the gippsland anglican - november 2010

Volume 107, Number 10 November 2010 Published in Gippsland Diocese since 1904

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Jesus Christ Here andNow for Korumburra

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AWA a rally point forAnglican women

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Gap year opportunityfor youth

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By Edie Ashley

THE refurbished Numby Numbyaccommodation will be dedicatedat The Abbey of St Barnabas atA’Beckett Park on Thursday,December 9, 2010, with a gather-ing the entire diocese is invited to.Refreshments will be offered from5.30pm with the dedication, led bythe Bishop of Gippsland, RightReverend John McIntyre, begin-ning at 6pm.

This celebration and dedicationof the first of the new buildingsare early signs of the vision forThe Abbey as a centre for spiritu-ality and the environment.

The builders moved in a fewmonths ago now and the newNumby Numby is ‘under con-struction’. With Reverend BrianTurner overseeing the buildingand Peter Down contracted bythe Diocese to complete thework, visitors to The Abbey areexcited to see new, comfortableand contemporary accommoda-tion emerging from ‘the bones’ ofthe old accommodation.

Initially, during the summercamping program, the existingbunk beds will be used bycampers. By May next year, the 3! star ‘motel style’ rooms will beredecorated as retreat rooms,ready for the first AbbeyPrograms during the autumn, win-ter and spring of 2011.

The dedication of the refur-bished Numby Numby onDecember 9 will be an opportuni-ty for all to inspect the new build-ing work, tour The Abbey, enjoythe grounds and surrounds whichhave benefited from the focus ofWork and Worship parish groups,and to give thanks to God.

For catering purposes, pleasecontact Kerrie or Danielle at theRegistry, telephone 03 5144 2044.

RIGHT: (Inset) Jan McIntyre andEdie Ashley inspect the refur-bished Numby Numby accomoda-tion units at The Abbey of StBarnabas at A’Beckett Park. To seewhy they are happy about theimproved accomodation, attendthe dedication on December 9.

Numby Numby celebrations at the Abbey

By Jeanette Severs

ANGLICAN Women of Australia(AWA) in Gippsland is facing a need toquestion its purpose in a modern world.At the recent annual general meeting,AWA members were asked to thinkabout the purpose and structure of theorganisation as the retiring chairpersonand other long-serving members of theexecutive were not replaced.

Retiring president, Jane Macqueen, toldthe AWA gathering that although a num-ber of people had been asked to join theexecutive, no one was able to commit tothe roles. This has left AWA members inGippsland in the unique position of dis-cussing the relevance of the organisationand any duplication of its roles within thediocese.

The AGM and annual rally was held in

Sale on October 12. Following the chair-person’s address, Bishop John McIntyresuggested the need to discuss the struc-ture of the organisation and how best tomodel achieving its aims. He suggestedthe model of a working group, with a spe-cific purpose, rather than a committeethat meets regularly.

AWA in Gippsland organises the annualdeanery rallies in the early year, a fellow-ship bus trip later in the year and a spe-cific purpose fund raising venture foreach year. The group is also focussed onmission work, both locally and overseas,on a diocesan, parish and local churchlevel.

In recent years, the church has faced therealisation traditional groups may be dis-connected from modern lifestyles. Therehas been noticeably declining numbers inlocal Ladies Guilds, Mothers’ Union and

AWA groups. This has led in some parish-es to combining some of these entitiesinto one group.

AWA is unique in that it is the overar-ching, or umbrella, organisation forwomen’s groups in the Anglican Church.

Bishop John’s suggestions included thatmembers form an annual working groupto focus specifically on the organisationof the deanery rallies; a group organisethe annual bus trip; that AWA memberscombine with other groups, for examplethe Anam Cara Community; and thatAWA works as a fundraising entity ineach parish with the local mission coordi-nator.

After a period of discussion amongmembers, Pat Cameron committed toensuring the annual bus trip would con-tinue. She then suggested the presentremaining executive members form a

working group to ensure the rallies hap-pen in 2011.

The suggestion became a motion of themeeting, supported by Annabel Gibson,who spoke of the importance of AWA asan organisation and that people shouldtalk about it and its purpose and possiblemodels that AWA could operate within.

The motion was carried by the well-attended AGM. Carolyn Raymond tookthe leadership on organising meetings ofthe executive members and taking noteof the input, discussion and ideas aboutAWA from members. Carolyn can becontacted on telephone 03 5191 8343 oremail [email protected]

The rally was addressed by ReverendAbraham Maluk about understanding andintegrating Sudanese refugees intoGippsland; see page 5. An edited AWAchairperson’s report is on page 3.

AWA facing need to focus on its purpose

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IndexAWA to refocus 1

AWA a rally point 3

AWA pictorial 4

Integrating Sudanese 5

Cursillo in parallel 6

Jesus Christ in Korumburra 7

More Korumburra 8 - 10

Clergy news 11

Diocesan Calendar 11

Gap year for youth 12

Color-in picture 13

Family tea at Sale 13

NicholasJohn is One 14

Parish news 15

Diocesan Mission Expo 16

WHO gets recognised as a saint and whodoes not has been a topic of public debate forobvious reasons of late. Why someone shouldbe recognised as a saint and another not hasalso sparked public debate, especially when itcomes to the somewhat fraught task of veri-fying miracles, which the Catholic Churchdeems essential to canonisation.

Around the same time as Mary MacKillopwas recently canonised in Rome, our lec-tionary reminded us of the death by martyr-dom of Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer,two reformers of the Church of England whowere burned at the stake under the reign ofQueen Mary. Neither of these bishops wasever canonised. Nor was Archbishop ThomasCranmer, who was burned at the stake in thatsame era.

So what makes a saint a saint?Certainly Mary MacKillop lived a life of serv-

ice to Christ which touched the lives of manyin her day with the love of God. Her empha-sis on the provision of education to the pooris to be lauded as close to the heart of God.Jesus himself was known in his ministry forliving his life in the company of the poor anddisenfranchised of his day, and for champi-oning their cause.

Jesus was ostracised by the religious estab-lishment of his day, falsely accused by themand handed over by its leaders to be killed.Mary MacKillop too knew her moment ofsimilar treatment when she was falsely ac-cused and excommunicated by the religiousestablishment of her day, primarily it seems,because of her stance on behalf of the poor.

So if Christ-likeness is the mark of a saint,then Mary MacKillop certainly seems to meetthat criterion, at least in some significants as-pects of her life. But so too did Ridley, Latimerand Cranmer. They even gave their lives, asJesus did, in their refusal to recant from theirfaith in Jesus in the face of the relentless reli-gious establishment of their day. At least in

some significant aspects of their lives they toobear the mark of saints, if Christ-likeness bethat mark. So why are they not named assaints?

I have to admit to a level of fascination whenreligious establishments of any kind claim au-thority in naming who is to be marked out forspecial merit of any kind. This is especially fas-cinating when the person so named has hadto fight the religious establishment of theirown day because of their Christlike behaviour.This practice seems to me to be in danger ofdomesticating what is seen to be the wild andoften heterodox nature of those who aretruly saints in their Christ-likeness. They aredeemed so troublesome they have to be elim-inated by the religious establishment of theirday. How is it then, the religious establishmentof a later day now honors them and their be-haviour?

I am reminded of Jesus words to the Phar-isees when he says: ‘You build the tombs ofthe prophets your ancestors killed. So you arewitnesses and approve of the deeds of yourancestors; for they killed them, and you buildtheir tombs’. (Luke 11.47,48)

The saint who stands out in this regard tomy mind is Francis. Today an ornate basilica inAssisi stands in memory of this champion ofsimplicity. This only seems to reinforce thetendency of religious establishments to wantto domesticate those, who otherwise wouldthreaten to bring down the power and con-trol those same establishments exercise overthose whom they are called to serve in aChristlike manner.

Perhaps I should be happy that Ridley, La-timer and Cranmer are not so domesticated.But maybe they have been. They may not havebeen canonised but that does not mean theyhave not been lionised. And those who seethem as champions of the faith can just as eas-ily claim their names as a means of perpetu-ating their religious hold over those whom

they are meant to serve in Christlike humility.This sadly seems to be the nature of religiousinstitutions, no matter their particular prac-tices.

