DOCSLIB.ORG

Bishop John Reflects on Eventful 11

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Bishop John Reflects on Eventful 11 Inspired by God’s love, through worship, prayer and scriptural reflection, we seek to live our Christ-centred values by meeting the The needs of our communities through serving and accepting others. Issue: 086 A Newspaperdvocate of the Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta I www.wangaratta-anglican.org.au August/September 2019 Bishop John reflects on BY SIMONE KERWIN eventfula bit underresourced, but we punch 11 years Courtesy Wangaratta Chronicle a bit above our weight.” Bishop John Parkes delights in Originally from the UK, Bishop telling how he decided to relocate John completed his primary from Brisbane to Wangaratta. education in public schools before winning a scholarship to a private It was the end of 2007, and he school, and from there earning a had been asked by Archbishop place at Sheffield University Law of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall (for School. The decision to pursue law whom he had been commissary) to was made for him, through career become principal at Queensland’s guidance with the school’s biology St Francis’ Theological College the master, who said his performance following year. However, a move in science ruled out medicine, and to the North East was also on the the fact he’d had to write 1000 lines radar for the then Assistant Bishop on the importance of reverence in and Dean of Brisbane’s St John’s the school chapel meant religion Cathedral, along with his wife was out. Margaret, and children Nell and James. “He said, ’Law – that’s the career for you’, so off I went and did a “So Marg and I took a week off and degree in law in the late ’60s,” he came down to Melbourne, hired a said. car, and I thought, ‘I’d better have a look at this place before I say no’,” “I’d been a very straitlaced child, he said. but at university in the ’60s, I grew my hair down to my shoulders, “We were driving up from wore a leather headband and Alexandra to Mansfield, when we a kaftan, had a copy of Sartre’s came across Bonnie Doon. ‘Being and Nothingness’ in one hand and packet of Gauloises “Now, I thought Bonnie Doon was cigarettes in the other, thinking that a mythical town invented only for I was a communist, an idealist. the best Australian film that’s ever been, ‘The Castle’, so as we came “I was never quite sure about to Bonnie Doon, I said to Margaret, practising law, so I left university ‘I’m the Bishop of Bonnie Doon’.” and got a job working for Chrysler UK as export scheduling Bishop John’s booming laugh coordinator - the best name for accompanies the punchline, but filing clerk I’ve ever heard. he quickly adds: “That’s part of the story”. “It was clear to me that this “I had a great old time, but realised was where God was calling me,” that that was not what I was meant he said. to do with my life, so at the end of two years, with a pocket full of As he prepares to celebrate 10 money and not much sense of years at the helm of the Diocese what to do with my life, I went to of Wangaratta with a thanksgiving Australia on holiday, and here I am service in Holy Trinity Cathedral 45 years later – jet lag is a terrible tomorrow morning, Bishop John thing.” reflected on the decade. “In some ways it feels like five minutes; in Staying with family in Sydney, he some ways it feels like I’ve always enjoyed the sense of freedom and “I firmly believe that I was called here been here,” he said. being judged on “who you were, by God because of the mix of skills and rather than where you fitted into “It’s been a good time; it’s not the class system”. experience that I bring”. - BISHOP JOHN PARKES been an easy time for all sorts of reasons, but it’s certainly been a “I also took naturally to the bush, good time, from my work point of I’ve always loved the bush,” he view, from my family, for my James, said. who is a dear man with autism and has settled in to Wangaratta “My intention was to go back to to Sir John Moore, then president He completed the solicitor’s and is happy and safe - and for a England and do the solicitor’s of the Australian Conciliation and professional skills course at the “I went to church as a child on my parent, that’s what you want for professional exams; when I didn’t Arbitration Commission.” College of Law, and was admitted own, though I had no interest in your kids. “My daughter’s made a go back, they exempted me from as a barrister in 1977, then practised Sunday school – it was worship I career at Cathedral College, and is about two thirds of the barrister’s This was also where the future at the Sydney Bar, but was “never loved,” he said. blossoming. admission board here on the bishop met his future wife, quite convinced the law was it – the strength of my English degree, so Margaret. God stuff had always been there”. Conitinued on page 2 “WeJean are Henderson a small diocese here, and I got a fabulous job as associate Inside the Advocate this month ....... PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 2 THE ADVOCATE August/September 2019 reason why we’re here. challenge for our Roman Catholic brothers, is how we celebrate “We are obviously having to the Eucharist in the absence of a craft solutions that ensure good stipendiary priest. are is given into the future in an increasingly challenging market.” “But also how we engender and sustain ministry, because the National issues like the Royal ministry is the call of all baptised Commission into Institutional people. Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and the same sex marriage debate, “A community cannot just dissolve have also been addressed locally. its responsibility for ministry into the hands of a priest. So that’s a “The Royal Commission has been a challenge for us.” real challenge for the whole church,” Bishop John said. Despite the challenging terrain of his tenure, and additional roles as “We have not escaped the evil of it, co-chair of the Anglican-Uniting although we haven’t had the same Church dialogue, representing level of institutional abuse other Australian Anglican bishops at places have had. the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and “There is nothing to say in the Mission, and on the Trinity College face of the findings of the Royal and theological school boards, then returned to Canberra, for roles Continued from front page Wodonga and Cobram. Commission other than ‘Lord, have Bishop John is sure his move to as Rector of All Saints Ainslie, and mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord Wangaratta was the right one. “I walked out of the church about the Archdeacon of Canberra South. “One of the things I’m most pleased have mercy’, and to seek as best we time I went to university; the church with is being able to lead the can to apologise for and to undo the “I firmly believe that I was called here was a bit passe, but God was good, The next move was north, where schools into the Anglican Schools harm which was perpetrated in the by God because of the mix of skills God’s always been good. the Diocese of Brisbane was Commission, and seeing them church by people who should have and experience that I bring,” he said. searching for a new Dean of flourish,” he said. been safe for vulnerable people, and “But during the time at the bar, the St John’s Cathedral, a role that who proved to be wickedly unsafe.” “The next bishop will be very different God stuff really started to chrystalise. included overseeing completion of Cathedral College joined the to me, and needs to be. the cathedral. commission in 2011, securing its Bishop John said he was “A lot of the people I dealt with were future in the rural city, where Bishop overwhelmed by the level of support “Some of the frustration I have just people who’d fallen off the edge The cathedral project drew on John says it is “going gangbusters at the diocesan synod this year, was that I wasn’t really ordained of life and, yeah, they needed a good Bishop John’s business acumen, – it’s just about the school of choice when he raised the possibility and consecrated to be a business lawyer, but that was a symptom, not and he helped attract millions of around here”. of blessing same sex marriages manager, and that some of the a cause, and I dollars in donations. following last year’s national vote. things that give me joy and energy, was a bit more interested in dealing Albury-Wodonga’s Trinity Anglican like preaching and teaching and with causes. “We had five or six magic years in College, and Cobram’s Anglican “I’m still awaiting some legal advice dreaming the future, I think I’ve had Brisbane,” he said. Then came the Grammar School joined the on what my powers are in terms of too little time to do. “So I deliberately wound down the Parkes family’s relocation to the commission in 2015. being able to give blessings to same practice, and for a couple of years North East, and his installation as sex unions, but it is my intention “I think the next bishop who comes or so, made violins, which gave me Bishop of Wangaratta on December “The blessing has been twofold; to tell the bishops next year that I after me will have to be a bit of a a chance to contemplate; after two 13, 2008.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Alumni News 29
    NEWS ALUMNIDecember • Issue 29 - 2005 UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA Delivering more than ever Providing mail room solutions for the University of Tasmania. Welcome to the 2005 end of year edition of Alumni News Australian universities are about the same size as a medieval city, a small town or a city suburb. They are mini-civilisations – small communities within a broader web. As the State of Tasmania’s only university, we at UTAS have always felt a strong sense of duty towards the community that we were born from. And as our State grows in both size and economic wealth, we too are growing. So is our economic contribution. We are planning for “20,000 by 2020” – around 20,000 full-time equivalent students by the year 2020. We are already the third largest non-government employer in the State, and 85 per cent of our budget remains here on the island. Our international students contribute around $50 million to the State’s thriving economy, and for every 100 new UTAS students around 26 Tasmanian jobs are created. As one of the top ten research universities in the country, it is gratifying to note that UTAS research and development makes up some 30 per cent of Tasmania’s innovation. Australia is becoming an increasingly challenging environment in which to run a university – both economically and ideologically – so we are delighted that the fiscal relationship we have with our State is a healthy one. But it is not, of course, the be-all and the end-all. We are in the business of creating human capital.
