SUPPORTING GOSPEL MINISTRY Diversity in Unity IN THE NORTH WEST By Amanda McArtney Who would think that in outback Australia PERSONAL DETAILS: (please print) where it’s more Aussie than vegemite, we would Name: ...... find a mix of cultures of God’s people from every tribe and tongue and nation. What an opportunity we Address: ...... have as a diocese to minister to not only the Aussie miners but to people from all ends of the earth!! It really is the ...... supreme mission field and all in our backyard. Phone: ...... Newman Anglican Church delights in the kaleidoscope of peoples that worship and serve their risen saviour. As Email: ...... June 2013 No. 92 in many mining towns we have a large turnover of people (since last November we have lost fifty). At our peak last c I want to be a PRAYER PARTNER Please send me the Northwest Network year we had 24 different nationalities worshipping with us. This brings a richness of Christian character that can often c I’m interested in training for MINISTRY in NWA be lacking in suburbia. One of our Kenyan men told us Please contact me that back in Kenya, everybody goes to church because Changing gear that’s just what you do – it doesn’t mean everyone leads TRAINING I’d like to discuss SERVING in NWA as a ... On 2nd May, the whole Mildenhall family multicultural but we c a Christ-like life though. He went on to tell us when he - Tim and Kathy, Anna (15), Chris (12), wanted them to m tentmaker arrived here he had to make up his mind if he would MEMBERS Jonathan (9) and Isobel (6) - flew back experience a be like everyone else and sleep in on Sundays or go to m retired Minister into Australia after Tim’s special leave. different norm so church. It meant he drew a line in the sand and said ‘Jesus NWN caught up with Tim recently. they’d have some m Parish Minister will be my Lord”. Another great example is from Gilbert a more tools to PNG fellow who told us how he couldn’t believe the apathy Q: Tim, four months! Where did you c I want to be a FINANCIAL PARTNER IS AN go and what did you do? understand that of the Australians regarding political elections. When some Please use my gift for: Well, most of our time was spent in normal situation. of his work mates were saying that they weren’t going to Tim: Anna & Kathy on a trip to - first a short break in Kuala And I just couldn’t Parish ministry in ...... c vote, Gilbert addressed them and said “are you kidding? IMPORTANT Banda Aceh, Indonesia Lumpur, the capital; then some time in imagine lying on a In PNG we will literally stand for three days in the rain to Ministry in the diocese Penang on the West Coast; but we ended beach for three months – that would c have the privilege to vote and you would throw it away?” (Diocesan Ministry Fund) up spending about three months based have driven me crazy. Good stuff isn’t it! WAY TO Youth Ministry c in , in the Malaysian State Q: Where else did you go? One of the challenges we could have had as a church, Rural Chaplaincy c of , in . We lived on the Tim: We visited Indonesia, and is the ability to form deep relationships. This is due to our All Saints Cathedral Compound. Lots of Vietnam and got close to Cambodia and unique situation of multiple shifts, different cultures and Bishop’s Discretionary Fund c HELP the time we were tourists, but Kathy and too. It was always interesting different denominational backgrounds. So we are Bishop’s Support I had a role in teaching some of those to think how well is the gospel growing intentional about strong relationship building through (capital of the See Fund) c CHURCHES in the newly established Anglican Training in these places, with very different camps, 4wd outings and lots of meals at our house. Then Institute (ATI). The ATI is the in-house pressures and openings. Vietnam was Buildings and maintenance comes the invitation to join a Bible (formerly Outback Church Foundation) c training arm of the Diocese of Sabah, by far the most difficult in my view, study/home group/mothers group. not replacing full time theological mainly because of the language barrier, Other: ...... Members work in all aspects of GROW colleges, but in recognition that training but political issues make it difficult for mining from mechanical, engineering, bus My Support will be via, members is an important way to help Christians too. driving, electrical, cleaning, nursing, accounting, dump churches grow. So I taught Greek and Q: What are you doing to get ready to • Electronic Transfer to : c truck drivers, child care, drill and blast, teaching and law. Hebrew, Philosophy and Hermeneutics, get back into ministry in Broome? Diocese of North West Australia ACF Most of the mothers are stay at home mum’s which BSB 706-001 A/C No. 30003508 and Kathy taught