My prayer is we may all have the eyes to seewhere we in our day perpetuate the memoryof the heroes of the faith, and even of Jesushimself, in order to domesticate the Spirit ofChrist that challenges us,more often than not,from the edges of the religious institutions ofwhich we are a part. May we have the ears tohear the voice of God calling us all to saintli-ness or Christ-likeness in our humble andgracious service of others and one another.

The Right Reverend John McIntyreAnglican Bishop of Gippsland

God’s call to serve

ABOVE: At Cursillo in late Sep-tember were Ross Jacka andLen Makin (Trafalgar parish)with Reverend Tony Wicking(Bairnsdale). Men’s andWomen’s Cursillo were runparallel for the first time inGippsland this year. The initia-tive was considered a successfulchange. Cursillo participantsstayed in the boarding house ofGippsland Grammar, Sale. Morephotographs and report onpage 6.

Photo: Jeanette Severs

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By Jane Macqueen

IN sitting down to write my an-nual report I found that once againI needed to begin with what I feelis at the heart of AWA. AWA ex-ists to bring women together andto grow a feeling of cooperationbetween groups and communitythat extends beyond our parishboundaries. It is inclusive of allwomen and seeks to encourage usin our relationships with God andwith one another.

AWA has a wonderful heritage inGippsland and we are fortunate tohave here today women who wereinvolved in the very beginnings ofAWA. In 1982, Joan Lees attendedone of the early national meetingswith Joan Chynoweth and AudreyMatthews. In 1994, Annabel Gib-son was the national co-ordinatorof AWA with Beryl Brien, PatCameron and Shirley Savige on hercommittee.

These women, with many others,have each had their turns in leader-ship and have then continued tomentor and encourage otherwomen as they stepped into theleadership roles. We are blessedto have one another and at dayslike today I do encourage everyoneto take the time to be in conversa-tion with someone that you maynot have seen for many months.Our meeting days have some busi-ness that needs to be done andspeakers to inspire us but the daysare also about the shared worshipand building and encouraging rela-tionships.

This was clear at the rallies thatwere once again held in the firstweek of March. This year we werefortunate to have Bishop John at-tend each of the Rallies in Orbost,Rosedale, Morwell, Lang Lang andWarragul. Bishop John shared with

us the Diocesan Vision for TheAbbey of St Barnabas at A’BeckettPark. It was wonderful to see andhear the threads and connectionsthat people from all over the dio-cese have with A’Beckett Park. Atthe rallies our Annual Appeal waslaunched. This year our special ef-fort was to raise funds for TheAbbey and build on the fundraisingdone in memory of Ena Sheumack,the wife of a past Bishop of Gipp-sland and a strong supporter andworker for AWA.

I know from my years as treas-urer of AWA, the faithfulness ofparishes in giving to our specialproject each year and this year wasno exception. As we saw earlier Iwas able to give Bishop John acheque for more than $7000 andthere are is further money comingin to add to that amount; a won-derful effort by everyone.

I would like to make a specialnote here of the enthusiasm andfaithfulness of one particular AWAmember and her husband. Annabeland Ted Gibson have handed outthe trusty film canisters through-out east Gippsland, wherever theyfound themselves worshipping ona Sunday, they have beenwonderful AWA and Abbey of StBarnabas ambassadors.

Speaking of faithfulness, todaywith a sigh of relief, Ethel Arm-strong has presented her final mis-sion report. Ethel told us twoyears ago that she felt that it wastime for her to stand down fromthe executive and yet with us un-able to find anyone to take on therole she has continued to keep usinformed about all to do with mis-sion. But the time has come. Ethelis retiring from the executive todayand we do thank her sincerely forher tireless work for AWA whereit seems she has willingly been re-

cycled through nearly all the exec-utive positions over the years.

In May, with input from Ethel andall members present, we wereagain able to divide up the moneyraised over the year between anumber of local and overseas mis-sion agencies. Once again we werethankful for the spiritual leadership,nurture and hospitality of ourAWA Chaplain and Rector ofRosedale, Reverend LyndonPhillips. Lyndon is a great encour-agement to the executive mem-bers and she is a wonderful help tome in liasing with the Rectors ofthe parishes where we visit andenjoy sharing in worship. TodayLyndon put together our servicebooklet for us.

Twenty two women attended theannual retreat in June at PallottiCollege. Rev. Anne Turner led uswith the theme Growing in Wis-dom. Once again it was a time forspiritual refreshment.

Thank you to Pat and Merrill whoresearched and organised the an-nual bus trip. However this year, asyou heard, an extra special thanksgo to Anne Connelly and JeanHeasley who bravely stepped in totake over the leadership of thegroup of travellers, when neitherPat nor Merrill were able to go.

My thanks too to the faithfulmembers of the executive whohave worked behind the scenes en-couraging and sharing ideas. Partic-ular thanks to Carolyn Raymondwhose important task it has beento communicate with all theparishes, rectors and speakers. Shehas been the sticky tape that hasheld AWA together this year.

Sticky tape is invaluable but thereal strength is in the glue. The gluethat has really held us together isour shared journey in God and Ido thank you for your prayers overthe year for our executive, for ourspeakers and for me personally.

It has been a difficult year for meand with my need to work almostfulltime I am sorry to say I havetold Bishop John I will not be able

to continue as AWA chairperson inthe coming year.

So we come to our AGM with avacancy for the chairperson (aBishop’s appointment). We alsohave a vacancy for the mission sec-retary and a vacancy for the posi-tion of treasurer as Denise Richalso needs to retire.

We have asked a number of peo-ple to consider coming onto theexecutive and have not found anyone who is able to.

It is a difficult time but one whichgives us the opportunity to have agood look at the role of AWA andto consider where we go fromhere.

One place I don’t want you to goto is the feeling of panic… thinkingthat we will sit here until someonevolunteers to take on the roles.That is not a healthy way to lookto the future.

As I have spoken to members ofthe executive in the past few daysone thing we have thought aboutis the question, “What does AWAoffer that is not offered by othergroups?” And, “Could we continueto be AWA in perhaps a differentform?”

I will share just a few thoughts wehave had as we have tried to getour heads around things:

The fundraising that we do formission could still occur within ourparish communities. The diocesehas revived a diocesan missiongroup that led an excellent day lastweekend under Jenny MacRobb’sleadership. This offers a great op-portunity to continue to be in-formed and work together formission.

Does AWA need to fundraise?At our last executive meeting we

discussed dropping the Rosedalemeeting as attendances are lowand members are finding the traveldifficult.

The Annual retreat has for manyyears fed our individual journeysinto God. The Anam Cara Com-munity also provides this role inthe diocese, perhaps the retreat

could move under the Anam Caraumbrella. AWA originally beganthe mixed lay retreat and it is noworganised by a separate commit-tee.

The bus trip appears to be dis-tinctly AWA.

The Deanery Rallies seem to beone of the few times whenparishes get together in deanerygroupings and seem to bedistinctly AWA. However perhapswe need to look at combiningsome areas. Perhaps we should or-ganise three rallies instead of thecurrent five?

Perhaps we could rotate the or-ganising of the rallies? Perhaps afew women could agree to organ-ise the rallies for one year andthen hand over to a few others forthe following year?

Are women in your parishes find-ing it too much to even get to thedeanery rallies? Do you have topush people to attend? Is it time tolet the rallies go?

We have traditionally met in theCathedral parish in October forour AGM and a speaker. Perhapswe could move the rallies to theSeptember October period. We dohave the opportunity to come to-gether at Lady Day in March whichis another day (organised by Moth-ers’ Union) that brings women to-gether from across the dioceseand provides an inspiring speaker.Although as I write that I realisethe bus trip is also October…things are never simple!

AWA has a proud heritage and Isee that so clearly represented byall the women in this room whofaithfully come together to wor-ship and encourage one another. Ihave been privileged to be men-tored and encouraged by many ofyou as I have fulfilled various rolesin AWA over the years and I thankyou for that. I look forward to con-tinuing these relationships and amhappy to work with you in consid-ering the future.

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ABOVE: Jane Macqueen.

Pat Cameron and Anne Connelly at the AWA AGM.



TEN people gathered at St Paul’sChurch in Korumburra on Octo-ber 2 to spend time listening toGod, reflecting on the question‘how do we face change?’. ThisAnam Cara Community Quiet Daywas led by Dr Colin Thornby andReverend Jenny Ramage.

