Complex sentence: Following his mother's death he took a renewed interest in Christianity and was baptised at Northocte Church of Christ (now Northern Community Church of Christ) in 1935 he was conducting church and hymn services as a lay preacher at the Gore St. Mission Centre in Fitzroy.
Split into simpler sentences: Following his mother's death he took a renewed interest in Christianity and was baptised at Northocte Church of Christ (now Northern Community Church of Christ) in 1935. He officiated at church and hymn services as a lay preacher at the Gore St. Mission Centre in Fitzroy.