Praying for Rain in Temora
With the district still parched the Temora Christian groups recently conducted a special service last Friday to pray for rain. The call to prayer was organised after the idea was brought up at a Temora Parish Council meeting. ‘I then took it to the Temora Christian...
Messy Ministry at SMiV
One of the challenges facing churches is our age profile – often much older than the communities we are seeking to reach. For the past 18 months, SMiV (St Mary in the Valley) Anglican church in Calwell has been consciously and prayerfully seeking ways to grow ‘deeper...
Remembrance and Thanksgiving
The centenary of the end of World War 1 in 1918 was marked by a service of remembrance and thanksgiving at St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn, on Saturday 13th October. 920 men from 41 parishes around the diocese died during that war. Their names were read out during...
New Chaplain for Police Force Academy
The Reverend Murray Woolnough has recently joined the diocese to become the Senior Chaplain to the NSW Police Force Academy in Goulburn. Murray has moved from Newcastle Diocese, where he was Rector of St John’s, Cooks Hill, in central Newcastle. He is excited to be...
Farewell to Celia Irving
After sixteen years of involvement with the Diocese Celia Irving, currently our Director of Safe Communities, is retiring on 15 November this year. A farewell was held for Celia in which she shared the story of the confluence of events and encounters with people that...Meet the New Bishop
The Reverend Dr Mark Short has been elected as the eleventh Diocesan Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. The Episcopal Electoral Synod came together from 8-10 November in Goulburn to elect The Reverend Dr Mark Short. This synod consisted of 124...
Electoral Synod Sermon from Bishop Trevor
You can read the full text of Bishop Trevor’s Electoral Synod Sermon delivered at St Saviour’s Cathedral on 8 November here.