After morning worship and a talkon Matthew’s gospel, the 10 pil-grims enjoyed the sunshine andpeace of the church and rectorygardens, as they prayed, reflected,laughed, cried and listened to God.The morning’s talk looked at howMatthew’s gospel spoke to the firstcommunity who received it, andalso how we can usefully read itnow, as a way of helping us to facethe many changes in our world,and in our lives.

The pilgrims were challenged tosee change as a gift from God, anopportunity to grow and to beformed more and more into theimage of Jesus. Every change pro-vides a means of seeing God’s handat work in our lives, and a chanceto look at and learn from Jesus’ ex-ample presented in the gospel.

One of the participants latershared: “It was so energising todeal honestly with the question‘how do I face change?’. After all, noone was asking me to respond inspeech, no one was going to ask

questions at the end of it. Just mythoughts and a listening ear tohear what God had to say.

“How do I deal with change?What are the benefits of dealingwith change my way? What are thecosts of doing it that way? With re-flection came some tears and thenlaughter as I realised with a God-given sharpness that I have spentway too much time and worryover changes that didn’t happen.”

After lunch, the pilgrims gatheredagain in the church to share in atime of lectio divina, listeningdeeply to the words of Matthew7:24-27. As the passage was readslowly, meditatively and repeatedly,the hearers listened deeply forGod’s words for them, sharing thiswith one another at the end of thetime.

Another period of silent reflec-tion in the church or the sun, fol-lowed. At the end of the day, thepilgrims gathered for the Eucharist,to give thanks for God’s presencein our lives. A time of sharing com-pleted the day.

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ABOVE: Reverend Lyndon Phillips, AWA Chaplain and Nancy Missen (Kil-many) at the annual general meeting and rally of Anglican Women of Aus-tralia Gippsland group. Photos: Jeanette Severs

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Pictorial: the AWA gathering

LEFT: MayKyne (Avon)with GloriaBaker and JoanLees, both ofMaffra parish.

ABOVE: Elizabeth Ruk, Moe.LEFT: Pat Arnold and Iris Bradley, bothof Lakes Entrance parish.

ABOVE: Carolyn Raymond, AWAsecretary, Lyn Beaty (MirbooNorth) and Ethel Armstrong, retir-ing AWA treasurer.

Photos: Jeanette Severs

ABOVE: Rachel Akon.BELOW: Heather Baker (Maffra),Nancy Hills (Bruthen) and PatMcKeown (Bairnsdale).

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By Jeanette Severs

REVEREND Abraham Maluk wasguest speaker at the annual generalmeeting and rally of AnglicanWomen of Australia (AWA) Gipp-sland on October 12. Rev. Abra-ham spoke about Christianity inSudan and the experience of war,and concluded with advice abouthelping Sudanese refugees to inte-grate into and contribute to life inGippsland.

Abraham was one of the ‘LostBoys’, young orphan boys whotravelled from their desecratedhomes in the southern Sudan toexile in refugee camps in Kenyaand Nigeria. Documentaries havebeen made and books writtenabout the experiences of theseboys.

Abraham described the longjourney on foot, through crocodileinfested rivers and land overrun bymarauding warlords and their mur-dering crews. He described thefear many escaping Christiansouthern Sudanese felt as they lefttheir burning homes to journeyinto exile.

Abraham told how the strongfaith base of the Christian south-ern Sudanese became evenstronger. As a young boy, he had lit-tle knowledge of christianity, butafter he arrived in the refugeecamp in Kenya he joined otherchildren at the Sunday school andgradually came to know the lovingGod. It was in the refugee campsthat he became a christian and,

through the years, felt his calling toministry. He spoke about the waySudanese christians praise and cel-ebrate God in their lives.

“The Sudanese people praiseGod through worship, praying,singing, marching and dancing,”Abraham said.

“Most of the southern Sudanesepeople believe the prophecy ofKush in Isaiah 18 is a direct reflec-tion of their own situation. This hasallowed the southern Sudanesepeople to praise God day and nightand see their own suffering as atest to their christianity and thatthey should not give up their faith.”

Abraham described how, whileattending Sunday school classes, aChristian woman befriended himand taught him that God is a forgiv-ing, loving God and that his lovingis permanent in our lives. Thishelped him to come to terms withthe terror and trauma he had ex-perienced, including the death ofhis parents and all his family andfriends.

In turning to the settlement ofpeople from Sudan in Gippsland,particularly the Latrobe Valley,Abraham spoke of how importantit was to welcome these people,many of whom had grown up inrefugee camps, some of whom hadbeen born there; all had experi-enced a life very different to onethey were embracing in Gippsland.

He said barriers to settling suc-cessfully were understanding Aus-tralian language and culture. Theywere all attending classes in these

subjects.He also spoke about the difficulty

of gaining employment. Abrahamspoke about one 37 year old manin his congregation, with a wife andfive children aged one to 11 years,who was a plumber in the refugeecamp. This man has applied for andbeen interviewed for plumbing ap-prenticeships and has not yet beensuccessful in gaining an apprentice-ship.

In the meantime he is attendinglanguage classes. In this writer’sview, working in the workplace isa good way of reinforcing learningof a local language and culture.

A number of Sudanese women,

infants and toddlers attended theAWA rally and AGM and capti-vated the crowd with song at theconclusion of Abraham’s presenta-tion.

ABOVE: Rebecca Ajak and AjahAguto travelled from Moe to theAWA rally and AGM in Sale.TOP: The Sudanese women joinwith Reverend Abraham Maluk insinging for the AWA members.TOP left: Jane Macqueen, retiringchairperson of AWA, with RebeccaDerwei holding Abut Maluk (ninemonths old) and Reverend Abra-ham Maluk.


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ON Saturday, October 16, agroup of Lakes Entrance parish-ioners spilled out of two car to en-thusiastically give a day to theWork and Worship experience atA’Beckett Park.

The experience is an initiative ofthe A’Beckett Park WorkingGroup and was led by volunteergroup members Jane Macqueenand Brian Turner.

The day began with a ferry tripacross to Raymond Island and ar-rival for morning tea at the man-ager’s residence, now known asThe Ena Shuemach House.

Before the Group’s BYO lunch,,Jane and Brian explained the Visionfor The Abbey of St Barnabas atA’Beckett Park, The Centre forSpirituality and the Environment.The process is described as a‘Journey from Campsite to thenew Vision’. The latest plans wereon display and a tour of the physi-cal site, walking the boundary gavea first hand experience of thisdiocesan resource’s beauty, poten-tial and challenges.

The men in the group helpedbuilder Peter Down unload theentrance doors for the refurbishedNumby Numby cabins. A motherand baby Koala, rough lake waterand landing pelicans stirred thephotographers into action.

The BYO lunch turned into afeast with shared delights and thework list challenged by thoughts ofafter-lunch siestas.

Tradesman priest Brian prevailedand soon the team were busycleaning windows and weedinggarden beds (below left). The be-yond-repair house pergola was de-molished and the house rotaryclothes line repaired. Brian has al-ways seen the broken’ clothes lineas a metaphor for the presentcampsite and his delight in seeing itrepaired gave fresh hope for thejourney to the new vision.

All the listed work was achievedin under two hours amidst rain,,hail and wind storms.

Afternoon tea turned into an-other feast and worship began at3.30pm in St Barnabas Chapel withrefreshed bodies and spirits.

The worship experience includeda liturgy highlighting the environ-ment, unaccompanied singing,scripture readings, silence and of-fering of symbols from the park onthe Holy Table. We gave thanks forwork achieved, the beauty of theenvironment and a challenge to goout to care for God’s earth in allits varied and fragile beauty.

We are thankful to Lakes En-trance parish for their effort atwhat we hope will be the first ofmany Work and Worship experi-ences, with all parishes in the dio-cese getting involved.

Leongatha parish plans to visitNovember 5 to 7. Rosedale parishhas booked November 20 as awork and worship day.

We encourage all parishes to‘make a date’ with the Work andWorship Team and be part of the‘Journey from Campsite to thenew Vision‘.

Contributed by Brian Turner

Work &worshipat Abbey



New website for diocese

THE Anglican Diocese of Gippsland, through Bishop in Council,recently launched at new-look website, at the same name,www.gippsanglican.org.au

The website contains, among other information, policies andforms for parishes, news, The Gippsland Anglican, a ‘live’ diocesancalendar and links to parishes. Parishes so far with links on thewebsite are Drouin, Korumburra, Moe and Paynesville.