    [Show full text]
  • Newsletter No 38 March 2009 President's Comments
    Newsletter No 38 March 2009 ISSN 1836-5116 crosses or stained glass windows. These were regarded President’s Comments as idolatrous. This column is being written on the day after Ash Most of the recently built Sydney Anglican Churches Wednesday. This year Ash Wednesday cannot but fit this pattern- they are plain and functional with help to remind us of the tragic Victorian bushfires minimal decoration and generally devoid of religious and the thousands of people who have been so deeply symbolism. They are places to meet with others and the affected by them. focus of attention is a stage with a podium and As Anglicans we are also aware of the two microphone. We no longer have services in such places, communities, Kinglake and Marysville that have seen we have meetings and the buildings express that their churches destroyed and many of their parishioners understanding. rendered homeless. I have to confess that my experience over twenty years of ordained ministry has changed my thinking on the value of the building and made me question the ‘rain shelter’ view. God clearly has a sense of humour for if you had told me at the age of 16 that 40 years later I would be the rector of an Anglican parish with two heritage church buildings complete with stained glass, crosses, candles and liturgical colours I would have been incredulous. So how should we regard our church buildings? To me they function somewhat like the sacraments. They are visible reminders of a spiritual reality, namely the gathered Christian community. For those on the outside, the Church building bears witness to the fact that the people who meet there take God seriously.
    [Show full text]
  • Business Papers Our Mission
    ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA Diocese of Brisbane Second Session of the Seventy-Ninth Synod 2018 BUSINESS PAPERS OUR MISSION The Mission of the Church is the Mission of Christ to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom TO TEACH, BAPTISE AND NURTURE NEW BELIEVERS TO RESPOND TO HUMAN NEED BY LOVING SERVICE TO SEEK TO TRANSFORM UNJUST STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY TO STRIVE TO SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY OF CREATION & SUSTAIN AND RENEW THE LIFE OF THE EARTH TO WORSHIP AND CELEBRATE THE GRACE OF GOD AND TO LIVE AS ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH (Bonds of Affection – 1984 ACC-6 p49, Mission in a Broken World – 1990 ACC p101) Reworked by ACC 13 June 2005 Our Vision Going for Growth in Christ Through: Knowing God and our faith more deeply Serving our communities more compassionately Making new disciples of Christ to impact the world more effectively Resourcing this mission more generously Prayer Living God, creator, redeemer, strengthener; enliven, guide and strengthen your Church in all you send us to do. By your Holy Spirit enable us to grow – in faith, in service, in generous giving; and add to your Church new disciples that your saving, reconciling, recreating work may go forward, Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1 Anglican Church of Australia – Diocese of Brisbane Second Session of the Seventy-Ninth Synod 2018 Contents PAGE Program ......................................................................................................................... 3 Order of Business ......................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Pray Daily – February 2021
    Pray Daily – February 2021 • Parishes seeking new incumbents: Algester, All Saints (Wickham Terrace), Auchenflower-Milton, Bulimba, Caloundra with Glasshouse Country, Chelmer-Graceville, Gayndah, Holland Park, Kingaroy, Lutwyche, South Brisbane, Surfers Paradise, Tamborine Mountain, The Gap Monday 1 February • The Diocese of All Saints Cathedral – The Anglican Church of Kenya • The Diocese of Duk and the ongoing work of peace-making in South Sudan: †Daniel Deng Abot • The Anglican Church of Australia: The Primate - †Geoff Smith; The General Secretary - Anne Hywood; The General Synod and the Standing Committee • The Parish of Aspley-Albany Creek: Nicholas Whereat, Peter Lockyer, Ian McWilliam • Brisbane hospital chaplaincy: Cheryl Selvage and volunteers • Anglican Schools Office, Church House: Executive Director - Sherril Molloy & staff Tuesday 2 February • The Diocese of Aluakluak – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan • The Diocese of Adelaide: †Geoff Smith; Assistant Bishops - †Timothy Harris, †Chris McLeod, †Denise Ferguson; Clergy & People • The Parish of Auchenflower-Milton: Vacant, Illtyd Loveluck • Gold Coast hospital chaplaincy: Michelle Philp and volunteers • Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane: Headmaster - Alan Campbell; Chaplain - Bryan Gadd; Lay Chaplain - Stephanie Cotroneo; Chair of School Council - Daniel O’Connor, members of School Council; staff & students Wednesday 3 February • The Diocese of Amazônia – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil • The Diocese of Armidale: †Rick Lewers; Clergy and
    [Show full text]
  • SUPPLEMENTARY PRAYER LISTS June 2019
