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Then and Now–Port Hedland PAGE 4
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BCA DirectoryThe Real Australian is a registered trademark of the Bush Church Aid Society.First published 1920–Edition No. 363 Circulation 32,000All enquiries to The Editor, The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia,Level 7, 37 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000.email [email protected] www.bushchurchaid.com.auPatrons The Most Revd Dr Glenn Davies The Most Revd Dr Phillip Aspinall The Rt Revd Dr Peter JensenPresident The Rt Revd John HarrowerVice President To be advised Vice President Emeritus The Revd Tom Morgan Chairman Mr Fred ChiltonHon. Treasurer Mr Richard HostNational Director The Revd Dr Mark ShortNational Office The Revd Dr Mark ShortLevel 7, 37 York Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Phone (02) 9262 5017–Fax: (02) 9262 5020email [email protected] Manager Mrs Robyn Williamsemail [email protected] and Communications Mrs Alison Pearce, Miss Melinda LawNSW/ACT Office The Revd Peter AdkinsLevel 7, 37 York Street, Sydney, NSW 2000Phone (02) 9262 5017–Fax: (02) 9262 5020email [email protected] BCA Centre The Revd Adrian LanePO Box 281, Heidelberg, VIC 3084Phone (03) 9457 7556–Fax: (03) 9457 7610email [email protected]/NT BCA Centre Mrs Vivien Bleby35 Whitmore Square Adelaide SA 5000Phone (08) 8221 5444email [email protected]/Nthn NSW Office The Revd Ian McGrathPO Box 6565, Upper Mt Gravatt, QLD 4122Phone (07) 3349 9081–Fax: (07) 3849 7927email [email protected] Office The Revd Dennis Quinn63 Belar St Howrah TAS 7018Phone (03) 6244 5098email [email protected] BCA Centre The Revd Rob Healy c/-GPO Box W2067, Perth WA 6846 Phone 1300 554 025 email [email protected]
Contents
Cover: Port Hedland’s BCA Missioners and Church Buildings in 1957 and now.
3 Editorial
4 Then and Now…Port Hedland
6 Never let a chance go by!
7 Fellow-worker for free
8 Living Waters in Dry Times
9 Jesus Loves Truckies
10 Then and Now…Children’s Ministry
11 A Teen’s Tribute
12 A Helping Hand from Broken Hill
13 A Taste of God
14 Canons, canons and cannons
16 Australia for Christ: Is there any hope?
17 April Bottom Scholarship
18 Letter to the Editor
20 Tagging along with BCA
21 Tracks of Grace
22 Post & Rails
24 Vale–Revd Barry Huggett
25 Councillor’s Column
26 From the Archives
PAGE 18
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It’s always an interesting experience meeting a family member for the first time. While in England I came face to face with the (wax) figure of Madam Du Barry, an ancestor who literally lost her head during the French Revolution!
Thankfully, not all family reunions
have such a tumultuous background. In
September this year BCA Field Staff from
all over the Australia will be gathering near
Sydney for our biennial Conference. There
will be learning, fellowship and perhaps
even a little good-natured competitiveness
as we take part in some ‘team-building’
activities.
However, I am sure that one of the
highlights will be Thursday lunchtime when
we will be joined by former BCA Field Staff
living in the Sydney region. I can’t wait to
watch as servants of Christ share the joys
and challenges of ministering in some of
the same places decades apart. As with
all God’s people, the BCA family is bound
together across time and space by Christ’s
unchanging love. In this Real Australian
you will read how that love has and is
sustaining God’s people to reach Australia
for Christ from decade to decade.
One of the signs of a healthy family is
the willingness to share resources. In that
light, we are delighted with the response to
our first appeal this year which exceeded
the target we had set. In this issue you will
read how God is using those gifts to reach
people for His glory, so that the family will
grow.
Mark ShortNational Director
Editorial
THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 3
Then and Now–Port Hedland
Margaret Douglass and Philip Knight may be at different stages of life, but they share something quite significant; they both served with BCA in Port Hedland.
Margaret with her husband Don and
children were BCA’s first missioners in Port
Hedland. When they arrived in 1957, there
was a tiny church and very little ministry
in town, other than the Bishop who would
come out once every three months to take
communion. Margaret still remembers
Don’s preparations for those initial Sunday
services: “Don would clean out the church,
put the flowers in and ring the bell. Then he
used to go and wake up one or two people.”
At that time, the parish was one-and-
a-half times the size of Tasmania and Don
would travel a great deal to take services in
Roebourne, Wittenoom and Marble Bar and
to visit all the station properties. As a result,
he was away for two weeks each month
and Margaret began an evening service at
the rectory so their parishioners would have
something while he was away. Aside from
the lack of electricity in the rectory, the
cyclones and the stifling heat, her greatest
difficulty in that first year was the isolation
and loneliness as there was no telephone
connection and she had yet to make deep
friendships. Communication with friends
back home in Sydney was through letters
and Don would have to send a message via
the Flying Doctor to say that he had arrived
safely when travelling.
Though difficult at the time, Margaret is
able to look back with thankfulness: “I was
not enthusiastic when Don chose to go off
with BCA, but I don’t doubt for one second
it was in God’s plan… I learnt a great deal
from being there and to appreciate things
that I had taken for granted.”
“This is why I pray every day for the
people in BCA. I can’t tell you what it meant
to us to hear that people were praying
for us when things were difficult. It was
a brand new experience for me and an
eye-opening one. I’ve often said it was a
great experience to have had but difficult
while I was having it. I look back with
thankfulness.”
Much has changed in the 57 years that
have since passed. Philip and Elke Knight
Then...Margaret with two of her children Now...The Knight family
4 SPRING 2014
Then and Now–Port Hedlandwith their two girls are BCA’s current
missioners. The old church building became
a museum–which subsequently blew
away in a cyclone–but the church is still
very much alive with 80 members. There
is electricity in the rectory, telephone and
internet connections, no need to wake
anyone up for the Sunday service–although
Philip might send out
the occasional email
reminder–and the
Sunday School, which
Margaret began, is
still going strong.