The website was developed by Colin Thornby, a member ofBishop in Council, who can help parishes to link with the diocesanwebsite.

Cursillo held in parallel

THE Men’s 33 and Women’s 34Cursillos were held concurrentlyat Sale from September 18 to 21.The men and women sharedchapel services and meal times. Allparticipants and team membersagreed the arrangement workedwell. The only complaints were re-flective of the time constraints ofmodern life, in that the Cursillostook up two week days which pre-vented some people from attend-ing and made it difficult for parentswith children.

Next year it is hoped the Cursil-los will be held in July and willavoid a Monday and Tuesday.

Len and Chris Makin and theirteams welcomed 17 new Cursillis-tas to the Gippsland Cursillo fam-ily. All agreed it was a successfulweekend and the venue of Black-wood House was once again ideal.Special thanks to Peter and MargDown, Christine Morris, theBeatys and the Van Hoorns, who allworked in the kitchen; to Liz Hall,Murray Dale and Alex Lamb.

The Follow up Day was held atTraralgon on October 2. It wasgreat to see some of the sponsorspresent and to hear the commentsfrom the teams and the new Cur-sillistas about their Cursillo expe-rience.

The Secretariat had many sugges-tions to consider when it met on

October 14. Our new Servantcommunity members, Lina Scull,Elizabeth Creighton, Rosanne Tutty,Kate Bristow and Heather Pock-wall, did a great job organising theagenda and food for the day.Thanks to all those Cursillistas.

A reminder about the Seniors’day to be held at Sale on Novem-ber 20.

Gippsland Cursillo is hosting thethree-day National Cursillo Secre-tariat Meeting from March 4 to 6next year at the Latrobe ValleyConvention Centre. We will beneeding help to transport the del-egates to and from the venue.

Contributed by Elizabeth Hall

TOP: The combined Women’s 34and Men’s 33 Cursillo participantsand teams.

Photo: Christine MorrisABOVE: Katrina Wass (Traralgon),Tara Langres (Yarragon), MelissaMason (Drouin) and RebeccaCampbell (Traralgon), who wascelebrating her birthday at Cur-sillo.LEFT: Lindsay McKay (Traralgon),Noel Broadhurst (Lakes Entrance)and Norm Scott (Westernport).BELOW far left: Mary O’Keeffe(Warragul), Vivienne Dunkley(Lakes Entrance) and MarilynWicking (Bairnsdale).


ON Monday, October 4, 44women disembarked in Lakes En-trance for the Anglican Women ofAustralia Gippsland group’s annualbus trip. The motel was excellent,the service and care wonderful,meals large and every morningbegan with a cooked breakfast.

The days were full but notrushed; shopping time, lunches atLake Tyers, Tambo Upper andNowa Nowa. A long cruise, seeingseals and mansions along the wa-terways and canals and tucked inhere and there the older beachhouses.

A visit to the Keeping Place inBairnsdale was very informativewith Grattan Mullet answeringmany questions .

A highlight of these bus trips is al-ways the church visit. This year wasspecial because Archdeacon TedGibson took the service, followedby a great meal and fellowship.

Betty Yeates brought her LeprosyMission goods and was extremelyhappy with the generosity ofeveryone.

Contributed by Jean Heasley

ON September 23, 25 pilgrimsset out from Adelaide, led by JohnCronshaw (BusPa for those whoread Mia Mia or The Real Aus-tralian) and Vivien Bleby, regionalofficer for BCA in SA and NT.Among the group was four Moth-ers’ Union members from Gipps-land (see photo, left).

The pilgrims were to see thework of Bush Church Aid in RoxbyDowns. On the Friday evening, wewere hosted by the CommunityChurch. At Coober Pedy, we werejoined nightly by Peter and JoyPalmer, BCA Pastor and his wife.

Sunday morning saw us worship-ping at the Catacomb Church. Thesmall congregation provided lunch,including wichety grubs.

Leigh Creek was another BCAsponsored church visited, via theOodnadatta Track. On the returnjourney, we stopped at Gladstone,headquarters of Willochra Dio-cese and given an insight to thisvast diocese by the Archdeacon.The diocese covers more than 90per cent of South Australia.

Contributed by Juliet Bond

Travel broadens fellowship

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By Lyn Gilbert and Jenny Ramage

THE parish of Korumburra is aplace of people, puppets andprayer. Incorporating the churchesof St Paul’s Korumburra and AllSaints Poowong, following is thestory of the parish.

The theme for this year for Ko-rumburra parish has been ‘Walkingwith Jesus through 2010’ in re-sponse to the strategic plan ‘JesusChrist Here and Now for Gipps-land’. The Vision of ‘Jesus here andnow’ as stated in the first work-sheet of the strategic plan study, is:we are a sign of the presence ofJesus Christ in our communitiesthrough which people are drawnby Gods’s Spirit to respond toChrist and to build God’s commu-nity together’.

As a parish, we recognise we arecalled to be ‘church’ in the commu-nities of Korumburra, Poowongand the world. In response to thestrategic plan, we have in the pasttwelve months walked intention-ally looking at what we do as wecreate opportunities to ‘journey in-ward and outward’, aware thatJesus is present with us as we goabout our lives each day, dare webelieve not just on Sundays.

With this as our parish focus, wehave gathered together a snapshotof the activities of the life of theparish as we try to live our call tobuild God’s community togetherand be a people of hope, justice,compassion and peace.

First buildingTHE first building for St Paul’s,

Korumburra was opened on June20, 1893, with the present daychurch being consecrated on No-vember 2, 1946. The original build-ing for All Saints, Poowong wasopened in 1884 with the presentbuilding being consecrated in 1967.Reverend Jenny Ramage is the 17thrector of this parish and the onlywoman to hold this position.

Rev. Jenny Ramage is the only fulltime rector in Korumburra and St.Paul’s is the only church to have itsdoors open every day for privateprayer and reflection. This is appre-ciated by a number of people. The

congregation of St Paul’s is fortu-nate to have a hall which has a wellappointed kitchen and good heat-ing and is utilised regularly by com-munity groups for children’sexercise activities, adult exerciseclasses and line dancing.

ServicesWORSHIP services are of course

pivotol in the life of St Paul’s withmany parishioners being involvedin the services, in the roles ofservers, eucharist assistants, litur-gical assistants, reading and prayers,music and welcoming.

A number of special serviceshave been held including baptismsand confirmations, family servicesand all age worship when the pup-pets are often a feature (see photoabove).

Rev. John Grace assisted Rev.Jenny with the Blessing the Animalsservice, held in the local parkwhere owners brought their dogs,a cat and a sheep. Owners and petswere all very well behaved.(above right).

Maundy Thursday with the Sedermeal, Palm Sunday, Good Fridayand Easter services are generallywell attended. Lenten studies fol-lowed a set study for the time ofLent.

Making palm crosses for PalmSunday was a group activity with

many hands to make the task en-joyable (above far right).

Those attending the 1662 Servicedressed according to the era, whenthat service was the one read eachSunday, and Back to Church Sun-day was a time to welcome back tochurch people we had not seen fora while (far right).

Korumburra parish was host tothe World Day of Prayer and serv-ices were held in both Korum-burra and Poowong with the

combined churches. This year thewomen of Cameroon producedthe service with services reflectingthe character of this country.

FellowshipDIFFERENT styles of groups

cater for different needs within thechurch. Anglican Women of Aus-tralia (AWA) members in both Ko-rumburra and Poowong organisesocial and fundraising events for

the parish and enjoy a social timetogether. Korumburra AWA hostsa fashion parade in conjunctionwith a local women’s clothing shopevery second year.

The Pancake Luncheon is a verypopular annual event. The Sedermeal was catered by AWA mem-bers, who also provide cateringwhere necessary following funeralsand assist the Fund Raising Com-mittee in their activities.

A Book Club for interested read-ers in the parish uses the CAEbook club organisation to enjoyfellowship and discussion of a widevariety of books.

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The men’s group meets infor-mally and follows up on mainte-nance work which needs to bedone around the church. They area much appreciated help in settingup tables and organising rooms forfunctions. The men also con-structed modular staging which isuseful as a ‘catwalk’ for the fashionparade and also for informal stag-ing when needed (below).