Biblical Theology of Tim:It seems lazy to think when we go is unusual in today’s society. So we greatly encourage Below: Anna, Christopher, Mission. I also preached at the on holidays we perhaps go on holidays for the amount of $...... “home-making” and honour the role of mothers. We delight Jonathan & Isobel off to All Saints Cathedral half a dozen times. from God. In a real sense, all of life is in being a family friendly Church with Derek stating at the Anglican Academy Or $ ...... every ...... c Q: I thought it ministry for the Christian. Like the beginning of the year that the children would be one of our was meant Psalmist says, ‘Where is there to go • Cheque/postal note c main focuses. We understand that you can’t be to be a break! from you God?’ But the break was (payable to Diocese of North West ministering in a town full of children and not have a Tim: Well it was, meant to give me some time out from Australia) passionate children’s ministry. Our children feel very much actually. The the day to day responsibilities of leading part of the family which is wonderful. c Please send me details concerning a bequest kids went to a the parish and the other responsibilities to the Diocese of NWA. Something we find very encouraging is that nearly all school 50m from I’ve had. A psychiatrist friend once church members are doing daily devotions. We have seen our front door, and suggested that our minds are like clock such a growth in desire to understand the depths of God’s that achieved one springs. They are meant to wind up and word,to truly believe in His promises and move towards big objective. We unwind. And if they’re only ever wound STOP PRESS leading more godly lives. The church is vibrant. We love wanted to expose tight they lose that ‘springiness’ Please pray for an Newman ! We love the diverse people groups, we love the them to a range of and can’t work properly. I guess that experienced youth minister to extreme weather and we love being able to impart the join the Cathedral team. different people – contributes to burnout which I surely If interested contact saving grace of Jesus to the lost souls here. We thank Broome is want to avoid if possible. ...continues on page 2. Bishop Gary Nelson: God for bringing us to Newman. 4 Em: [email protected] Ph: (08) 9921 7277. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA Website:www.anglicandnwa.org PO Box 2783, Geraldton WA 6531. Ph (08) 9921 7277 email [email protected] Changing gear ... church is about). But this is not really a change of direction, just getting back to And thanks to a lot of people, we were the coal face of leadership. Can I just From the Bishop able to get a break to get some more say, to anyone reading this, plan to take ‘spring’ back. So, in one sense, I’m just breaks – don’t get to the point where you BISHOP’S REFLECTIONS we are his people, the sheep of changing gear again. In Broome we’re fall over and have to take a break. Over recent weeks I have been his pasture. launching a new mission and vision for thinking about being thankful. A friend We know the covenant God, the the church (so we’re all clearer on what Right: water village youngsters at Peter sees thankfulness as one of the Creator, our shepherd who cares for attitudes that can transform our lives. his people. How could we not give I’ve appreciated his reminder about We love Northampton and and hospitality, while assisting thanks! thankfulness as an essential mark of Settling in David & Trudy Robinson in Northampton the friendly country life style. with ministry at Holy Trinity – The psalm continues on with its being Christian. At times it’s easy to With two suitcases, a tent and Hill, Port Augusta, Port The parishioners have been David preaching, leading at encouragement to praise and thank take people for granted, or just expect camping gear, we set off for Lincoln, Ceduna, Norseman, very kind to us and we are services and Bible studies; God in v.4f. And it ends with another our situation to remain stable and Northampton from Sydney Esperance, Albany, the getting to know them all, as Trudy running Sunday School, amazing reason why we should thank fulfilling. But Paul in 1 Thessalonians in the middle of February 2013. Stirling Ranges, Perth and well as our neighbours and assisting ‘Kids’ Club and God: 5:18 says: After 22 years in Sydney, Geraldton, camping mainly in various people in the town. starting a toddlers’ music For the LORD is good and his this was to be our big National Parks. Northampton is a pretty group. … give thanks in all circumstances; love endures forever; GREETINGS adventure! We committed The North West Diocesan country town, full of history, Please pray that God’s Spirit for this is God’s will for you in Christ his faithfulness