Guardian April 2012

APRIL 2012

THE MAGAZINE OF THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF ADELAIDE

HIGH FLYERS

at 70 years young!

INSIDE: Easter Mission... which chocolate will you choose?

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THE ANGLICAN GUARDIAN

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Like Sea, Mummy

by Bonnie-Fay Henry-Edwards and Callum, aged 3½ years.

Who is God to me?

My God is the sea Wider and deeper than I could ever hope to be.

But despite your size, God you still see me.

You float me safe, you set me free.

A tiny swimmer, nobody And yet my God, my ocean, my sea Despite your size, you still see me.

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4 RE-DEFINING FAMILY THROUGH THE CROSS Archbishop Jeffrey Driver

It was a privilege to take David back to Sudan.

He left as a seven year old, one of the “lost boys”. He had fled from Sudan to Ethiopia, like many others, following the bones of boys who perished on the way. He had then fled again to Kenya, drinking from puddles and eating what he could scrounge. Finally he came to Australia.

Twenty-three years later he was returning home to Sudan and we had the privilege to be with him.

There was a poignant moment in Juba. After all those years he was reunited with his mother and I have a photograph of David with his tall Sudanese mother and his Australian “mother”, a much shorter Lindy, my wife.

I have photographs of David with his Sudanese family and also with his Australian brothers and sisters, white and black.

That moment in Juba was a Good Friday moment.

As Jesus died on the Cross he looked down through blood blurred eyes on a beloved disciple and on Mary his mother and said: “Woman behold your son. Son, behold your mother.”

The Christ was doing what the Christ always does, redefining human relationships, bringing people together out of need, into new places of care and embrace.

His mother, Mary, a widow probably by this time, was now losing her son. She would be

vulnerable in a way that we in Western society can barely imagine.

John, the youngest disciple, the one who just a few hours earlier rested his head on the chest of Jesus as they shared their Last Supper together, said: “Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your mother.”

Mary would have been standing there grieving; John would have been standing there in desolation.

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fAITH Rabbits, Raisins and Resurrection Ecumenism for Today and Tomorrow Pioneering Ministry through Arts and Culture

10 mISSION 10. Not as sweet as you think 12. Eyre Adventure

16 fOCUS 16. Musical Offerings 18. Count Me In 19. Women’s Voices Being Heard 20. The Faces of Hope

But this phrase is not just about them.

It is about the new community, the new family that always comes into being through the power of Jesus.

Before the Cross of Christ, new relationships are created.

Mothers and fathers and cousins and sisters, are newly created where there is no blood relationship whatever, brothers and mothers and sons and daughters, even where there is enmity and pain, beyond race and class and culture and difference, overwhelming human barriers, overcoming all human exclusion, the cry of the Cross rings out still, to our broken and divided world and new relationships are formed.

“Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your mother.”

23 SCHOOLS 23. Emotional and Social Intelligence - Keys to Success 25. Sharing a Sense of Mission

26 cOMMUNITY 26. Anglicare & St Barnabas’ Join Forces 27. Colonial Ways 28. People and Places 29. Faith of the Elders Exhibition 30. Noticeboard

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RABBITS, RAISINS AND RESURRECTION

By Stuart Langshaw

Easter is a great time for symbols. Many of them appear each year. They help us to appreciate aspects of the story of the Christian journey from Maundy Thursday to Easter Day. Some of the symbols came to our notice just after Christmas! While we may “tut tut” that Hot Cross Buns and Easter Eggs went on sale so very early, at least these Christian symbols with their messages have been in front of people’s attention for some months.

However, symbols are useful only when people understand their meanings.

Otherwise they are neutral items that may arouse curiosity within onlookers who want to know their significance.

There is a choice to be made about Easter and about the resurrection of Jesus.

We see such symbols as foot washing …

Hot Cross Buns … a service that lasts for three hours … eating fish … new fire … lilies … greeting cards and emails …

Easter eggs … and we could go on.