The Basket Group meetsmonthly for craft and fellowshipand to organise four craft week-ends during the year, which arevery popular within the commu-nity. Scrapbooking is very popularbut anyone who enjoys differentcrafts is most welcome to join thegroup (below).

The Fireside Chat group (right)meets for informal discussions in ahome, although the ‘fireside’ aspectwill stop as the weather warms up.Sometimes even a puppet joins thegroup.

The Community Kitchen meetonce a month in the hall kitchen tocook together a meal which is en-joyed for lunch (below). Leftoversare packed into containers whichcan be taken home to freeze for alater meal.

This is a good group for peoplewho are living alone as it is moreenjoyable to cook and eat withfriends and, of course, cooking tipsare often exchanged.

The Meditation Group meetsfortnightly for a time of quiet re-flection and meditation.

The Fund Raising Committee or-ganises the Fete, a major event onthe calendar, with many parish-ioners helping with setting up andorganising the stalls and events onthe day.

A garage sale (top left) was heldduring the year and was successful,so a garage sale will be part of theupcoming fete.

A popular social event is theBangers and Mash/Trivia Nightswhich are held twice each year andattract a large crowd of enthusias-tic trivia buffs ‘pitting their wits’against each other for a fun night(above).

The annual Parish Dinner is also apopular evening but this year wehad caterers do the cooking so allthe parish can enjoy the time offellowship together (right).

At the annual parish dinner, Mad-die Lancey from Poowong enter-tained with her singing (right) andan old fashioned ‘radio play’ pro-vided some comedy (below).

Gathering for the Seder meal at Easter.

‘Fireside chat group’Garage sales

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In the communityTHE parish works in the commu-

nity in a number of avenues withmany of the congregation mem-bers teaching CRE in the primaryschools in Korumburra andPoowong and in the secondarycollege in Korumburra.

Services are conducted in theaged care facilities of Carinya andHillside in Korumburra (above), aswell as assistance with visiting andactivities in these venues.

Milpara Community House is acommunity-based organisationproviding support to the local peo-ple of Korumburra and its sur-rounds. The facilities are availablefor the use of community groupsand clubs. The house conducts aregular program of scheduledclasses, varying from learning aboutthe internet and computer use, tocreative writing and Tai Chi.

While there is a Centrelink office,where people can conduct theirbusiness with Centrelink, werecognise that sometimes there isa more immediate need for help.To this end there is a well stockedfood bank that is ready for familieswho are undergoing financial crisisand who cannot meet their foodneeds for the week.

St Paul’s Anglican church has sup-plied Milpara House with cannedgoods and other long life groceriesfor our food bank for many years.Milpara House would like to ex-tend its heartfelt appreciation forthe help and support in assisting usto provide food for those who arein need.

By Belinda Smart, Co-ordinator

Mission workONCE a month at the All Age

worship service parishioners bring

goods for Milparra CommunityHouse to assist with their commu-nity pantry which enables food tobe supplied to those who are find-ing it hard to make ends meet indifficult times. (below).

Again this year, the parish hasbeen filling boxes for the Samari-tan’s Purse project, with some peo-ple filling their own box and othersdonating items to be put intoboxes which have been completedby AWA members (above).

Following the fires on Black Sat-urday, a project to replace letter-boxes in Strathewan came to thenotice of the parish and one letter-box was completed by St Paul’s,Korumburra and one by the stu-dents of Poowong ConsolidatedSchool. A friend of a parishioner

was instrumental in this projectand she brought the basic woodenletter box and instructed parish-ioners how to apply the tiles inmosaic form.

Much artistic talent was shown inthe completing of the letterboxesand those involved went toStrathewan to deliver them.Norma Nelson received the letter-box from Korumburra and wasthrilled with it, especially the mo-saic depicting a lemon tree as shehad lost her lemon tree farm tothe fires (above).

Education Centre Gippsland cur-rently uses the downstairs meetingrooms to offer a ‘Work Prepara-tion Course’. Students attendThursday and Friday each weekand are pictured (above) with theirtutor, Nina Wills.

They are proudly showing thepaper ponchos they are makingusing the course units; communi-cation, working with others andworking with simple measurementand design.

Children & youthTHE All Age Worship services

have a strong focus for childrenwho participate in many aspects ofthe service (above). A children’stalk is always a part of each serviceat Korumburra, and the Poowongcongregation enjoys a monthlyFamily Worship time.

A combined churches commu-nity day was held at Poowong witha wonderful attendance and every-one enjoyed the activities andgames followed by a church serv-ice. In Poowong during the schoolholidays a fun day was held for chil-dren with some very active gamesusing newspapers and lots of en-ergy, and Korumburra had a cardmaking day for children.

Catherine Beggs, one of theyoung people from Korumburra,has travelled to India in her gapyear to assist in teaching in a pri-mary school. At her farewell fromchurch (right), she was able toshow some photos of where she isgoing and from time to time we re-ceive updated photos and informa-tion and are pleased to know sheis enjoying her time in India.

INCBOC is a fun night with allthe churches in Korumburra, whendifferent entertainment items arepresented. Maddie Lancey againshowed that ‘Poowong has Talent’and Korumburra presented a skit,their own version of ‘The Vicar ofDibley’ titled ‘The Vicar of Gippy’based on Rev. Jenny Ramage!

‘The Vicar of Gippy’ highlightedJenny’s activeness in the churchand community and her sense offun with her clowning.

The Korumburra parish of StPaul’s and All Saints is moving for-ward with worship and communityinvolvement.

Services for residents in the aged care facilities

A place for creativefutures

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Korumburra parish’s fete

Lively book discussion

Card making at Korumburra

The cast of ‘The Vicar of Gippy’

Games and activities at church

November 2010 Our Diocese - Clergy news 11


Be a part of supporting the Aboriginal Ministry Fund

The AMF exists to resource employment of Aboriginal people in ministry; training of Aboriginal people for ministry; development of Aboriginal ministry in the community; the planting of Aboriginal churches; education of the Diocese about Aboriginal issues. Be a part of achieving these aims. Contact the Diocese of Gippsland 453 Raymond Street, Sale, Victoria PO Box 928, Sale, 3853 Telephone 03 5144 2044 Fax 03 5144 7183 Email [email protected]

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If you may have been harmed by a Church worker, or know someone who has, please come forward. All complaints will be treated sensitively and confidentially. The Director of Professional Standards, Cheryl Russell, can be contacted on telephone 03 5633 1573, on mobile 0407 563313 or email [email protected] The Anglican Diocese of Gippsland does not tolerate any harassment or abuse in its church community.

Mission funding grantsTHE National Home Mission

Fund (Anglican Outback Fund)Committee met in Adelaide re-cently under the chairmanship ofBishop Ron Stone (centre above)to consider the project applica-tions for funding in 2011. Fundingwas granted for mission in fiveunder-resourced dioceses: North-ern Territory, North West WesternAustralia, North Queensland, Rive-rina and Willochra, all with hugeoutback or remote areas.

Sadly a number of applicationswere refused because of insuffi-cient funds. Bishop Bill Ray ofNorth Queensland (left above)said:“The grant will enable the dio-cese to continue the Ministry De-velopment Officer position, eventhough the Diocese faces anotherdeficit.”

The MDO, Reverend Ian McAlis-ter, oversees ordination candi-dates, trains lay leaders andprovides mission planning supportto parishes. In addition, he provides

training for Aboriginal and TorresStrait Island clergy.

Bishop Garry Weatherill from theDiocese of Willochra was also de-lighted with the NHMF grant forAboriginal Prison Chaplaincy.

”There is strong commitment inthe Synod to engaging indigenousAustralians in gospel ministry andso the Synod voted for a deficitbudget,” said Bishop Weatherill.

The missioner, Grant Hay, hasbeen positive and helpful to thePoint Pearce Community on YorkePeninsula, where he offers worship,pastoral care, parental training andprograms enhancing self-esteemand life skills. There is a great dealof overlap between the communitywork and ministry in the Port Au-gusta gaol.

Donations to support diocesanministries like these in remoteparts of Australia can be sent toAnglicans Outback, c/- The Angli-can Centre, 209 Flinders Lane,Melbourne, Victoria, 3000.

