TOP issue 18.2 CENTRETHE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY t i n g r a b e l YEARS e c CONTENTS bishop writes 3 gratulations to Con REV’D GAYANGWA LALARA mission partners 4 everend Gayangwa Dimingkyangwa Lalara, Deacon-in-charge at Angurugu, has Rbeen awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division. Her cover feature 5 award was for service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory. diocese news 9 Gayangwa Lalara is currently a Board Member of Anindilyakwa Services Aboriginal Corporation. church news 11 In 2008, she co-founded the Machado Joseph Disease Foundation (MJD). Her current roles consist of Vice Chair and Senior Cultural Advisor. Between 2006 and 2008, she was an Assistant Care Coordinator at Angurugu Aged Care Facility, Angurugu Community Government Council. Beforehand, she was a member of Angurugu Community Advisory Board, East Arnhem Regional Council. CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE DIOCESE IN ALICE SPRINGS REV’D CANON BRIAN JEFFRIES he first Anglican clergyperson to visit On the 27th of May, 2018, Bishop Alice Springs, and who took a church Greg Anderson was invited to celebrate Barbara Satour and her sister the Hon. Dr Pat Tservice was the first Bishop of Carpentaria, Ascension Day at Church of the Ascension Miller AO, Deputy of the Administrator of The Rt Rev’d Gilbert White in 1901. and 50 years of the Diocese in Alice the Northern Territory, Daniel Forrester and Springs. Margaret Furber. In 1913 the Reverend William Wilkinson held a service at the Telegraph Station. It was a great time together. We had a He had travelled from Laura in Far North full church. Fr. Hiley Diweula, Associate TOP CENTRE Queensland to Alice Springs and back on Priest, brought many local Arrernte people horseback with an Aboriginal guide some from White Gate Town Camp. Our South Published by the Diocese of the 7,500 miles. This enormous achievement Sudanese worshipping community were Northern Territory took them 846 days. also with us. Edited by Kirsten Hart From 1901 until the establishment of Later at St Mary’s Campus, invited PO Box 2950 the Parish in 1933, Anglican church services guests included Arrernte Traditional Darwin, NT 0801 were held for the residents of the town Owner, Margaret Furber and past St Mary’s and the Old Telegraph Station by visiting resident, Daniel Forrester. Damien Ryan, PHONE: 08 8941 7440 clergy from the Diocese of Carpentaria, the Mayor of Alice Springs also attended. FAX: 08 8941 7446 North Queensland and Willochra. The Honourary Dr Pat Miller AO, Deputy of the Administrator of the Northern EMAIL: [email protected] On the 1st November 1933, Fr. Percy Territory addressed and encouraged Smith was appointed Priest in Charge those gathered. Daniel Forrester gave FRONT COVER: Dawson Daniel Junior, of the Mission District of Alice Springs a wonderful testimony of becoming Ngukurr and held his first service on Sunday, 26th Christian and accepting Jesus as a child. November, 1933. BACK COVER: Mandy Manggurra, In Alice Springs, we are privileged to be In 1962 and 1963, Bishop Ken Mason Numbulwar included and supported within the mission who was then known as Brother Aiden, of the Diocese of the Northern Territory commenced his ministry at the Bush Our thanks to all photographers for the past 50 years. We look forward to featured in this edition. Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd. He the future and what it might bring. then became the first Bishop of the Diocese of the Northern Territory in 1968-1983. It is good to celebrate, and especially for Christians“ to recognise God’s faithfulness to his people. BISHOP GREG WRITES ... drove to Ngukurr yesterday. Along the way, from across the Diocese taking part; Bishop Clyde, there are distance markers – a white number on Bishop Greg (the First) and myself cutting an I a green chopped-off triangle showing how far anniversary cake. We used five different languages to the next place. For example, RB 50, RB 40, RB in the service. Revd Canon Dr Peter Adam was 30, saying how far to Roper Bar. Distance markers the guest preacher, speaking on Romans 12 and help us to see that we are getting somewhere. reminding us that we are to be living sacrifices, Our celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the giving ourselves to God in every part of our being. Diocese of the Northern Territory are like that, On the Saturday afternoon, different churches and they mark that we are moving forward on our agencies presented displays of their work in the journey. Celebrations give us a chance to stop Territory over the last decades. Members of the and remember where we have come from, both diocese