Each symbol is a useful tool for us to remind ourselves and to explain to others, another aspect of the events of Holy Week. Hot cross buns are a wonderful teaching tool about the hill of Calvary outside Jerusalem.

The spices that flavour the bread remind us of the spices used by the women who carefully looked after Jesus’ body prior to burial. The raisins (or choc-chips) remind us of the stones and rocks on the hill of Calvary (which was far from being a “green hill” outside the city wall). The cross reminds us of Jesus’ crucifixion.

Easter rabbits, that we have made cute by turning them into ‘bunnies’, are commercial

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representations of the hare associated with Eostre, a Germanic goddess of fertility.

Christians ‘christianised’ this pagan goddess’ fertility month of April with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. The time of year of Jesus’ resurrection coincided with the month of new life that was associated with this goddess’ worship.

Jesus’ resurrection is the event contained in all these symbols. It occurs on the first Sunday (April 8, 2012) following the first full moon (April 6) after our summer equinox (March 20). Christians remember and celebrate this unique event that makes Christianity distinctive from all other living religions.

Every time the Creeds of our church are recited, we say, “We believe … on the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures …” It’s an amazing statement. It is thoroughly and completely substantiated by what is recorded in the four gospels of the New Testament. It has formed the basis for the writings of theologians and hymn writers ever since the first century.

Theologically, the resurrection has enormous implications for Jesus himself. The resurrection is the proof that Jesus is who he said he was – the Son of God. Prior to the first Easter Jesus prophesied that he would die by execution. Anyone can foretell such a death. But Jesus also prophesied that he would rise again (see, for example, Matthew 20:19 and Luke 18:33). What sort of person would make such a claim? The apostle Paul, a great theologian, wrote this: “ … the gospel … regarding his Son … who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 1:3-4). Jesus’ resurrection is the proof that he is the Son of God. Therefore it is the event of Easter, the resurrection of Jesus, that gives the substance to our other declaration in the Creed, “We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God …” It was the resurrection that proved that Jesus was and is the Son of God. When we believe that Jesus is God’s Son, we necessarily have to believe in the resurrection, because it is the

resurrection that proves the divinity of Jesus.

Pastorally, the resurrection, Easter, has enormous implications for us. The resurrection of Jesus is the proof we need that death is not the end of existence.

Rather, death is a necessary door through which we must pass, and thus go into the unfettered spiritual life of God’s kingdom.

Those who have died in the faith of Christ are not lost. The resurrection of Jesus is the proof that the new life that God gave his Son is the new life that God gives to us also.

Biblically, the implications of Jesus’ resurrection are spelled out by St Paul in I Corinthians 15. This would make excellent reading and would be a wonderful basis for our meditations on Easter afternoon this year.

There is a choice to be made about Easter and about the resurrection of Jesus. It’s the choice between the symbols and the reality.

It’s the choice between raisins, rabbits and resurrection.

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ECUMENISM FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW

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…that you love one another…

“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.” John 13: 34

For two thousand years the Church has tried to live out these words of Jesus. Sometimes we have done it well, sometimes we have done it badly. How can we best give expression to these words today? What has the ecumenical movement to offer us?

Many people have expressed disappointment in recent years about the journey together and the seeming ecumenical winter in which we have found ourselves. However, there is a growing excitement about a new movement being engendered through Receptive Ecumenism and the possibilities it invites us into for shaping the life and mission of the Church.

SA Council of Churches, together with other State Ecumenical Councils, has invited Professor Paul Murray, the main proponent of Receptive Ecumenism, to Australia and New Zealand in late July / August 2012. Paul will be in SA from 24 to 28 July, and will spend time in Port Pirie and in Adelaide, helping the churches across SA to explore how we can apply Receptive Ecumenism in our local context.

In a recent conversation with Leaders of Christian Churches SA, Archbishop Jeffrey Driver affirmed the visit of Paul Murray.

“Receptive Ecumenism resonates with Trinitarian theology: it’s about relationships, making space for the other and valuing the lived experience, the story, of the other.”