continues through to 12 months as BCA team gave us a great welcome set amidst rolling hills, a short would touch the hearts of the Jesus. all generations. We trust you are Co-workers, to assist in in Geraldton before we drive from nearby Horrocks people in Northampton, so that Don’t have to wonder about God’s As Christians we know the Lord’s growing in the grace will for us at this point! Christians goodness; we’ve experienced his pastoral ministry at Holy continued on to Northampton. Beach, an ideal place to swim, they come to know Jesus and and knowledge of Trinity, Northampton. Home is now the lovely stone walk or relax. that we use the opportunities should be leading the way in enduring love and faithfulness. How? In the month we had rectory, set amongst gum Our effort for the first 6 that God provides. thankfulness. In and through the Lord Jesus who our Lord and Saviour allowed for the trip to the west, trees, a delight to live in, as it months will be to establish As I turn to the Bible thankfulness died and rose again. So how’s our Jesus Christ. we travelled through Broken was made to look welcoming. relationships, through visiting just keeps jumping out at me. Psalm thankfulness going? I try to thank God continues to 100 is a great call to give thanks, God each time I pray; I am seeking to recall how it begins: thank (at least) one person every day bless us here in the Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. to help me develop a greater north-west in many By Rev Philip & Kathy Knife Building Bridges in Shark Bay The psalmist challenges all the thankfulness in my life. wonderful ways. Kathy and I came to Denham, a remote town on Shark Bay We were so delighted to be earth to acknowledge the LORD, the So thanks to everyone who And so it’s a terrific with a population of less than seven hundred people, in able to bring church and king who rules the universe. Without regularly prays and supports us. privilege to be part of January 2012 for a three month locum ministry. We found a community closer together God’s blessing and grace we would Thanks to our great God who saves small but very active congregation at St Andrew-by-the-Sea. through these occasions. Above: Easter in Shark Bay never exist in the first place! In v.3 us in his Son, Jesus. May we grow in the team seeking to The parish has never been large enough to offer a stipend God has given us the opportunity for ministry to people in the psalmist provides a reason for our our thankfulness. serve our Lord from for a minister, but has been blessed in the past by fulltime an area of awesome wilderness beauty, and the resources to thankful response: NORTH WEST CONCERNS Dongara in the south self-supporting ministers and a succession of locums, usually enable us to be here. We thank him for bringing us to Denham, Know that the LORD is God. Jeremy Rice resigned as dean of to Kununurra in retired ministers able to help out. Such were we. It became and for our ongoing health and fitness to undertake this task. It is he who made us, and we are his; the Cathedral at the beginning of April apparent that both town and church needed a committed We look forward to serving him here for some years to come. to pursue a chaplaincy ministry at the the north. long-term ministry. After much prayer and consultation, local hospital. The Cathedral’s parish we offered to return on a long-term basis. We were back council has just decided to continue in Denham by November 2012 and have not stopped Reaching Koreans in Kununurra By Rev Gary Alexander with Bishop Gary as acting dean and thanking God for the beauty of his creation here, and for use the resources for a youth minister. THANKFULNESS opening so many doors to enable us to return and make Nikki Alexander never imagined God would have words and comprehension questions. As the Please pray for someone with the gifts it our home. her teaching English to Koreans in Kununurra! students read through the Gospel of Mark, they and experience we so urgently need Our ministry objectives have been to faithfully teach Ten years ago Nikki lived in Korea for a year are asking more and more questions about Jesus. to join the Cathedral team. the Bible, and to become involved in and reach out to the teaching English. It is wonderful how God Most of the students are now attending our Bill and Jackie France have whole community. It has been encouraging that the equips each of us for His ministry, even church. completed a wonderful time in IS AN majority of the congregation participate in our weekly when we may not realize at the time what It’s wonderful to use the gifts God has Broome as locum and the Mildenhalls Bible studies. This is already producing fruit, and we are he has in store for us in the future. given