Diocesan Calendar2010

November1 St Philip’s guild fete, parish hall, Cowes3 Open day, Mothers’ Union Australia Council meeting;

Palotti College, Millgrove6 St James’ Orbost annual fete6 Power and Trust seminar, Sale; 10am to 2pm.7 Diocesan Kidsplus+ network annual meeting; enquiries,

Carol Johnstone, 03 5174 844513 Ordinations, St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Sale; 2pm; for

Phyllis Andy, Daniel Lowe and Anne Perryman13 100th anniversary of the Rectory, Avon parish; 3pm; a

garden party, with entertainment to follow in the parish hall; RSVP for catering purpose, 03 5145 7066

20 Gippsland Seniors Day, hosted by Gippsland Cursillo; St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Sale; 9.30am to 3.30pm

20 East Gippsland Ultreya, venue TBA; 1.30pm to 3.30pm; enquiries Naomi, tel. 03 5144 5922, 0418 522165

20 St John’s Bairnsdale annual fair 21 Annual Kidsplus+ sponsored diocesan Cowwarr Weir

picnic afternoon27 Anam Cara Community annual thanksgiving service;

11am; St Paul’s Cathedral, Sale; followed by lunch27 TBC, proposed Kidsplus+ network annual thanksgiving

service, Sale; followed by lunch; contact Carol Johnstone, 03 5174 8445

28 Advent SundayTBC Sydney Movement of the Ordination of Women lecture

program; enquiries 02 9747 3276 or www.mowatch.org.au

December4 Clergy family end of year gathering, Bishopscourt, Sale;

10am to 5pm9 Dedication of Numby Numby, refurbished accommoda

tion units, the Abbey of St Barnabas at A’Beckett Park, Raymond Island; 5.30pm refreshments, 6.00pm dedication service; RSVP [email protected], [email protected] or 03 5144 2044; catch 5.15pm ferry from Paynesville to Raymond Island

25 Christmas DayDec. 28 – Jan 3 Summer in Seaspray, Sale parish

2011

TBA Blessing of Ena Sheumack House; St Barnabas Abbey and A’Beckett Park, Raymond Island

JanuaryDec. 28 – Jan 3 Summer in Seaspray, Sale parish5 Bass Philip Island parish fair (Wednesday)8 Lakes Entrance parish fairTBA CMS Summer under the Son conference, Philip Island21 Drawing of car raffle for Rwandan Seeds of Peace project

February19 TBC, ordinations, St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Sale; 2pm28 Anglican Women of Australia Gippsland Deanery rally; St

John’s Metung; 10am; speaker Beth Hookey, AngliCORD

March1 Anglican Women of Australia Gippsland Deanery rally;

Yarram; 10am; speaker Beth Hookey, AngliCORD1 Anglican Women of Australia Gippsland Deanery rally;

Newborough; speaker Beth Hookey, AngliCORD2 Anglican Women of Australia Gippsland Deanery rally;

Korumburra; speaker Beth Hookey, AngliCORD3 Anglican Women of Australia Gippsland Deanery rally;

venue TBC; speaker Beth Hookey, AngliCORD4 – 6 Kidsplus+ primary and secondary aged diocesan camp;

Forest Edge4 – 6 National Cursillo Secretariat Meeting, Latrobe Valley

Convention Centre; hosted by Gippsland Cursillo9 Ash Wednesday25 Mothers’ Union Lady Day; St Paul’s Cathedral Sale; 10am;

guest Marilyn Oulds, Worldwide Mothers’ Union; BYO lunch

29 TBC, retired clergy luncheon; 2pm to 6pm

April22 Good Friday24 Easter Day

May13 – 15 Gippsland Anglican 36th annual Synod, West Gippsland;

DrouinTBA Anglican Women of Australia Gippsland, general meetingTBA Anglican Women of Australia Ladies Retreat; Palotti

College, Millgrove

Boys’ ministry to changeBISHOP John McIntyre has writ-

ten to CEBS Australia to informthem CEBS Gippsland will formallycease to exist from the end of Oc-tober 2010. The decision has beentaken in conversation with thoseinvolved in the leadership of theone remaining branch of CEBS inGippsland, in Moe parish.

“The work of the boys club atMoe will certainly still be continu-ing, but under a different name andauspice,” said Bishop John.

“In line with this decision, thediocese is further developing itsown network of children’s min-istries. Cooperation already existswithin the diocese between someinvolved in children’s ministry. Thecurrent plan is to enhance that co-operation at a diocesan level andthe club at Moe will be a part ofthat broader plan.”

“The decision for CEBS Gipps-land to cease to exist has beentaken because, notwithstanding

what it has offered the diocese inthe past, an ongoing formal rela-tionship with CEBS Australia orthe name ‘CEBS’ is not seen to beof any further benefit to children’sministry in the diocese,” saidBishop John.

“Naturally we will continue to re-main open to partnership withother providers of children’s min-istry beyond the diocese for thesharing of support, resources andideas.”

THE Chairman, John Mitchell andExecutive Principal, Mike Clapperof St Paul’s Anglican GrammarSchool, are pleased to announcethe appointment of Lisa Moloneyas the next Principal of the school.Ms Moloney was chosen from adistinguished field of candidatesafter an exhaustive and thoroughselection process and will formallycommence at the School on Janu-ary 1, 2011.

Ms Moloney is currently DeputyPrincipal, Head of High School andDirector of Strategic Planning atRadford College, Canberra. Shewas born and raised in Morning-ton, attending Osborne PrimarySchool, Padua College and Mel-bourne State College (now part ofThe University of Melbourne).

Ms Moloney began her career atWestbourne Grammar Schoolwhere she taught for nine yearsand was Head of Geography, be-fore heading to Columbus Ohiowhere she was employed at COSI(Ohio’s Center of Science and In-dustry). a Science Museum. Afterreturning to Australia, Lisa joinedthe staff of Radford College in2000, where she was Year 8 Coor-dinator and Director of Studies(Middle School), before being ap-pointed as Deputy Principal.

Lisa regularly participates inschool camps and sporting events,and plays Double Bass in studentand community ensembles. Shelooks forward to a similar level ofinvolvement at St Paul’s.

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their next step by providing them with the opportunity to thinkabout vocational ministry as a career. Next year, 2011, will see thelaunch of a new gap year initiative for school leavers, Year On, de-signed to facilitate this discernment process.

Lisa Brown, coordinator of the Centre for Youth and Children’sMinistry (CYCM) and the Year On program at Ridley said: “TheYear On program is not for the faint-hearted, it is designed totrain, equip, disciple and provide opportunities for discernment asthe participants engage in a range of different ministries”.

The year involves two days of ministry work experience, fourdiploma subjects at Ridley Melbourne, weekly Year On Commu-nity Times, attendance at a number of youth ministry conferencesthroughout the year and a mission trip with Youth Alpha.

There will also be opportunities for each participant to grow intheir knowledge and love for Jesus and the opportunity to developlifelong friends in ministry.

“CYCM’s overall strategy is to raise up the next generation ofleaders for ministry. We want to encourage young people to thinkseriously about the gifts that God has given them and how theycan use them for His glory,” said Lisa.

“Year On is just one of a number of youth ministry initiativescommencing in 2011. We are also launching a youth leadershipconference in January and a student leadership program..”

So where is God leading the young people in your church? Findout more about the Year On program and other new Youth Min-istry initiatives at www.ridley.edu.au.

ABOVE: Ridley students discussing the Year On program with LisaBrown.

Gap year for youth FAIRS are a wonderful way tobring the community into thechurch in a non threatening way.People certainly appreciated ourwarm welcome inside the buildingsas this year’s Cathedral spring fair;on a wet, cold and windy day.

The hall was packed with manystalls and people eager for foodand shelter. Magician Noel Broad-hurst (from Bairnsdale) enter-tained the children with hismodelling balloons, Smart Alec thedoll and other tricks. Children col-ored wooden animal shapes. Lead-ers and children from mainly musicperformed (right); one child joinedin and his father committed tobring him the next week.

The dance group that uses thehall brought families and friendsand the dance troupes and soloistswere popular entertainers. Musicalentertainment in the cathedral wasprovided by Anthony Hahn, SaleCity Band and Sale RSL pipe band.Art, floral, photographic, quilt anddoll displays were around the walls.

Contributed by Christine Morris

RIGHT: Bethany, Emily and SophieJones and Karen Bayliss.