The parish
boundaries are
smaller now that
other churches
(including BCA-
supported ones)
have formed in the
surrounding areas,
although it still
includes Marble
Bar. Another minister visits the station
properties, so Philip is able to focus on Port
Hedland and South Hedland.
Port Hedland is a far cry from what
it was when Don and Margaret arrived
with their two young children in 1957.
Back then, there was one main shop–a
general store which sold everything from
a toothbrush to a motor car–and 1,000
people in town. It has grown significantly
since then and now boasts a population of
20,000 with a basic shopping centre and
more shops in South Hedland. However
there is one thing that hasn’t changed over
57 years; the main motivation for people
coming to town is money.
Reflecting on this, Philip says, “People
just come with this idea that money will
fix everything. But money doesn’t fix
everything; it’s just an idol that needs to be
crushed along with every other idol.”
Despite this,
Philip says there
are positives and
opportunities: “In
major towns, you are
one of a few million;
here, people know
me as Philip the
Anglican Minister. So
you can use the small
nature of towns to
build up relationships
quickly and speak
truth into people’s
lives and actually
talk about Jesus. In
fact, people expect me to do just that as a
Christian minister, which gives me so many
opportunities.”
Looking forward another 57 years,
Philip hopes there will be more Christians
in Port Hedland who are “passionate about
serving Jesus, meeting together, reading
God’s word and seeking to share the gospel
with others”. He also hopes the church will
become self-sufficient so that its members
are able to support other churches the way
BCA has supported them. •
Alison Pearce
This bell is the only remnant of the original church in Port Hedland
THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 5
Never Let A Chance Go By!
Being on Japanese television on a tourist programme has never been one of my goals. Strangely enough, it never had crossed my mind.
But that’s one of the left-field
experiences that came my way in Coober
Pedy at the end of May. Initially the film
crew from Japan wanted to film our service
on Sunday morning. With an audience
of 2,000,000 viewers it was tempting but
Geoff was going to be away and we are
always a bit cautious about the way things
will be presented. However I did offer to
show them around in the afternoon. I asked
our congregation to pray that I would
have an opportunity to talk about Jesus
and to give the film crew a gospel tract...in
Japanese.
I took them through the church and
our home first so they could plan their
approach. I said I would go and clean up
my kitchen before they came into my
house. However, before finishing that task
I decided I had better go and find the tract
which I thought I had seen on top of the
piano in the church. Oops, they saw me
and started filming. “Oh hello” they asked.
“Do you live here?” “Yes,” I responded in my
most welcoming voice. “Would you like to
have a look around my Dugout?”
For the next 10-15 minutes we went
from room to room with them asking the
questions in Japanese and then having
another man translate. I replied in English
which was then translated. I did try to
bring Jesus into the conversation but it is
a bit difficult when you are speaking about
the house temperature or whether there
is much dust around. However as we said
farewell I presented them with a brochure
about the church in English which contains
the gospel using a mining theme as well as
‘Two Ways to Live’ in Japanese. The camera
zoomed in on the front of the brochure.
Let’s pray that they show THAT to their vast
audience and cut out the messy kitchen,
which I didn’t quite finish cleaning. •
Tracey Piggott Coober Pedy SA
Tracey presenting her underground kitchen
6 SPRING 2014
Fellow-worker For FreeOne keen church member can make a difference in any church. But in a small church like ours it can be even more noticeable.
While many young university graduates
stay close to
friends and family,
Lisa moved to
Lightning Ridge
as a speech
therapist in April
2013. She joined
our congregation
and her presence
has sure made a
difference!
It has been
a joy to see
Lisa looking for
ways to serve
in church and
making the most
of opportunities
to reach out to her workmates. In her time
here she has been involved in Bible study,
the Sunday kids’ programme, parish council,
Bible reading, data projector operation
and helping with creative projects such as
costume making.
Having someone full of energy and
enthusiasm has been a real encouragement
to us personally. It has been like having
another member on the ministry team. As
a young, single, mature graduate, Lisa has
capability, availability and dependability that
other servants at church do not, through no
fault of their own.
For example, how do you provide for
the kids at your monthly branch church
meeting? The regular Sunday school teacher
couldn’t make it. Joanne felt torn: these
kids at Cumborah needed teaching, not
just baby-sitting.
But how can she
properly care for
them and our
own two pre-
school boys at
the same time?
Lisa was able
and willing to
go monthly to
Cumborah. That
was a great relief
to Joanne. This
isn’t the only time
Lisa has been able
to reduce the
load on Joanne
in particular.
We have enjoyed Lisa joining us for family
activities and fun times too!
You can support bush ministry
prayerfully, financially and personally. We
pray for many more new graduates to use
the freedom of their stage of life to serve
Christ personally in the bush. (At the time
of writing, there are opportunities for
high school, primary and early childhood
teachers, a GP and nurses in Lightning
Ridge. Want to come?) •
David PiperLightning Ridge, NSW
Above: Lisa at work. Below: Sunday night Bible Study (Lisa on far right)
THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 7
The Society is extremely thankful for the encouraging response to our first appeal, which exceeded our target by $100,000.
It is a wonderful example of our
supporters’ generosity. That generosity is what
enables us to support ministries such as the
Mitchells who will be serving with BCA to care
for drought-affected people.
Ranald and Jenny Mitchell are farmers in
Northern NSW and committed Christians who
are involved locally and at the diocesan level.
They have worked individually and as a team
for Anglicare Northern Inland since 1987 in
areas such as marriage and family counselling.
Ran and Jenny will be serving with BCA as
Drought and Family Support Workers. They
have seen first-hand the devastation that
drought can bring to individuals and families
and to local businesses, schools and towns.
