ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA DIOCESE OF GIPPSLAND 39th SYNOD SECOND SESSION 13-14 NOVEMBER 2020 Via video teleconference Section 3 Diocesan Organisations – Reports Issued by the Registrar, Diocese of Gippsland, PO Box 928, Sale, Vic, 3850 Phone – (03) 5144 2044 Email –
[email protected] Website - www.gippsangocan.org.au 30 October 2020 1 SECTION THREE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF GIPPSLAND SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-NINTH SYNOD 2019 Via Video-teleconference DIOCESAN ORGANISATIONS REPORTS TO SYNOD Report Page Anam Cara 3 Anglicare 5 Anglican Mother’s Union – Gippsland 10 Bushfire Response Report 12 Gippsland Grammar 15 Ministry to the Dying Implementation Report 18 Safe Ministry Authority 20 St Pauls Cathedral Parish, Sale 22 St Pauls Anglican Grammar School 25 The Abbey 30 Youth and Young Adults 36 Gippsland Diocese Retirement Villages Committee 38 2 Anam Cara Community Gippsland, Report to Synod 2020. The 2019/2020 year has seen ministry offered in new ways across the diocese. The Anam Cara Community has continued to offer a ministry of encouragement in the spiritual journey. In 2020 this has been done in a quieter way, primarily via regular communication through the e-newsletter Waterholes. Quiet Days and Thanksgiving Service Facilitating Quiet days, open to all, is one of the main priorities of the Community. These days provide people with the opportunity to intentionally draw aside from the busyness of everyday life. Taking time to connect with the land, with nature, with one another and with God. Prior to the periods of lockdown the Community facilitated two Quiet Days. In September 2019 The Rev’d Ken Parker led a day at St Mary’s Morwell.