Photos: Christine Morris

Fairs and pets bring families into church

BAIRNSDALE’s St John’s parishioners were introduced by their rector,Reverend Tony Wicking, to a memorable service, hopefully the first of anannual one. Dogs, cats, rabbits, five lambs and a few other animals arrived,with their owners, for a blessing at a special Pet Service. A local vet, An-drew Padula, spoke about his career and practice looking after small an-imals. The dogs joined in the applause when the humans expressedthanks to Andrew for a most interesting talk.

LEFT: Reverend Tony Wicking had many hands helping when he blessedfive lambs outside St John’s Bairnsdale during the pet service.

Photo: Ursula Plunkett

Lambs attract many ‘blessings’

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ABOVE: This year Sale parish has hosted a ‘families @ five’ monthlyevening service. Twenty to 37 people have gathered for the informalservice in the hall foyer, followed by a simple meal and fellowship inthe hall. The service, organised by Christine Morris - Children, familyand youth worker - has the youth band play, youth participation andis led by Dean Don Saines.

Photo: Christine Morris

IN Morwell parish, Reverend LynWilliams has begun planting a gar-den with some of the childrenwho come to Sunday school at StMary’s (above). This new gardenhas received a great deal of sup-port not only from the childrenbut also from the adults in thecongregation.

Although one child was heard tosay: “Those tomatoes haven’tgrown much in a week.”

As Lyn said: “What a wonderfulway to get in touch with our Cre-ator God, by digging your handsinto the soil.”

Archdeacon Heather Marten re-cently led the congregation in anew liturgy, which they appreci-ated, feeling it provided greaterflexibility. We hope we can use theliturgy again and so become morefamiliar with the wording andenter more fully into the liturgy.

Contributed by Carolyn Raymond

Garden growsin Morwell By Mary Nicholls

THE Cowwarr Weir Diocesan Family Picnic is on again on Sunday,November 21. The informal picnic is a gathering for representativesfrom parish congregations, kids and youth groups, Sunday schoolsand family ministries. It provides reunion opportunities for Cursillo,,past Cowwarr and other diocesan groups. The picnic is sponsoredby our Gippsland Kidsplus+ network for all Gippsland Anglicansand friends.

Equipment for barbecue lunch, kayaks and games activities are sup-plied, with water-supervised activities from 2pm. Join us for a BYOlunch from 12 noon.

The following Saturday, November 27, a Fellowship and Thanksgiv-ing Service is planned for all leaders and supporters of children’sand youth activities in the diocese. Again sponsored by our Kid-splus+ Network, we would be pleased to hear from interested par-ticipants. RSVP to Carol Johnstone on 03 5174 8445. TheThanksgiving Service will begin at 11am, at the Chapel of St Anne,Gippsland Grammar School, Sale. Lunch afterwards at Sale’s Sport-ing Legends Club.

The KidsPlus+ Network has benefited in recent years by thewider parish participation. Information will be circulated shortly,providing opportunity for affiliation renewal or new associationwith the network of those interested in ministry to children, youthand their families. Communication between parish representativeshas enabled access to shared resources, support and encourage-ment networks for leaders and some leader development oppor-tunities can be provided to suit needs as they arise.

Camp on in March 2011THE Network is also planning a diocesan camp for participants

aged between six and 18 years. This will be held at Forest EdgeCampsite, Neerim South, from March 4 to 6. Please consider thepossibility of involvement with the Network. It can only be as goodas the representation parishes can provide. We value your input.Further information will be in parish mailings this month.

Funding from some of our networked groups, Sale parish, Sea-spray Mission, AWA and the Diocesan Trust Accounts have enabledus to provide Leader Development activities and expand some ofthe equipment in the Diocesan Resource Trailer. Recent acquisitionshave included a Mega 4 Game set and a new Rock Crawler Jumpingcastle for preschool and primary aged children. These have beenused successfully recently by Moe parish Multi-cultural Family Serv-ice, Trafalgar Mainly Music and the community Battle of TrafalgarFestivities.

The castle was also a feature for activities following Blessing ofthe Pets family services at Traralgon and Trafalgar. Lists of equip-ment such as these and available for use by parishes are available;contact [email protected] or phone 03 5127 2929.

Go to the weir for a picnic

Copyright color-in picture (p13) & game (p12): The Bible Society of Australia, SEEDS, Issue No. 134.

At the AnglicanWomen of AustraliaGippsland group AGMand rally, in early Octo-ber, were guests fromthe Sudanese congre-gation at Moe.LEFT: Aluet andAngeth (1) Madol.BELOW: Achol (3),Akuok (3) and Aluel(4) enjoy the toys.BOTTOM: ElizabethCrichton looks afterKeech (1) and Akuok(3).


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14 Our Diocese - Parishes November 2010


NicholasJohn turned oneON the Saturday morning of Oc-

tober 9, the Anglican Parish ofLakes Entrance celebrated the firstbirthday of its op-shop.

Actually, the op-shop com-menced on August 1, 2009 but thebirthday celebration was post-poned to coincide with the churchfinancial year and in the hope ofmore reliable weather. The deci-sion paid off with the weather andthe celebration was quite success-ful.

On offer was a free sausage sizzleand refreshments; 200 sausages inbread with onions and sauce weregiven away. There was a cake stalland all stock was offered at halfprice all morning; we raised morethan $1000. The local Safeway su-permarket donated $100 to themorning and that money coveredthe cost of the sausage sizzle.

The real purpose for the celebra-tion was to thank members of ourcommunity for their donations andpurchase of goods and to thankthe volunteers for their wonderfulefforts.

Canon Peter Chilver was the rec-tor when it was decided to use thehall as an op-shop. The hall was theoriginal church and was replacedby a new church building around1960. Within a couple of monthsand with a lot of input from mem-bers of the congregations of LakesEntrance and Metung, the hall wastransformed into what is now avery well stocked op-shop operat-ing under the name of‘NicholasJohn’.

Takings to date are more than$55,000 and growing exponentially.Ten per cent of profits are do-

nated to various charities in andaround the community andNicholasJohn’s reputation has ben-efitted from publicity received inthe local newspaper for these do-nations.

Customers are invited to sit andenjoy a free cup of tea or coffee

and a biscuit and a chat with othercustomers or volunteers. The at-mosphere is enhanced with back-ground music. Consequently,fellowship has been one of thegreatest benefits of NicholasJohn.

The name NicholasJohn was de-cided on to represent bothchurches in our parish: St Nicholasat Lakes Entrance and St John atMetung. We also thought it added atouch of class and would be rathercatchy.

From opening date until Christ-mas last year, we opened Thursday,Friday and Saturday morning. FromChristmas onwards we haveopened five and a half days perweek and we have been lucky togrow a team of volunteers tocover these extra hours.

My role as co-ordinator has beenmade increasingly easier as ourteam members become more andmore familiar with various aspectsof the operation of NicholasJohnand I do have a wonderful team ofvolunteers.

Contributed by Terry McMaster

ABOVE left: Pat Arnold and Gabby Minchin helped Glenda Jones chooseher cakes.LEFT: John Searle (Bairnsdale) was selling raffle tickets for the diocese.TOP: Cooking 200 sausages in bread with onions and sauce that weregiven away, were Andrew Phillips, Ian Bucknall and Ken Grandy.ABOVE: Patricia Stone and Fay Kleehammer on the fabric stall.

ABOVE: Enjoying refreshmentsand fellowship, were Gwen andGraham Ayres with Kevin Kramer.RIGHT: Colin Kleehammer andJim Logan.ABOVE left: Isobell Barnetby andLinda Phillips in the opshop.LEFT: Shirley Murray helped cus-tomers on the book stall.


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ABOVE: Parishioner Judy Delahoy models an outfit at the recentKay’s Classic Fashion Show at the Church of the Ascension, In-verloch. Funds raised will be used for improvements to our rec-tory. A hymn festival was held at St Georges, Wonthaggi, organisedby our Inter Church Council. This was attended by about 100people from various churches in the community, who thoroughlyenjoyed their time of worship. Each church presented a favouritehymn with the Anglican church parishioners singing, To God Be theGlory. Margaret Hunter introduced the hymn, rejoicing in the won-der of the presence of God.