“The towns are suffering as people aren’t
buying things. They’ve cut back on everything,
even haircuts. People put on a good front if
they go out but they could be depressed and
losing self-esteem...We’ve got friends who
haven’t had rain for just on two years. Now
they’ve been there all their lives and have
never seen it this bad. Their farm is all stock
and they’ve had to reduce right down to only
a few thousand head of stock.”
With BCA’s support, Ran and Jenny will
be visiting farms in drought-affected areas
in Northern NSW over the next 18 months
and assisting local congregations to care for
farmers and other drought-affected people
in Christ’s name. “We want to show them
that Jesus does care for them and that while
things are difficult at the moment, it doesn’t
mean they’ve been abandoned.”
Their own experience as farmers and
counsellors is invaluable in this work. “Because
we are farmers and because we live in the
same circumstances, people are much more
willing to open up. And our counselling
training is a great help and enables us to ask
the right questions.”
Please pray for Ran and Jenny in their
travels and as they talk to people and
endeavour to show Christ’s love for them.
Please pray too for strength and resilience for
the people in rural areas that they might grow
in awareness of the Lord Jesus’ love for them.
•
Alison Pearce
Living Waters in Dry Times
Ran and Jenny Mitchell
8 SPRING 2014
Jesus Loves TruckiesFor the National Day of Thanksgiving, we did an outreach to the truckies.
It was an event that many people
from church became involved in, one
way or another. We started with a “Thank
You” breakfast
on a Saturday
morning. We went
to the transport
companies in town
and let them know,
as well as going to
the large fuel depot
at Capricorn, along
with CB radio
contact.
We held the
breakfast at what
is called the
hitch-yard one
kilometre south of Newman on the Great
Northern Highway. It was an early start for
all of us (3:45am). We had breakfast ready
to go by 5am. The overall response was
disbelief–that anyone would want to thank
them–because all they ever get is abuse
and complaints! It has been an extremely
rewarding and well-received ministry.
Along with the brekky, we gave them gift
bags with homemade goodies, chocolates
and a gospel of Mark. Amanda wrote a
prayer, called “The truckies’ prayer” and we
read it to each
of them, as we
handed them the
gift bags. The next
afternoon, we went
back with children
from our “deeper
group” and gave
out the rest of the
bags.
Please pray
for our truckies!
They have a really
hard and thankless
job. These great
big men, melted at the thought that some
people actually thanked them and all of
them received the prayer with gratitude. At
our last Parish council meeting, we decided
to make it a formal ministry of the church. •
Derek and Amanda McArtneyNewman WA
TRUCKIES’ PRAYERLord, keep our truckies safe.
Bless their homes and families while they are away.We thank you for the blessing they are to our country.
In Jesus NameAmen
THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 9
Then and Now…Children’s Ministry
The Society has always recognised the importance of including children in its ministry.
Organising
Missioner SJ
Kirkby wanted a
way to connect
with the many
children who showed such a keen interest
in BCA’s work. So in 1927, he became the
Old Kookaburra and formed a birthday band
called The Kookaburra Club. Members paid
a shilling each year and were encouraged
to pray for BCA and write letters to the Old
Kookaburra, some of which were published
in The Real Australian.
Each year, members of the Kookaburra
Club would receive an artistic birthday card
with the hope that they would think of
BCA on their special day. Kirkby wrote that
“A birthday is one of the happiest in our
year, even for some of us who are beyond
the stage of youth. We like to receive
remembrances on
that day–a gift
or a cheer-giving
card. Our club
will associate
that great day
with our big
B.C.A. work…So
your birthday
will stand each
year for a mutual
remembrance of
you by us and of us by you.”
Much has changed since that first
kids’ club, but BCA is still just as keen to
encourage children to become involved in
its work. In 2005, BCA for Kids was formed
so children could learn about BCA and
become excited to support its mission work
around Australia. There is still a section
in The Real Australian, although it is now
found as a pull-out section in the middle,
and members also receive a quarterly
newsletter. In keeping with our Australian
heritage, our mascot is Banjo Bilby, whose
adventures with his friends Sam Kangaroo,
Tilly Platypus and Spike Echidna can be
Members of BCA for Kids at a Picnic Day
10 SPRING 2014
BCA presentations at school chapels are usually a whirlwind of faces and tight schedules and it can be challenging to tell if students really catch the BCA vision.
This email from a Sydney school boarder
from country NSW was lovely to receive
recently:
“Just a friendly email to say that I really
enjoyed chapel today. I think that it is really
nice to share with Sydney people how hard
it really is out in rural areas to talk to fellow
Christians and share Jesus. I have realised
that Sydney people do not understand
how easy it is for them to be able to go to
church or simply speak about God’s word.
Also I found it really interesting being able
to relate to Lightning Ridge because I live
really close to there!”
City kids are increasingly losing
connection to the country. With that in
mind, BCA is coordinating an inaugural
Australia-wide youth group event in
October. Please encourage your church
youth group to sign up and get involved. •
Jen SchabelBCA Youth Promotions Officer
Then and Now…Children’s Ministry
A TEEN’S TRIBUTE Sometimes encouragement comes unexpectedly
found in the newsletter
comics.
Whether it be through our
Picnic Day or connections
with school groups, BCA for
Kids loves coming together
with kids and helping them
share the good news of Jesus
and BCA’s work with their
friends. We are always looking for new
members and new activities. Would you or
someone you know like to join
in the fun with BCA for Kids?
Write to the team, send in a
drawing or sign up to receive
the newsletters and take part in
our exciting competitions!
For more information, check
out this edition’s pull-out
section or contact:
Alison Pearce
Connecting Australia for ChristFriday 17th Oct 2014 • Australia-wide youth event • RECEIVE BCA videos & Bible study
resources • PRAY FOR the spread of the Gospel across Australia • CONNECT WITH & ENCOURAGE other youth groups •SIGN UP NOW!! www.bushchurchaid.com.au
THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 11
A Helping Hand From Broken Hill
In late 2012, members of the South East Bendigo Anglican Parish Missions Support Team decided that ‘praying and paying’ was not good enough any more. We prayed about a hands-on approach to
mission and in July this year, it happened.