    SUPPLEMENTARY PRAYER LISTS June 2019 These supplementary lists are intended to guide your specific prayer for individuals, agencies and ministries. The lists have been prepared with all care (and much prayer) in the hope that they are accurate as at the date of publication. It is intended to update the lists annually. These lists are available on our website www.anglicantas.org.au under Resources. Please forward any corrections or changes to [email protected] Day 7 - Anglican agencies Details of the Anglican organisations can be found on our Diocesan website: www.anglicantas.org.au/anglican-organisations/ Mission Agencies: Anglican Board of Mission Anglican Aid Bush Church Aid Society Tasmanian Regional Officer (Honorary) - The Revd Dennis Quinn Church Missionary Society (Tas) Chair – Mr James Oakley State Director – The Revd Scott Sargent Mission to Seafarers (Burnie) Chaplain – Mr Kirby Cunningham Mission to Seafarers (Hobart) Chaplain – The Revd Bruce Mitchell Organisations: Anglican Camping Tasmania Chair – Tim Dornan Executive Officer – Mrs Allison de Lacey Anglican Cursillo Movement Diocesan Lay Director – Mrs Shirley Tongue Anglican Health and Welfare Executive Officer – Mr Luke Campton Board Members Chaplains – See list for Day 14 Anglican Men’s Society - Mr Colin Hingston Anglican Women’s Fellowship - President – Mrs Stella Stitz Anglicare Tasmania Inc Chair – Dr Rosemary Callingham Board Members CEO – The Right Revd Dr Chris Jones Parish and Community Development Worker – Mrs Margaret Savage Clarendon Foundation Executive
    [Show full text]
  • Annual-Report-2002
    Anglicare Australia Annual Report Anglicare Australia promotes a just and caring society through the Christian ministry of the Anglican Church and its agencies. Anglicare Australia Mission Statement 2000 Anglicare Australia is an association of 54 care and social justice organisations linked with the Anglican Church of Australia. From Groote Eylandt, NT to Kingston, Tasmania, from Bondi to Bunbury, Anglicare member agencies are locally based organisations serving the needs of their communities. Anglicare members work in close cooperation with and receive funding from Federal, State and Local Governments to provide a wide range of services including: residential and community aged care, foster care, adoption and child care, family support and relationship counselling, emergency relief, counselling for drug and alcohol dependence, financial and gambling counselling, youth programs, community housing and emergency accommodation for homeless people employment services, community development through building communities of hope, social research and advocacy, working with Aboriginal and Islander Australians, and assistance to refugees and migrants. Over the past year, Anglicare Australia member agencies invested over $500 million in care and assistance to families, youth and children, the frail aged, people with disabilities, migrants refugees and indigenous Australians. In January 2002, Anglicare Australia relocated to The Anglican Centre, 209 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Plans to re-locate to Canberra were put on hold to allow Anglicare Australia more time to increase the resource base of the organization. Governance Anglicare Australia is an incorporated association under the Victorian Associations Incorporation Act of 1981. The Annual General Meeting of members of the association elects the Chair and five representatives of member agencies to the Council for a three year term.
    [Show full text]
  • Year Book 2019 Vol I
    YEAR BOOK 2019 VOLUME I YEAR BOOK of the Diocese of Brisbane Province of Queensland Anglican Church of Australia 2019 VOLUME I REPORTS TO SYNOD OF DIOCESAN COUNCIL CATHEDRAL CHAPTER COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES DIOCESAN ORGANISATIONS MISSIONARY AGENCIES COLLEGES & SCHOOLS with STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS 3 Published at the Diocesan Registry St Martin’s House 373 Ann Street Brisbane (GPO Box 421, Brisbane, QLD 4001) NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA ISSN 0812-5058 Anglican Church Southern Queensland Telephone (07) 3835 2222 Printed by Enklo Printing Telephone (07) 3279 2848 Cover picture: (L-R) The Rev’d Bronwyn Pagram, Dr Stephen Harrison, The Rev’d Danielle Clark, Ms Eve James, Mrs Margaret Humphries, Ms Jennifer Basham Back cover: The Rev’d Dr Ann Solari 4 Table of Contents DIOCESAN COUNCIL ............................................. 8 Diocesan Council Report ............................................... 8 Diocesan Audit & Risk Committee (DARC) Report ............................................................. 34 CATHEDRAL CHAPTER ........................................... 38 Pastoral Report 2018 ................................................... 38 Cathedral Chapter Financial Statements .................... 55 MINISTRY EDUCATION COMMISSION ................... 79 ANGLICAN SCHOOLS COMMISSION ..................... 90 DIOCESAN OWNED SCHOOLS ............................ 100 Anglican Church Grammar School ........................... 100 Cannon Hill Anglican College .................................... 107 Coomera Anglican College .......................................
