A Deacon in Transition – Reverend Colleen Close
When God calls one to serve in a different way, unexpected doors open revealing where God wants one to minister. This door opened for me in palliative care needs in our local hospital. I was ordained Deacon on 1st December 2007. My Rector was Reverend David Ruthven...
St Alban the Martyr Woden Patronal Festival
On a lovely sunny weekend (26th-27th June 2021), St Alban’s Woden celebrated its patronal festival with Bishop Donald Kirk (Riverina Diocese) as our guest preacher and presider. Many of the parish family turned up to one of the four services, and either stayed or...Who’s In? Who’s Out?- by Bishop Stephen
‘To cherish and strive for a Church that welcomes all shades of faith and keeps the sacramental table open for all – the proud, the foolish, the misguided and the over-zealous – takes courage, tenacity and perseverance. In a fractious and divided world; in a time of...
Bells Ring Out Around the World
2021 is the 200th anniversary of the invention of the Ellacombe Chime, a method of installing and ringing bells invented by the Reverend Henry Ellacombe who became curate at St Mary’s Church in Bitton, England, in 1817. In an Ellacombe Chime the bells are fixed in...Opinion: Forgiveness by Dr Monica Short
Forgiveness can be thoughtfully examined theoretically through an integrated lens with a knowledge base in social work, sociology, and theology. However, intimately experiencing it seems to me to create a richer awareness of what forgiveness is. My musing on the...
Split Diocese
The landscape of our country seems to fluctuate often these days. We go from periods of relative freedom to sudden bouts of lockdown with seemingly nary a warning. It’s a stressful time with daily lives being affected, and people are understandably upset. What I...New Principal for The Anglican School Googong
Colin May is a highly regarded educator and experienced Principal of more than four decades. After a long teaching career in Primary and Secondary Education at St Andrew’s Cathedral School, including establishing ‘Kirrikee’ Outdoor Education Centre, and Trinity...Meet Vocational Deacon Leonie White
Recently I was struck by an image posted on Facebook of a person leaning on a shovel in a very large paddock. The comment was that prayer without action is equivalent to this character with a huge task ahead of him, leaning there on his shovel waiting for something to...