to care for the particular piece of land on which they are grounded and for the people who live there with them. She also thinks that the place you live and play and worship is formative for who you are and who you are becoming.

To this point, Ash has been formed in two places: Sydney, Australia (please don’t hold this against her!) and Vancouver, Canada. In Sydney, Ash studied environmental science at university and after graduating went to work studying soil, sampling soil, digging in soil, and looking at soil. Ash also spent time leading youth group at her local church and counts it a privilege to walk alongside young people as they investigate Jesus and discover what it means to follow him.

In Vancouver, Ash dove into theological studies. As the academic side of her faith deepened, she has been convinced of the importance of following Jesus in the everyday parts of life – in the ordinariness of Monday through Saturday, as well as on Sundays. Ash loves hospitality: gathering around a table, radical welcome, and making room to walk together in community.

Ash is excited to be part of the community of Blockhouse Bay and is looking forward to seeing the ways God is moving in this place and forming his people on this land. She’s excited to be journeying alongside the youth of our community – creating space for their questions, challenging them about the claims of Jesus, and helping them to be people who flourish in the world.

Feel free to send Ash an email – she’d be keen to grab a coffee (read: tea or some other warm beverage), eat brunch, watch some cricket, or explore a beautiful part of this country.