gave speeches about their memories of the happy events and the sad events, and to think the Diocese, and people from Ngukurr, Numbulwar about the direction we are going in. and Gunbalanya performed action songs. Her It is good to celebrate, and especially for Honour The Honourable Vicki O’Halloran AM, Christians to recognise God’s faithfulness to his Administrator of the Northern Territory and her people. husband Mr O’Halloran attended. Our celebrations began in early March, in Celebrations, whether they are of birthdays, Sydney. Bishop Ken Mason attended an event to anniversaries, a life that has ended, graduations, th victories, or anything else, rightly look to the past, mark the 50 anniversary of his installation as first th Bishop of the Northern Territory, and the Diocese’s as our 50 anniversary celebrations did. God has foundation. Bishop Clyde Wood and Bishop Greg blessed us in the Northern Territory in so many Thompson were also present, along with myself. ways over the last five decades. Our churches The following evening, there was a dinner at St have grown and been active. God’s Word, in many Barnabas’, Broadway, marking the Diocese’s languages, has spread. We have helped people, anniversary, attended by former and present including many people who face hard challenges, ministry workers and their families, representatives to have more abundant life. of agencies that support the work here, and other It is good to look towards the future as well. friends of the Northern Territory. On the Sunday Our ministry workers conference at the end of May morning, St James’, King Street, had a special had Bible studies from Revelation. This was led by service to honour Ken Mason, at which I preached. Rev’d Dr Graham Stanton from Melbourne. He told Bishop Richard Appleby and Elizabeth were us that Revelation invites us to reimagine our future present, as well as Bishop Ken. – to see it through God’s eyes, to see that God In early May, Alice Springs took the opportunity is achieving his purposes, that God is calling his of Ascension Day to celebrate the Diocese’s fifty people to follow Jesus every day in repentance years, with a service and cake-cutting at the and faith and to engage with the world for church, and a gathering at the St Mary’s site in the blessing. I invite all members of the Diocese, and afternoon. those who support us, to commit ourselves again, at this ‘distance marker’; to work with enthusiasm, The culmination of the celebrations was at Christ and to pray with fervour, for our Diocese to be an Church Cathedral on June 1 and 2. There was a expression of God’s future in the next 50 years. festival service on the Friday evening, with people The Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory issue 18.2 3 MISSION PARTNERS From the left: Matthew, Reuben (2), Tommy (4), EASTER BASKETS Anna (5), Lisa and Ezra (1) MEET THE PEARSONS e’re the Pearson family, church leadership and using and by the invitation of the the new translation of the New Wchurch in Gunbalanya, along with Testament. the Church Missionary Society, we’re excited to be serving God in Q. What is the best part about the Top End. being a missionary? What are some of your favourite things Q. How did God lead your family you get to do? Rachael Hart, Jillian Rudd (YWCA) with Pam to become missionaries? A. Every follower of Jesus is Powell and Pat Willams (MU members) A. ‘How will you use the gifts God called to ‘fight the good fight of few days before Easter we has given you to serve Him?’ the faith’ we share in Jesus with a made contact with the YWCA world who doesn’t yet know Jesus A One Sunday, our minister ladies who run the Palmerston as their Lord and saviour. This is asked this basic question, and Women’s Shelter. Thanks to two the task which God has given to we didn’t have an answer! We generous donations we were able His children while we wait for His were both trained as primary return! Which is why we feel very to give the women a small basket school teachers, and wanted to privileged to be set loose by the containing two Bible storybooks for serve a small church somewhere Church Missionary Society to do the children and an assortment of which was struggling to find the good works which God has goodies to cheer up their Easter. We Christian workers. prepared for us in Gunbalanya. hope to interact with the families Before embarking on this again at our annual Family Fun Day As we arrive in Gunbalanya, adventure, we were encouraged in July. to gain some experience we seek to learn the Kunwinjku working in Christian ministry. language and culture as well as look for opportunities to around us, even in the way we use So, we both completed a technology.