Contributed by Jill PricePhoto: Peter Anderson

Fashion show for her,hymns for celebration

IN Leongatha recently, St Peter’sAnglican Church presented, ‘Cele-brating Our Faith’, an exhibition ofartwork by the children of theparish. The term’s work consistedof quiet reflection and prayer fol-lowed by art work.

During the official opening Re-becca Dowthwaite sang her ownsong ‘One and Only’. The show in-cluded black scratch art picturesbased on the theme, ‘God is like a….’; signs, on the theme ‘I thinkJesus wants me to follow him by…‘; the body of Christ, using to de-pict what church could look liketoday; the faith family tree, depict-ing how we can be connected tothe family of Jesus by faith; God atwork in the world; and, little tack-ers thinking about God.

Veronica Bradley, the Parish Chil-dren and Family Worker, coordi-nated the program and theexhibition.

Contributed by Marion Dewar

RIGHT and below: Examples ofthe artwork completed by chil-dren from the Sunday school.

Art tocelebratefaith

Photos: Marion Dewar

THERE was a generous responseto the annual Operation Christ-mas Child Gift Boxes and theyhave now been forwarded on. OurParish has been doing this for anumber of years.

A Country and Western night isplanned for November 12 atBoolarra, which is always a funnight out.

A combined service withChurchill will be held on Novem-ber 14, as a follow up to thedreaming and planning day a fewmonths ago.

Contributed by Rae Billing

St Luke’s lunchIN Moe parish, St Luke’s Day was

celebrated with guest preacher, Fa-ther Graham Reynolds. The Su-danese members of the parishjoined in the service and the fol-lowing celebratorylunch, wheregood fellowship and food were en-joyed.

Contributed by Sandra Tomlinson

Christmasboxes filled

By Jim Connelly

CEDRIC Johnston died peacefullyon October 1, aged 85. Cedric issurvived by his wife of 57 years,Merrill, their four children, Sue, Ian,Bruce, and Anne and their families,including 10 grandchildren.

Cedric was widely knownthroughout the Gippsland Diocese,particularly because of his exten-sive service to the Cursillo move-ment. In 1995, Ced led Men’s 9Cursillo, while Merrill led Women’s9. For two years, Ced was Dioce-san Lay Coordinator for the Dio-cese, and was one of the happyband of brothers and sisters whotook Cursillo to Tasmania. This wasthe golden age of Cursillo in Gipp-sland.

For some time, Ced used hisskills as a bank manager in assistingthe Diocesan Registrar in puttingDiocesan Trust affairs in goodorder.

Ced and Merrill both grew up ascradle members of the MethodistChurch and their life as christianswas wholly taken up withinMethodism and the UnitingChurch, until they were drawn intothe fellowship of St Mary’s Anglican

Church at Morwell, at the time ofArchdeacon Frank Lowe’s dynamicministry there.

From then on they served theAnglican Church with loving stead-fastness, in the parishes of Mor-well, Beaconsfield Upper, Maffra,and Drouin.

Ced saw active service in WorldWar 2 as a navigator with BomberCommand. He was a man of manyand varied interests, including ro-tary, caravanning, tennis and bowls.

His membership of the MCC wentback to 1932 and he was a dyed-in-the-wool supporter of the Mel-bourne Football Club.

At his funeral service in ChristChurch, Drouin, Ced was remem-bered by his own family as “a beau-tiful and gentle man … a man ofdignity and humour.” All wouldagree.

He lived his life according to thehighest standards of honesty anduprightness, with love and compas-sion. He was utterly consistent andreliable. He gave others his deep-est respect. With Merrill, he waspart of a vast network of friends.

Things held together in him; hewas at peace with himself. Ced’slife was essentially a happy one;there was a sweetness and delightabout everything he did.

Ced submitted himself to God,and let God’s ways work throughhim. We give thanks to God for thegifts given to Cedric and the goodthat was effected through his life.

Ced knew from his experiencethe meaning of Jesus’ words: ‘I amthe way and the truth and the life,’and he helped in the mission ofJesus to spread peace and goodwillon earth.

Vale Cedric - gracious man

ABOVE: Renee Leah, Molly andMarion Dusting after the St Francisfamily service with blessing of theanimals, held at St Paul’s Cathedralin Sale. Most pets sat on the pewswith their owners and Dean DonSaines visited each animal andblessed it. Saint Francis made anunexpected visit, juggling lemons,and was interviewed by the Dean.

Photo: Christine Morris

16 Our Diocese - Diocesan Mission Expo November 2010


By Graeme Macrobb

KEYNOTE speaker for theDiocesan Missions Expo, held onOctober 9 at St Paul’s Cathedral inSale, was Reverend Paul Arnott,State Secretary of the Church Mis-sionary Society. His address set thestage for the gathering of peoplefrom around the diocese keen tosee their parish more effectivelyunderstanding and supporting mis-sion whether overseas, in the Aus-tralian bush or in their ownbackyard.

Attendees were reminded not toforget that when we talk aboutmission we are talking about themission of God rather than themission of the church and that it isa mission he invites us to join himin rather than a range of relatedactivities that we ask him to helpus achieve

Rev. Paul stressed that while theprimary call to mission is summedup in what is called the GreatCommission: ‘Go and make disci-ples of all nations, baptising themin the name of the Father, Son andthe Holy Spirit and teaching themall that I have commanded you’,mission is not only about preach-ing and teaching and evangelism.For Jesus also sent us out to ‘lovethe Lord your God . . . and to loveour neighbours as ourselves’.

Jesus then demonstrated what itreally means to be involved in thatmission as he spent much of histime caring for those who werepoor and dispossessed, healingthose who were sick and freeingthose bound by Satan. His was anholistic mission, one that we arecalled to join him in.

Rev. Paul quoted Bishop MichaelNazir Ali who, during his recentvisit to Melbourne said: “Biblicalmission is from everywhere toeverywhere. We need to hearGod’s call about where to go. Forthe apostles it meant going into allof the known world with thegospel and for many it means towitness to our next door neigh-bour, family members and work-mates that Jesus is still at work inour world to forgive and trans-form”.

Paul Arnott went on to outlinefive guiding principles that he andother missionaries are convincedneed to be applied if we are goingto make mission work whetheroverseas or in our own neighbour-hood. These are;

1. We need to be following God’sleading (and not just doing ourown thing).

2.. We need to put money in sec-ond place, not first.

3. We need to begin in a smallway.

4. It all depends on the sort ofpeople that are sent out. But re-member that true availability ismore important than giftedness.

5. Look for success only from theSpirit of God. Formulas and quickfixes or the latest program do notachieve longterm results.

In the day’s program that fol-lowed the keynote address, thosepresent heard first about thethings presently being tackledoverseas and in more isolatedplaces, from agencies such as CMS,ABM, SIM, Bjble Society and BCA.

But after lunch, attendees alsoheard from agencies whose obedi-ence to the great commission has

led them into missionary workcloser to home: The Asylum Seek-ers Ministry, Access Ministriesworking in schools throughout theState, The Abbey of St Barnabas atA’Beckett Park, local CommunityChristian Radio, Anglicare and theSeeds of peace projects in Rwanda.

Everyone present was able to re-turn to their parish, not only moreaware of what the various missionagencies are doing and howparishes can best support them,but also that they themselves are apart of a mission agency in theirlocal parish.

TOP left: Reverend Lloyd George,of Sale parish, spoke about his pastroles with ABM in Papua NewGuinea and Nungalinya College inthe Northern Territory, sharedwith his wife, Judy. Lloyd spokeabout how Anglican schools pro-vide opportunities for children tobe educated in PNG, and includesport, band and music lessons andliteracy for the wider community,on the curriculum. Students arealso expected to help maintain theschool and grounds.TOP right: Heather Baker (Maffra)and Marion Jones (Sale).ABOVE right: Paul Arnot, CEO of CMS and keynote speaker, withJenny Macrobb, organiser of theexpo and Bishop John McIntyre.ABOVE far right: Reverend GregJones of The Bush Church Aid So-ciety of Australia.RIGHT: Alison Clarke and DebbieBye promoted Gippsland’s Chris-tian radio station, LifeFM.BELOW: Iris Maxfield (Drouin)was interested in the Bible Society.BELOW right: Gwen Petersen(Bass Philip Island) and Jan Cropley(Avon) with bilbies, from The BushChurch Aid Society of Australia.

Mission expo highlights work locally and globally


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