    [Show full text]
  • A Glorious and Salutiferous Œconomy...?
    A Glorious and Salutiferous Œconomy...? An ecclesiological enquiry into metropolitical authority and provincial polity in the Anglican Communion Alexander John Ross Emmanuel College A dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Divinity Faculty University of Cambridge April 2018 This dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing which is the outcome of work done in collaboration except as declared in the Preface and specified in the text. It is not substantially the same as any that I have submitted, or, is being concurrently submitted for a degree or diploma or other qualification at the University of Cambridge or any other University or similar institution except as declared in the Preface and specified in the text. I further state that no substantial part of my dissertation has already been submitted, or, is being concurrently submitted for any such degree, diploma or other qualification at the University of Cambridge or any other University or similar institution except as declared in the Preface and specified in the text. It does not exceed the prescribed word limit for the Faculty of Divinity Degree Committee. 2 Alexander John Ross A Glorious and Salutiferous Œconomy…? An ecclesiological enquiry into metropolitical authority and provincial polity in the Anglican Communion. Abstract For at least the past two decades, international Anglicanism has been gripped by a crisis of identity: what is to be the dynamic between autonomy and interdependence? Where is authority to be located? How might the local relate to the international? How are the variously diverse national churches to be held together ‘in communion’? These questions have prompted an explosion of interest in Anglican ecclesiology within both the church and academy, with particular emphasis exploring the nature of episcopacy, synodical government, liturgy and belief, and common principles of canon law.
    [Show full text]
  • Partners Praying Together
    Partners Praying Together EACH DAY THIS MONTH ABM Prayer Theme: Give thanks for the work and witness of the ECP, the Episcopal Church in the Philippines. This month ABM is privileged to host three visitors to Australia who come from the ECP –the Rt Rev Brent Alawas (Bishop of the Diocese of the Northern Philippines), the Rt Rev Nestor Poltic (Bishop of the Diocese of North Central Philippines) and Atty Floyd Lalwet who serves the ECP as the Provincial Secretary and Chancellor, and as National Development Officer of the E-CARE Foundation. During their visit they will spend time in Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney. Pray for travelling mercies for our visitors and that their visit will be a successful one. Sunday 1 September – Pentecost 12 [Ordinary Sunday 22] ABM Prayer for the Day: Pray that the Statement from the Heart, which came out of the 2017 National Constitutional Convention at Uluru, will lead more and more people on the journey towards reconciliation in Australia. May we listen to the statement sincerely with receptive hearts and minds, being open to transformation and change. Australian Cycle of Prayer (ACP): The Anglican Church of Australia; The Primate – Archbishop Philip Freier; the General Secretary – Anne Hywood; the General Synod and the Standing Committee Monday 2 September – The Martyrs of New Guinea († 1942) ABM Prayer for the Day: Give thanks for Newton Theological College in Papua New Guinea, for the College Council, for its Acting Principal (Bishop Jeff Driver), its Deputy Principal (Fr Giles Motisi), and for all other staff, students and their families. The college exists to train future generations of leaders for the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea, carrying on the legacy of the New Guinea Martyrs.