A team of sixteen travelled from Bendigo,
including three from the BCA-supported
ministry at Strathfieldsaye, to BCA House
in Broken Hill. We were armed with tools,
paint, cleaning products, a sewing machine
and great intentions!
Over the course of a week, we managed
to pull the kitchen apart, sand down,
clean, replace, paint, tile and re-install
it all again! By God’s grace tradies were
available, materials provided and even a
window made at a discount. The rampaging
group of ladies ruthlessly cleaned, fixed or
removed unwanted items from throughout
the complex.
BCA minister, Neville Naden remarked,
“The team had total confidence in God’s
provision for the work that needed to be
done. They worked night and day; they
came to serve and
serve they did.”
Our entire group
enjoyed the
opportunity
Before the renovation
Job done. The refurbished kitchen
12 SPRING 2014
A Helping Hand From Broken Hill A Taste of GodEarlier in the year, our church ran some events to build on the good relationships with families that we have been developing through our ‘Mainly Music’ programme. One event was a wine tasting where we
enjoyed some great wines, cheeses and
company together with a message about
not taking others’ word for it, but tasting
and seeing for yourself what God is like.
Soon after this event, someone decided
to graffiti a sign on the church door in
lipstick. The graffiti expressed a general
distaste at the thought of God but
provided a good opportunity for further
connection. Without having any idea who
may have written the note, I responded
with a letter in the local paper. I turned
what was initially a distasteful, angry
rant against God into an invitation for
the whole community to consider Christ.
A number of non-churchgoing people
stopped me in the street to chat about it
and give encouragement.
Since then, we have been slowly
developing relationships with some of
these people and keep gently encouraging
people to taste and see that God is good.
Like a good wine, it is better not to rely on
second-hand opinions and vague notions;
it is better to put in the effort to taste for
yourself. We are praying that as a result
many will experience the wonder, joy and
awe of God. •
Brad HenleyKangaroo Island SA
to get our hands dirty, but I believe the
highlight was attending Neville and
Kathie’s Living Desert Indigenous Church
on Sunday night (with the crew from St
Matthew’s Manly taking the reins!). We
enjoyed the conversations with the locals
and witnessing first-hand the ongoing and
faithful work done through the support of
BCA in Broken Hill.
The encouragement went both ways as
Neville reflected, “They were a testimony
of God’s grace and love for our people. We
were so encouraged by their attitude to
serve and the love that they expressed to
Kathie, me and our family. As Kathie said
after everyone left, I’ve never felt so loved.
So thank you to Steve and your church
family, who have become a part of our
church family, you were a blessing as you
served here in Broken Hill.”
We praise God for giving us such an
opportunity, and look forward to more
opportunities to serve His kingdom in
coming years. •
Steve Weickhardt and Neville Naden Strathfieldsaye, Vic and Broken Hill, NSW
Dennis Williams presenting a bowl crafted from the burl of of leopard tree to Steve for the Parish of South East Bendigo
THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 13
Canons, canons and cannons
Upon hearing that someone has been made a Canon, you wouldn’t be alone if your thoughts immediately flicked to the big explosive weapons often used in times of war.
However, while you could say a Canon
can be used in God’s spiritual battles, they
are altogether different from
cannons and even a canon in
church law.
Canon is a title conferred
upon someone who has made
significant contributions or
service to their diocese. It
also isn’t just for clergy; lay persons can be
made a Canon. They can be appointed by
a Bishop or elected by Synod and become
a member of the Cathedral Chapter, which
will meet on occasion to discuss matters of
the diocesan cathedral. So it is an honour
to become a Canon, and one that Dale
Barclay, who serves with BCA in Sunraysia
South, has recently experienced.
Dale was appointed a Canon in the
Diocese of Bendigo by the Diocesan Bishop,
The Right Reverend Andrew Curnow. This
appointment has encouraged Dale to view
his ministry as part of a bigger picture.
“Although the title of Canon is largely
honorary, it has given me an
increased desire to encourage
and pray for the ministry at a
cathedral and diocesan level.
I will seek to make a positive
contribution to the life of
our diocese and particularly
our goal to proclaim the good news of
the kingdom. I am encouraged by the
appointment and, God willing, it will allow
me to play a part in our diocese honouring
and serving the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Dale was appointed to the ‘McCullagh
Clerical Canonry’, which is of particular
significance to him and to BCA. John
Dale (left) being appointed a Canon at Synod. Photo by Bryn Jones
14 SPRING 2014
Canons, canons and cannonsMcCullagh trained at Moore College in
Sydney prior to beginning ministry in
Lancefield, Victoria. It was during this time
in Lancefield that his wife passed away.
This great loss impacted him so much
that he almost gave up his ministry, but
he persevered and was then appointed to
Bendigo, where he served for over 46 years.
Dale explains, “Each anniversary of his
appointment he would return to the text
‘For I determined not to know anything
among you save Jesus Christ and Him
crucified’. McCullagh was well known in
Bendigo and conducted a huge amount of
weddings, baptisms and funerals. He was
also known as a person who was generous
to those who struggled in life. He took no
credit for this, explaining as he did not
have a wife or family he was able to help
out in this way as some of his colleagues
(who were family men) were unable to do.
I empathise with McCullagh’s ministry and
theology and admire his commitment in
the early days of the diocese of Bendigo.
