Picture above: L-R Reverends Marilyn Waind and Robin Moore, Dean Phillip, Reverends Heather Millard and Kim Hoey, and Cathedral Guide The title of Bishop Mark’s address to Synod was ‘Good to be Here!’ and how good it was for so many of us to take part in the uplifting...
Where does one begin? I don’t know that I am able to mark a particular day or occasion where I felt that I was called to be a deacon, rather there were many things that took place over time that brought me to this point. Coming from a ‘non-church’ family, at the age...
For 22 years our small dedicated team provided weekly free food at a tiny Community Centre in Canberra’s inner north public housing, together with wide-ranging support assisting the marginalised and those on low incomes. For my part, as a vocational deacon, this...
On 21st June, 2022, I will celebrate 20 years in the Diaconate, ordained in Saint John’s Anglican Church, Wagga Wagga, together with Leonie White, by Bishop Godfrey Fryar. It was a momentous occasion which will remain in my memory always. I was ordained as a Deacon in...
Sometimes we cannot escape our pathway in life and I always make a bit of a joke of the fact that there have been clergy in my family since 1312 ( and that’s true!) so what hope did I have! But in all seriousness, I am what I am, a deacon in the church of God, a...
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...