you, even when it is unexpected! have returned from their extended ESSENTIAL thankful that our long term commitment enables us to Kununurra has a large transient Whilst we started out with the intention leave in Sabah. We’re very thankful plan ahead to teach in depth. Within the community, we population of Koreans who come here to of teaching English to Koreans, Nikki now that the Frances will be returning to are grateful for the friends we have made and the people work on the local farms. Our church has also has a class with Estonians and one serve as locum in Exmouth from July- we have met. Our church is for the whole community, MARK been trying to engage the Korean Thai lady. We had difficulty finding an December. and we seek to build bridges there. As a new initiative, population better and are now offering Estonian bible to give away to the We are very appreciative of our on Easter Day we held an evening celebration at Monkey bible based English classes. Nikki Above: students, however on our recent travels partnership with BCA. Please pray OF BEING some of Nikki’s students Mia and David Day kindly motored up from Kalbarri to currently has two classes running each we were given a copy by the Evangelical with us for ministry in Paraburdoo/ provide live music for the occasion. Anzac Day brought week - basic conversational English and Sisters of Mary. What a blessing! Tom Price parish. May you join with CHRISTIAN participation in both a Dawn Service and mid-morning advanced English. Please pray for the students that they BCA and the North-West in asking our service in Denham where the gospel message was The classes are using Mark’s Gospel as their discover Jesus as Lord and Saviour as they heavenly Father to supply a gospel proclaimed to what was described as a record crowd. reading material, for understanding difficult continue to study. hearted minister to serve in this area.

2 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS 3 The Diocese of North West Australia seeks to be a safe place for all. If you have a complaint or a question about sexual abuse or inappropriate behaviour please contact the Director of Professional Standards: Tracie Chambers-Clark (JP) Phone: (08) 9325 7455 Email: [email protected] SUPPORTING GOSPEL MINISTRY Diversity in Unity IN THE NORTH WEST By Amanda McArtney Who would think that in outback Australia PERSONAL DETAILS: (please print) where it’s more Aussie than vegemite, we would Name: ...... find a mix of cultures of God’s people from every tribe and tongue and nation. What an opportunity we Address: ...... have as a diocese to minister to not only the Aussie miners but to people from all ends of the earth!! It really is the ...... supreme mission field and all in our backyard. Phone: ...... Newman Anglican Church delights in the kaleidoscope of peoples that worship and serve their risen saviour. As Email: ...... June 2013 No. 92 in many mining towns we have a large turnover of people (since last November we have lost fifty). At our peak last c I want to be a PRAYER PARTNER Please send me the Northwest Network year we had 24 different nationalities worshipping with us. This brings a richness of Christian character that can often c I’m interested in training for MINISTRY in NWA be lacking in suburbia. One of our Kenyan men told us Please contact me that back in Kenya, everybody goes to church because Changing gear that’s just what you do – it doesn’t mean everyone leads TRAINING I’d like to discuss SERVING in NWA as a ... On 2nd May, the whole Mildenhall family multicultural but we c a Christ-like life though. He went on to tell us when he - Tim and Kathy, Anna (15), Chris (12), wanted them to m tentmaker arrived here he had to make up his mind if he would MEMBERS Jonathan (9) and Isobel (6) - flew back experience a be like everyone else and sleep in on Sundays or go to m retired Minister into Australia after Tim’s special leave. different norm so church. It meant he drew a line in the sand and said ‘Jesus NWN caught up with Tim recently. they’d have some m Parish Minister will be my Lord”. Another great example is from Gilbert a more tools to PNG fellow who told us how he couldn’t believe the apathy Q: Tim, four months! Where did you c I want to be a FINANCIAL PARTNER IS AN go and what did you do? understand that of the Australians regarding political elections. When some Please use my gift for: Well, most of our time was spent in normal situation. of his work mates were saying that they weren’t going to Tim: Anna & Kathy on a trip to Malaysia - first a short break in Kuala And I just couldn’t Parish ministry in ...... c vote, Gilbert addressed them and said “are you kidding? IMPORTANT Banda Aceh, Indonesia Lumpur, the capital; then some time in