He also shares the initials of one of my
favourite writers JC Ryle. ”
It was at this time in Bendigo that BCA’s
Organising Missioner, SJ Kirkby, came under
his influence as a youth at St Paul’s. “One
can only imagine the impact of McCullagh’s
ministry on Kirkby and how it may have
prepared Kirkby for the significant ministry
that lay ahead of him,” Dale adds. “It is for
these reasons that I find it very encouraging
to be appointed to the ‘McCullagh Clerical
Canonry’.” •
Alison Pearce
Join us at a Bush Church Aid 2014 Spring LunchFor all with a heart for Regonal Australia. Come and learn what God is doing in mission around the nation?
Hear BCA supported Andy Goodacre: Launceston Church Planter and University Outreach Worker speak on “Being God’s Missionary People”
Monday 29 September Eastern Region at Glen Waverley Anglican Church800 Waverley Road, Glen Waverley 3150
Tuesday 30 September Southern Region at St Luke’s, Frankston East 72 McMahon’s Road, Frankston East 3200
Wednesday 01 October North/West Region at St Alban’s Hamlyn Heights277 Church Street, Herne Hill 3218Time: 11.30 for a Noon start. Finish by 2.00pm. Kids welcome.
$20.00 per person (includes lunch)RSVP Friday 19 September 2014Phone 03 9457 7556Email [email protected]
15THE REAL AUSTRALIAN
In a western world where Christianity is increasingly taking the back seat, is there any hope of reaching Australia for Christ?
That was the question addressed at this
year’s BCA Victorian Region Annual Meeting
and Dinner by former Deputy Prime
Minister of Australia, the Honorable John
Anderson. Over 115 BCA supporters from
a variety of age-groups and backgrounds
gathered at St Paul’s Anglican Church,
Boronia in what was the largest annual
meeting and dinner in at least 12 years.
After a delicious meal together, those
who attended heard short interviews
with Steve Weickhardt, BCA Missioner for
Strathfieldsaye, and Joel Hill, Ridley College
Student from the Diocese of Willochra.
Prayers at each table were offered for
regional Victorian municipalities before
the former Deputy Prime Minister’s main
address.
Mr Anderson is a faithful, committed
Christian who currently lives and works
on a farm in northwestern New South
Wales. After showing how Christianity is
today a minority in the western world, due
in part to Christians taking the path of
modernity and compromise, he encouraged
those present that God is not and will
not be mocked and urged that God has
not deserted His Church but is today
actively building His Church and is working
powerfully across the globe according to
His purposes.
Mr Anderson concluded with a challenge
for everyone: Do not lose sight of these
purposes, but rather unfold your arms and
participate in them, having the heart of
Christ, a heart for mission and participating
in what our Almighty God is already doing
in His Church. There is indeed hope of
reaching Australia for Christ! •
Joel Hill Student at Ridley College, Melbourne
Australia for Christ: Is there any hope?
Above: Duku Wolikare (BCA Victorian Committee) thanks John Anderson Right: Steve Weickhardt (BCA in Strathfieldsaye, right) with his parents
Attendees of the Victorian Annual Meeting
16 SPRING 2014
April Bottom Scholarship
April Bottom was a unique person–full of fun, life and vision with a strong
Christian commitment. Her family home in Broken Hill, Allison
House, became a hostel for children who would come from surrounding areas for education. She served on the Allison House Managing Committee until the time of her death.
April and her husband David ran Wirryilka Station for many years and experienced first-hand the difficulties of having their children educated. Before her death from cancer in 2003, April expressed a desire to set up a fund to assist families from the West Darling Parish region (now the Parish of the Far West and Broken Hill) with the education of their children, particularly where they needed to leave the region in order to achieve their education potential.
In previous years, winners of the Scholarship have moved from their homes or properties surrounding Broken Hill and Menindee to study in Adelaide, Bathurst, Sydney and Darwin.
The winner for the 2015 Scholarship will be notified in mid-October this year and the amount of $10,000 will go towards their tuition fees/boarding fees/text books, etc. as they commence their studies in 2015.
Applications close on 12th September, 2014.The 2014 recipient, Sarah Charlton, from
Broken Hill has commenced a double degree in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.
The scholarship is paying for Sarah’s accommodation fees, enabling her to stay on campus and focus on her studies.
If you know someone who would benefit from the April Bottom Scholarship or you are interested in obtaining further information please email [email protected] or phone 02 9262 5017.Applications can be downloaded from: www.bushchurchaid.com.au
Applications are now being invited for the 2015 April Bottom Scholarship, worth $10,000
April Bottom Scholarship
To be eligible, you must:• Be a resident of the Parish of
Broken Hill and the Far West.• Undertake study outside the
Parish in 2015.• Submit your completed
application by the closing date and have it verified by parents/carers.
• Provide your last year’s academic records and any other information (e.g. sporting, academic achievements, club memberships, etc.) to support your application.
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Dear Editor,Reading the Winter RA (Real Australian) I came across the item about Dr Leon Morris with the picture of St. Patrick’s Van. My husband Arthur and I served with BCA at Broken Hill Boys’ Hostel 1950-1955 and Bowral Girls’ Hostel 1956-1961 and we inherited St. Patrick at Broken Hill in 1950.
There had been a hostel in Wilcannia for many years, with a matron in charge, but the school there went only to Year 6 level, meaning boys then had to go far away from home to expensive boarding schools. The vision of opening the new hostel in Broken Hill was to be able take high school as well as primary age boys, and to have a married couple in charge to give
more of a home and family atmosphere.In January 1950 we set off to Broken Hill
with our children Arthur (6), Stella (3) and Colin (4 months). Over the next six years
the number of boys at the hostel increased from 10 to 30 and we adopted a baby girl, Rosalie, bringing our own family to 6.
At the beginning of 1956, we moved to Bowral Girls’ Hostel
where we had girls from as far away as Deniliquin and Wilcannia with us to attend Bowral High School which was next door to the ten acres of our lovely hostel location. In spring, it would blossom with fields of daffodils. Our own family increased again with the birth of son, Ian and in 1975 we adopted another little boy, Graham (5).