    [Show full text]
  • Anglican Church of Australia
    Anglican Church of Australia MONTHLY PRAYER DIARY – 2021 Day 1 The Anglican Church of Australia The Primate Archbishop Geoff Smith The General Secretary Anne Hywood and General Synod Office staff The General Synod and the Standing Committee Day 2 The Diocese of Adelaide Archbishop Geoff Smith; Clergy and People Day 3 The Diocese of Armidale Bishop Rod Chiswell; Clergy and People Day 4 The Diocese of Ballarat Bishop Garry Weatherill; Clergy and People Day 5 The Diocese of Bathurst Bishop Mark Calder; Clergy and People Day 6 The Diocese of Bendigo Bishop Matt Brain; Clergy and People Day 7 The Diocese of Brisbane Archbishop Phillip Aspinall; Clergy and People Day 8 The Diocese of Bunbury Bishop Ian Coutts; Clergy and People Day 9 The Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn Bishop Mark Short; Clergy and People Day 10 Defence Force Anglican Chaplaincy Bishop Grant Dibden, Chaplains and Members of the Defence Forces Day 11 The Diocese of Gippsland Bishop Richard Treloar; Clergy and People Day 12 The Diocese of Grafton Bishop Murray Harvey; Clergy and People Day 13 Ministry with the Aboriginal People of Australia Bishop Chris McLeod, Aboriginal Clergy and People Day 14 Ministry with the Torres Strait Island People of Australia Torres Strait Islander Clergy and People ABN: 90 767 330 931 ● Suite 4, Level 5, 189 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: +61 2 8267 2700 ● Fax: +61 2 8267 2727 ● www.anglican.org.au Monthly Prayer Diary 3-2020 Day 15 The Diocese of Melbourne Archbishop Philip Freier; Clergy and People Day 16 The Diocese of Newcastle Bishop Peter Stuart;
    [Show full text]
  • Religious Self-Fashioning As a Motive in Early Modern Diary Keeping: the Evidence of Lady Margaret Hoby's Diary 1599-1603, Travis Robertson
    From Augustine to Anglicanism: The Anglican Church in Australia and Beyond Proceedings of the conference held at St Francis Theological College, Milton, February 12-14 2010 Edited by Marcus Harmes Lindsay Henderson & Gillian Colclough © Contributors 2010 All rights reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. First Published 2010 Augustine to Anglicanism Conference www.anglicans-in-australia-and-beyond.org National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Harmes, Marcus, 1981 - Colclough, Gillian. Henderson, Lindsay J. (editors) From Augustine to Anglicanism: the Anglican Church in Australia and beyond: proceedings of the conference. ISBN 978-0-646-52811-3 Subjects: 1. Anglican Church of Australia—Identity 2. Anglicans—Religious identity—Australia 3. Anglicans—Australia—History I. Title 283.94 Printed in Australia by CS Digital Print http://www.csdigitalprint.com.au/ Acknowledgements We thank all of the speakers at the Augustine to Anglicanism Conference for their contributions to this volume of essays distinguished by academic originality and scholarly vibrancy. We are particularly grateful for the support and assistance provided to us by all at St Francis’ Theological College, the Public Memory Research Centre at the University of Southern Queensland, and Sirromet Wines. Thanks are similarly due to our colleagues in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Southern Queensland: librarians Vivienne Armati and Alison Hunter provided welcome assistance with the cataloguing data for this volume, while Catherine Dewhirst, Phillip Gearing and Eleanor Kiernan gave freely of their wise counsel and practical support.
    [Show full text]
  • Anglicans Together
    ANGLICANS TOGETHER NEWSLETTER No. 27 August 2005 ANGLICANS TOGETHER ONLINE: <www.anglicanstogether.org> It is a matter of authenticity. It is to bring light to Chairman‘s Letter age-old questions: W ho are we? In what do we hope? W hat are we to do, and how shall we live? Why do you belong to the Anglican The challenge that the Anglican church faces is Church? that our unique gift to the world, the story of Jesus There are many answers to that question as Christ, crucified and risen and the implications of there are people who read this Newsletter, but that story, lies under a clutter of a very complex ultimately the reason is God. Faith, ministry, mixture of religious pluralism, market-driven Christianity, the church; it really is about God. It‘s realities and the symptoms of a church and culture not about you and me, not about what we believe or both suffering from a hangover from the do or say, not about the causes to which we commit Constantinian takeover in AD 313. Our future ourselves, the rituals in which we participate or the lies in our telling the story of the Resurrection doctrines that we profess. from our Anglican perspective. Today the story Why we belong is because of God and what when told transforms the listeners as it did God has done through the risen Lord Jesus. W e transform the hearers on the very first Easter may have lots of plans. Day and has done ever Your parish may have a since.
    [Show full text]