imagine lying on a In PNG we will literally stand for three days in the rain to Ministry in the diocese Penang on the West Coast; but we ended beach for three months – that would c have the privilege to vote and you would throw it away?” (Diocesan Ministry Fund) up spending about three months based have driven me crazy. Good stuff isn’t it! WAY TO Youth Ministry c in Kota Kinabalu, in the Malaysian State Q: Where else did you go? One of the challenges we could have had as a church, Rural Chaplaincy c of Sabah, in Borneo. We lived on the Tim: We visited Indonesia, Singapore and is the ability to form deep relationships. This is due to our All Saints Cathedral Compound. Lots of Vietnam and got close to Cambodia and unique situation of multiple shifts, different cultures and Bishop’s Discretionary Fund c HELP the time we were tourists, but Kathy and Thailand too. It was always interesting different denominational backgrounds. So we are Bishop’s Support I had a role in teaching some of those to think how well is the gospel growing intentional about strong relationship building through (capital of the See Fund) c CHURCHES in the newly established Anglican Training in these places, with very different camps, 4wd outings and lots of meals at our house. Then Institute (ATI). The ATI is the in-house pressures and openings. Vietnam was Buildings and maintenance comes the invitation to join a Bible (formerly Outback Church Foundation) c training arm of the Diocese of Sabah, by far the most difficult in my view, study/home group/mothers group. not replacing full time theological mainly because of the language barrier, Other: ...... Members work in all aspects of GROW colleges, but in recognition that training but political issues make it difficult for mining from mechanical, engineering, bus My Support will be via, members is an important way to help Christians too. driving, electrical, cleaning, nursing, accounting, dump churches grow. So I taught Greek and Q: What are you doing to get ready to • Electronic Transfer to : c truck drivers, child care, drill and blast, teaching and law. Hebrew, Philosophy and Hermeneutics, get back into ministry in Broome? Diocese of North West Australia ACF Most of the mothers are stay at home mum’s which BSB 706-001 A/C No. 30003508 and Kathy taught Biblical Theology of Tim:It seems lazy to think when we go is unusual in today’s society. So we greatly encourage Below: Anna, Christopher, Mission. I also preached at the on holidays we perhaps go on holidays for the amount of $...... “home-making” and honour the role of mothers. We delight Jonathan & Isobel off to All Saints Cathedral half a dozen times. from God. In a real sense, all of life is in being a family friendly Church with Derek stating at the Anglican Academy Or $ ...... every ...... c Q: I thought it ministry for the Christian. Like the beginning of the year that the children would be one of our was meant Psalmist says, ‘Where is there to go • Cheque/postal note c main focuses. We understand that you can’t be to be a break! from you God?’ But the break was (payable to Diocese of North West ministering in a town full of children and not have a Tim: Well it was, meant to give me some time out from Australia) passionate children’s ministry. Our children feel very much actually. The the day to day responsibilities of leading part of the family which is wonderful. c Please send me details concerning a bequest kids went to a the parish and the other responsibilities to the Diocese of NWA. Something we find very encouraging is that nearly all school 50m from I’ve had. A psychiatrist friend once church members are doing daily devotions. We have seen our front door, and suggested that our minds are like clock such a growth in desire to understand the depths of God’s that achieved one springs. They are meant to wind up and word,to truly believe in His promises and move towards big objective. We unwind. And if they’re only ever wound STOP PRESS leading more godly lives. The church is vibrant. We love wanted to expose tight they lose that ‘springiness’ Please pray for an Newman ! We love the diverse people groups, we love the them to a range of and can’t work properly. I guess that experienced youth minister to extreme weather and we love being able to impart the join the Cathedral team. different people – contributes to burnout which I surely If interested contact saving grace of Jesus to the lost souls here. We thank Broome is want to avoid if possible. ...continues on page 2. Bishop Gary Nelson: God for bringing us to Newman. 4 Em: [email protected] Ph: (08) 9921 7277. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA Website:www.anglicandnwa.org PO Box 2783, Geraldton WA 6531. Ph (08) 9921 7277 email [email protected]