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C on Co N T Om the Pa E J Anio Jou on Ur Ns Rne Ey CCOOMPANIONONS ON THE JOURURNEY A History Of The First 60 Years Of St. Luke’s Anglican Church Emerald 1880 - 1939 Complied by Canon J. E. Whitehead 2004 Dedicated to my parents, Rev’d George and Hélène Mac Donald, who showed me the importance of belonging to a worshipping Christian community. Table of Contents Foreword ........................................................................................................................... 5 Part One The Birth Of A Parish 1879-1899 .............................................. 7 The Birth Of Emerald ........................................................................................... 8 The Church Is Established ..............................................................................10 A Resident Clergyman ..........................................................................................14 An Ending And A Beginning ...........................................................................16 Parish Registers ........................................................................................................19 Part Two The New Century 1900 - 1909 ....................................................20 The Diocesan Perspective ..................................................................................21 The Mission House ..............................................................................................24 Parish Clergy .............................................................................................................27 The People Of The Parish .................................................................................33 Worship At St. Lukes ..........................................................................................36 Children And Sunday School ..........................................................................37 Parish Registers ........................................................................................................39 Part Three An Experience Of War 1910 – 1919 ....................................41 The Diocesan Perspective ..................................................................................42 Parish Clergy .............................................................................................................45 Parishioners & Parish Life .....................................................................................48 The Impact Of War ...............................................................................................52 Worship At St. Lukes ..........................................................................................55 Sunday School .......................................................................................................58 Things Material ........................................................................................................60 Parish Registers ........................................................................................................62 Part Four Difficult Years 1920 – 1929 ..........................................................63 The Diocesan Perspective ..................................................................................64 Parish Clergy .............................................................................................................67 Parishioners & Parish Life .....................................................................................74 Worship At St. Lukes ..........................................................................................78 Sunday School .......................................................................................................80 Things Material ........................................................................................................82 Parish Registers ........................................................................................................85 Part Five Times of Change 1930 - 1939 .......................................................87 The Diocesan Perspective ..................................................................................88 Parish Clergy, Their Accommodation & Work ............................................90 Parishioners & Parish Life .....................................................................................92 Worship At St. Lukes ..........................................................................................95 Sunday School .......................................................................................................97 Things Material ........................................................................................................98 Parish Registers ..................................................................................................... 100 Appendices ................................................................................................................ 103 Clergy In Emerald ................................................................................................ 104 Memorial Items In St Lukes .............................................................................. 105 Bishops Of The Diocese ................................................................................ 106 Comparative Population Figures .................................................................... 107 Unknown Photograph ......................................................................................... 109 Foreword It has been a great challenge and an interesting journey to put together this history of the first 60 years of St. Luke’s Emerald. It is a story of people, God’s people, worshipping together, growing in faith, meeting challenges, facing hardships, celebrating joys and sharing life. In every generation, I have found it to be a story of children, of men and women and of the clergy appointed to serve in Emerald, as they strive to follow in his footsteps1 and to do their best for God’s church in this town. It is a small part of the great over-arching story of the people of God. In researching for this paper from the Diocesan Gazettes, which date even from before the official establishment of the Diocese, I have found some inaccuracies in other written histories whose authors probably did not have the same extensive resources available. There are two main corrections which are important to record: Firstly, the meeting which decided to build the first Anglican church in Emerald met in August 1894, not 1884 as has been recorded in published books of Emerald’s history2, and Secondly, the first clergyperson to live in Emerald, appointed specifically to serve the town and its linked communities by himself, was Rev’d Reginald Bryant 1896 – 1898, not Rev’d James Grindrod 1898 – 1903, as recorded on the Incumbents’ Board3 in St. Lukes, and as printed in short summary histories developed to date.4 A wonderfully interesting feature for me in the research and writing of this document has been to find many aspects of the life of the church community which have been part of the experience of previous generations as well, and yet forgotten. Some of these are: a “combined churches service” in 1901 a Christmas tree festival in 1903 collecting used stamps for missions in 1911 a Ladies Guild and a Men’s Guild in 1916 a Mothers’ Union and Church of England Men’s Society in 1917 1 Darrambal is the aboriginal word meaning “to follow in his footsteps”, and has been the title of St. Lukes parish magazine for many years 2 Specifically Marie Reid’s “Emerald – a Place of Importance” published for Emerald Shire Council 2001 3 corrections made in June 2004 as a result of this work 4 As printed on the Order of Service for the Consecration of St. Lukes Sunday 28 October 1973, by Rev’d T. Hall-Matthews, and repeated by John Rolfe in the Centenary of Emerald booklet, and by Paul Osborne in his History of St. Lukes, published in the Darrambal of March/April 1992 5 a Girl’s Club in 1917, which by 1924 was called G.F.S. a parish envelope system for free-will giving in 1917 Ecumenical Bible studies in 1919 Paddy’s Market in 1931 One of my hopes in this work was to discover how long our Annual Fair on St. Lukes weekend in October had been running. Unfortunately, I was not able to achieve this with any definite clarity because parish Gazette correspondents, then as now, are not always able to be consistent in their writings. Thus, at the end of this work, I can only say that it is reasonable to believe that social times or fund- raising efforts (or a combination of both) have been held almost always through the years, certainly beginning in the 19th century, intentionally timed to add to the celebrations of St. Luke’s Day.5 In the accomplishment of this work, I would like to extend special thanks to Coralie Daniels, Edie Coogan and Ruth Moriarty, active congregation members for many years and still today, for some valuable resources and information. I am only sorry that I will not be at Emerald long enough to complete the history up to the present day, and hope that someone else in the community will continue from the point at which I have stopped. St. Lukes is a very special place, with very special people, and will always be a part of me, wherever God calls. Rev’d Canon Janne Whitehead, Adv. Dip.Theol., Dip.Teach., J.P. Rector St. Lukes August 1998 – July 2004 Area Dean Central Highlands First Edition - Second Sunday after Pentecost, 13 June 2004 Second Edition – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 27 June 2004 5 My personal favourite
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