Letter to the Editor
June 1950 - Beryl and Arthur with children, Arthur and Stella, and boys from the Wilcannia Hostel
18 SPRING 2014
Letter to the Editor
BCA is a mission agency, ministering within the Anglican Church throughout Australia,
and is seeking a person who is mission minded and innovative, and who has proven gifts in
communication, pastoral care and mobilising volunteers. Management and administrative
abilities are essential. The nature of the role requires plenty of energy and a high level of
self-motivation. Previous connections with BCA would be an advantage but not essential.
The successful applicant would live in Adelaide, be licenced by the Archbishop of
Adelaide if ordained, or authorised if not in clerical orders, and be subject to the Diocesan
Professional Standards protocols.
For a Position Description, further information or to make application, please
contact the Chairman of the SA/NT BCA Committee Mr Peter Sage on 0419 176 585
From 1956 to 1976 I was secretary of BCA Women’s Auxiliary, and in the first five years travelled up on the 6.00 am train from Bowral for the monthly meetings. Some of our activities were running the annual BCA Fete in the Chapter House, as well as organising women’s rallies in various
parishes to raise interest and support for the Society’s ministry.
Forgive this lengthy email but I hope that some of this ancient history may be of interest. With my greetings and assurance of my support and prayers for BCA. •Beryl McLaughlin
THE BUSH CHURCH AID SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA INVITES APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION OF
SA/NT Regional Officer
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Tagging along with BCA
Conrad, a member of the Roxby Downs and Andamooka Christian community, has lived in Andamooka for many years.
He searches and finds our Tag-Along
Tour group gathered for lunch in the main
street. He shares with the group how he
has encountered God
over recent years and
has been profoundly
changed. His testimony
touches many who
listen and warms our
hearts on this sunny
yet chilly day.
It was for encounters like that one
that nine adults and seven young people
in conventional vehicles headed north
to Roxby Downs and up the Oodnadatta
track to Coober Pedy. We wanted to meet
with those who live and work in remote
communities so that we might have a
better understanding of their joys and
sorrows and appreciate the ministry BCA
has in these places.
Where better also for people to have
a fresh encounter with God than in the
desert! This was further enabled by our
chaplain Ben, who led prayerful reflections
each day, at meal times and around the
campfire, using Bible passages relating to
the desert and wilderness.
Precious were the opportunities for
tour members to hear from and pray
with local Christians and to contribute to
leading the worship in the Coober Pedy
underground Church.
We thanked God so often! What a
joy to see such a diverse group of people
serving and relating so easily with one
another. Appalling weather forecasts,
worrying health issues and a blown tyre
threatened to derail the trip, but on each
occasion concerns were dissipated as BCA
supporters around
Australia prayed
for us in the Prayer
Notes on those
days! Shared meals,
perfect weather
for the nights
we camped out,
marshmallows and damper cooked on the
fire and amazing scenery were highlights of
the tour.
“Churches in Adelaide should come and
see what’s happening here–this church
needs our support,” said a couple of the
participants on the eighth day of our tour
after hearing BCA-supported workers, Mary
Lewis and Barry Luke share aspects of their
life and work at Roxby Downs.
“[That was] the best holiday I’ve ever
had,” commented one dusty, satisfied
participant, giving hope for possible future
such adventures. •
Vivien Bleby SA/NT Regional Officer
20 SPRING 2014
Lisa has been seeking after God for a lifetime, but with God prodding and moving her more deliberately in the last three years.
Lisa came to me for discipling on God’s prompting through His word and dreams. She had clearly already made a decision to follow Jesus and so she was baptised. We continue to meet for one-to-one discipling and Bible Study and Lisa meets with other Christians too for mentoring and encouragement.
She has a strong call to tell others the gospel (be an evangelist) and especially has a heart for growing faith amongst
the Maori and Pacific Islander community here in Roxby Downs. God is working in that community directly with little instigation from the existing church community. We praise God for this amazing gift to us - someone who so clearly hears the Lord and is blessed by the Lord to be a blessing to us as well as those not yet believers.
We are expectant of God using Lisa in ways we haven’t yet dreamed. •
Mary Lewis Roxby Downs SA
Tracks of Grace
Since my late teensLord, I heard you calling my nameBut as the story goes Independence and pride is what kept me in chains.From the streets to prison,From depression to addictionYou turned hardships into lessons My experiences turned testimony was your mission.For 15 years I ignored your callBut now I’m ready to listen Let your purpose in me come to pass as you had envisioned.A week today before the yearYou whispered in my ear.Thru the tears, so loud and clearI knew it was time, to listen, to hear. And so today I reaffirm my commitment to you,Lord I’m ready for rebirth,To bow my knee, to be renewed,In mind and Spirit let your will be done;
For today and this day forward you’re the beginning and end.You Lord are No.1.Amen!
Thank you Father for being the water I needed to quench my thirst! Thank you for being the light I needed to lead my way! Thank you for the foundation I needed to help me stand firm.You are my Rock, my King,My Conqueror, my Comforter,My Saviour! Without you I’m broken, lost and a wandering soul, But with you I’m healed, I’m found and I’m ready to begin my journey which you created me for.Let your plan and purpose be done.Thank you Father; thank you Lord, In your precious name Christ Jesus, I thank you–Amen!
Testimony and Thanksgiving Prayer by Lisa on the occasion of her baptism
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Post and RailsThe Right Reverend John Harrower was
appointed President of BCA at the Annual
General Meeting in May following the
resignation of The Right Reverend Stuart
Robinson, Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn
Diocese. Bishop John has led the Diocese
of Tasmania since 2000 and has partnered
with BCA in many strategic appointments
there since that time.
Welcome to new Councillors, Mrs Jane Lamont (BCA Kununurra 1987-1992 with
husband Murray who was also the BCA
Victorian Regional Officer 1997-2003), The Revd Neil Walthew (BCA Paraburdoo 1996-
1999) and Mr Terry Keith (Qld/N.NSW).
Melinda Law has joined the National
Office team as Digital and Social Media
Communications Officer. Melinda was the
Assistant Editor
of a specialist
magazine and
was also in
charge of their
social media
presence. She
is a member of
Gymea Anglican
Church in
Sydney. Alison Pearce has returned from
maternity leave to work part time and she
and Melinda will share the communications
role with Alison concentrating on print
media.
FAREWELLWe are thankful for the contribution of
those Councillors whose terms completed
in May–The Revd Katherine Hilton, The
Revd Jeannie Woollard and Mr Matthew
Bradfield.
The Revd Canon John Butler has resigned
from BCA Council having been a member
since 1978 and Vice President since
2009. He was also the NSW/ACT Regional
Committee foundation chairman. John has
served BCA as a deputationist on several
occasions and
as locum on
Kangaroo Island
and as Interim
National Director
during the period
between past
National Director,
The Revd Canon
Brian Robert’s departure and the arrival of
The Revd Dr Mark Short in September 2011.
The Revd Ernest Horth has resigned
from Council and the Victorian Regional
Committee, which he
chaired. Ernest was
appointed Victorian
State Secretary in
1979-81 and in
1989 was appointed
BCA Deputationist
to Queensland and
Armidale and Grafton
Dioceses with a view to establishing a BCA
Regional base there. This became reality in
1989. Ernest and his wife, Ida, served the
Queensland region until 1993, when he
moved to Parish ministry and joined the
BCA Council in 2007. Following the Black
Saturday fires in Victoria in 2009, Ernest
Melinda Law
The Revd Canon John Butler
The Revd Ernest Horth
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Continued Over
Post and Railsand Ida, spent 12 months ministering to the
people of Kinglake who were traumatised
by their loss.
John and Ernest have contributed
much wisdom over many years and we
are thankful for their faithfulness and
outstanding service.
The Revd Keith and Mrs Cynthia Groundwater have completed their term
as Affiliates in the Parishes of Adelong
and Tarcutta,
where
they have
conducted
services in
alternate
parishes on
a fortnightly basis and lay people have
conducted them on the other Sundays.
Keith and Cynthia will continue to live and
minister in Canberra.
VALEThe Rt Revd John McIntyre died suddenly
after a short illness on 6 June 2014, aged
62. Bishop John was the 11th Bishop of the
Diocese of Gippsland in south-east Victoria.
After his ordination in 1977 he ministered
in a number of Melbourne parishes and
became a lecturer at Ridley College in
1983. In 1990 he and his family moved to
the Sydney parish of South Sydney where
he remained for 15 years. Throughout
his ministry Bishop John supported the
underprivileged and the Indigenous
communities. He is survived by his wife Jan,
and three adult children, Jessica, Paul and
Lisa. •
The Groundwaters
OCTOBER 31– NOVEMBER 2 2014
St Mark’s Anglican Church
25 Heath St, Red Cliffs Victoria
For more information, visit
www.bibleinthebush.org.au
COME AND HEAR GOD’S WORD AT THE ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
BIBLE IN THE BUSH
With Bishop Trevor Edwards
“FAMOUS LAST WORDS” JOHN 13—17
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Post and Rails VALEThe Revd Barry David Huggett
4 May 1937–23 June 2014PAST NSW SECRETARY, FIELD STAFF PORT HEDLAND, VICTORIAN REGIONAL COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN AND BCA COUNCILLOR.
Educated in Sydney, Barry made a commitment to Christ under the ministry of Leon Morris at a Katoomba Convention. He gave up his advertising career to enter Moore College where he first heard of BCA. “Tales of action and adventure together with a deepening cash crisis led me to apply to become a BCA Candidate in Training,” he once wrote. In 1961 he was accepted, promising to go wherever he was asked. He was priested in Sydney in 1963 and the following year he and his wife, Peg moved to Port Hedland.
In 1966, Bill Rich, then Federal Secretary, convinced Barry to return to Sydney as NSW Secretary. Barry said his disappointment at cutting short his time in Hedland was
diminished by the privilege of working with three Federal Secretaries, Bill Rich, Ged Muston and Theo Hayman.
In 1972, he was invited to become the
Director of Anglican Media, Melbourne and over the next 13 years worked with four archbishops and met many international church leaders. After a return to parish ministry he joined the BCA Victorian Committee in 1986, where he served as Chairman for many years and was elected to Federal Council in 1987.
Barry was a real “live wire” and outside parish and church life, his main interest was motorcycling. He was a member of the Christian Motorcyclists’ Association and the Ulysses Club. •
NSW/ACT BCA RalliesCanberra/Goulburn region with speaker Revd Rich Lanham (BCA in Sale)
Friday 12th September 7:30pm St Paul’s Turvey Park–31 Fernleigh Rd Turvey Park.
Saturday 13th September 7pm–9pm Grace Chapel, Burgmann Anglican School Corner Gungahlin Drive and The Valley Avenue, Gungahlin.
Sunday 14th September 9:30am family service–12pm lunch St Nick’s North Goulburn 17 Kinghorne St Goulburn.
Newcastle Region with speaker Revd Neville Naden (BCA in Broken Hill)
Friday 19th September 7:30pm Kincumber Anglican–Avoca Drive, Kincumber.
Saturday 20th September 7:30pm St John the Baptist Lambton–18 Morehead St Lambton.
For more information contact–Vika Ta’ofi 02 9262 5017 or [email protected]
24 SPRING 2014
Coucillor’s ColumnLife at Wudinna, Ceduna and Coober Pedy in the late 60’s was vastly different from today’s world, or was it?
As I recall it, it was interesting, exciting,
rewarding, hard work and even mind-boggling
at times!
We worked 12 hour shifts during the day
as nurses who were part of the Flying Medical
Service of BCA. There were 25-bed hospitals
at Ceduna and Wudinna and then a few years
later, the Coober Pedy Medical Centre opened.
At that time, Coober
Pedy was a settlement
in the middle of the
Mt Clarence property,
not the thriving
tourist town it is now.
There was certainly
no electricity–the
Medical Centre
worked off 12-volt
batteries and
sometimes a generator. Communication was
via a two way radio session with the base
at Ceduna, twice daily or when we ‘blew the
whistle’ in an emergency. The nearest Doctor
was 1,000km away in Ceduna and it took two
hours to get the plane up in an emergency.
The phone was installed just before I left
Coober Pedy and was most appreciated!
During my time at Coober Pedy, I learned
so much: how to start a combustion stove,
fire up a copper, do the hospital washing,
use a mangle and cook for not only patients,
but for the ‘doctor’s day crew’ of a Pilot,
Business Manager, Receptionist, Dentist and
Immunisation Staff. One of the local Stations
supplied us with fresh,
pre-cut meat so I never
knew exactly where the
cut of meat came from
and probably stewed
what should have
been roasted and vice-versa. I think people
sometimes wondered just what they were
eating!
When we weren’t nursing, we conducted
Religious Education at the school as well as
Sunday School, a
Bible Study group
and services for
special occasions at
the local church. The
visiting Missioner
would come every
6-8 weeks to conduct
the Anglican Church
Service. While we
were at Ceduna, we
joined in community groups where possible
and shared in the fellowship of others such
as the Pharmacist, Dentist, Radio Operator
and Missioner. Together with the Pharmacist,
I travelled to Streaky Bay to conduct a Bible
Study group.
While the experiences may be different
from today, something that has always
remained the same is the prayer cover. It was
almost tangible and gave us assurance and
confidence that we were doing the work God
had called us to. It also reached out to others
with whom we came in contact! •
Lilian Morgan BCA Councillor
Lilian Morgan (left) doing the hand washing in Wudinna
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From The Archives
BCA’s Part in a Century of the Diocese of Grafton
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Grafton, journey with us through the archives of BCA’s involvement in the diocese.
In 1930, BCA’s Organising Missioner SJ
Kirkby said of the Northern Rivers area of
NSW, “Rough country this, and involving
rough conditions
of travel. It was
deemed possible
(back in the 1920,
ed.) that the Society
might be able to help
this Brotherhood…
Nothing practical
eventuated…” (1930,
These Ten Years p.10).
He was referring
to the Grafton
Brotherhood, which was established and
supported by BCA’s parent body, the
Colonial and Continental Church Society
(CCCS). Kirkby’s saying that nothing
eventuated was not for want of trying.
His diaries show many trips to Grafton,
the Brotherhood Of Our Saviour and the
region. In addition, correspondence with
Canon Watson, who was in control of
this evangelical brotherhood, indicates
that there was a strong desire by all three
parties–the Brotherhood , CCCS and BCA–
to make it work; to establish a base from
which those in that ‘rough country’ could
be reached with the Gospel. Kirkby must
have felt the cost of failure dearly, to have
mentioned it in his book These Ten Years–a
book celebrating BCA’s achievements under
his leadership.
It was another ten years later, in 1940,
that BCA took up responsibility for part
of that area, formerly covered by the
Brotherhood. A string of able ministers
served from a base at Rappville from 1940
through to 1959: The Revds Karl Luders, Phil
Connell, Rex Meyer,
Alfred Gerlach and Alf
Hardwick.
Karl Luders
concluded his first
report in The Real Australian in mid
1940 with “...one of
the most pleasing
features is that I may
take scripture classes.
Two Sunday Schools
will be commenced in the near future.
The young people of the parish present a
fruitful field of opportunity.”
Phil Connell at Christmas in 1945
preached on “…the Lord coming to be
among us as God, to live our human life
with all its change and chance, as an
ordinary man, and to save us in that last
earthly act of love by dying on the cross
for our sins.” It was at this point that he
noticed the smaller boys were asleep and
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From The Archives
the older ones nodding, “so I ended and we
sang Abide with me” he reported.
At the end of Alf Gerlach’s seven
years he reported on a mission led by the
rector of West Wollongong and a team
from Balmain teacher’s college, “…the
team made a tremendous impact on our
congregations…. by the end of the time…
congregations had swelled to the extent
that there were twice as many as the
church would hold… The important thing
was that a goodly number of people found
Christ and received Him as Saviour and
Lord.”
BCA’s support was officially completed
in 1959 but did return to many of the older
Rappville and Brotherhood centres when in
1991, Richard and Pat Freeman came into
BCA ministry at Bonalbo. Scripture was still
being taken in the schools; Dick, Pat and a
few faithful locals saw to it that scripture
also happened in many of the outlying
centres. So that all in the BCA family knew
the importance of the ministry to the
young, Dick and Pat wrote “pray that these
young people will come to know Jesus as
their Lord, and then be willing to share
His love with others.” Pat and Dick did this
with all whom they contacted; it was the
mark of their ministry to share His love. In
1994 The Revd Ian and Glenda McGrath
took over and continued the advance of the
gospel and drew BCA’s small but significant
work in the Grafton diocese over its 100
years to a conclusion. •
Brian Roberts Honorary Archivist
“I remember meeting a new lady, Trish, who had just moved into Woodenbong and was into spiritual auras and the like. Anyway we had a discussion and I ended up doing Christianity Explained with her. She became a Christian and a regular worshipper. I well remember a funny night when we had a mid-week prayer meeting and when Trish arrived, she exclaimed, “Where is everyone?” I asked her what she meant and she said, “Well this is a prayer meeting, I thought everyone at church would be here because aren’t Christians supposed to pray?” I encouraged her to say just that to other church members the following Sunday, and she did!”
Ian McGrath of his time in Bonalbo
Opposite: Karl Luders from The Real Australian 1950. Above: Kirkby’s notes from 1920
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