Receptive Ecumenism is, therefore, not a new concept, it is grounded in our theology and our attempts to live out daily our understanding of the message of the Gospel. What we have now, through the ecumenical movement, is a way of naming it and of developing a new disposition about one another that has the potential to facilitate our ongoing conversion, individually and institutionally.

For example, many aspects of ecumenism, and even some areas of Church in general, have tended to work from the basis of “What do the other traditions need to learn from us?” rather than asking, “What do we need to learn from them?”

Paul Murray posits that if we were all asking the latter question and acting upon it, “then we would all be moving in ways that both deepen our respective identities and draw us into more intimate relationships”. The aim, Paul says, is for the Christian traditions to become more, not less, than they currently are by learning from, or receiving each other’s gifts.

“My hope is that the Church across SA will discover through Receptive Ecumenism new possibilities for this exchange of gifts and a deeper capacity to grow our love for one another and for all of creation,” Geraldine Hawkes, Executive Officer of SA Council of Churches says.

For more details of Paul Murray’s visit and for registration, download the brochure from www.sacc.asn.au Enquiries - contact Jacqui or Geraldine, sacc@picknowl.com.au or phone 8215 0300

Conversations with Professor Paul D Murray RECEPTIVE ECUMENISM  SOUTH AUSTRALIA 24  28 JULY 2012 Developing a new disposition towards one another on the journey together in Christ 1. Presentation & Conversation Date: Tuesday 24 July 2012 10.30 am – 3.30pm Venue: Sts Peter & Paul Anglican Cathedral Church Hall, David St, Port Pirie $35 includes refreshments and lunch 2. Lecture Date: Wednesday 25 July 2012 7.30pm – 9pm Venue: Adelaide College of Divinity Chapel, 34 Lipsett Terrace, Brooklyn Park.

Contribution: $15/$10 3. Presentation & Conversation Date: Thursday 26 July 2012, 9am – 5pm Venue: Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, 50 Oxford Tce, Unley Cost: $45, includes refreshments and lunch 4. Conversation: Ecumenism Tomorrow – steps ahead Date: Saturday 28 July 2012, 10am - 2pm Venue: Coptic Orthodox Church St Mary & St Bishoy, 18-20 Goldfinch Avenue, Cowandilla Cost: $25, includes refreshments/ light lunch

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PIONEERING MINISTRY THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE

By Steve Daughtry The Gospel of Mark begins with such brutal and blessed speed. Jesus is baptised, affirmed, tested and sent. He gathers friends as he goes. But he goes and goes and goes, heading towards Jerusalem; walking, laughing, praying, healing and loving the New Testament into the very fabric of life and history. He is the pioneer of God’s great hope and belief in us. Even the old territory of death is transformed by the presence of this passionate, unwelcome messiah.

Was there a moment when, as Jesus had breakfast on the day of his baptism, he wondered whether it might be better to stay with Joseph and finish that table they’d been working on? Did he reluctantly pull on his sandals, wave at his mum and wonder whether a quiet life might in fact be better than going to see his crazy cousin and having the heavens rent and the Spirit drag him off into the wilderness?

Did he have a headache?

The joy of it is that we’ll never know.

All we know is that Jesus followed the promptings of God to get up and do for us what no-one else could have. He reconciled us to God. He showed us the way, the truth and the life. He introduced us to an abundance of love that continues to overwhelm those who encounter it.

In the equally glorious and inglorious history of the church, faithful people have always followed in the pioneering footsteps of Jesus, walking into new territory in order to live God’s love into the world. In this diocese, thousands of Anglicans do so each day in schools, hospitals, workplaces, parishes, social groups, kindergartens and relationships.

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Every new relationship is an opportunity to ‘pioneer’ the gospel.

As, in fact, is every old relationship.

When I was ordained as the first, official ‘pioneer’ minister of the diocese last November, I was aware that I was joining a group of pre-existing but unofficial pioneers. Deacons, priests and bishops who had all walked into new territory in some way, shape or form in order to serve the Gospel. So, what is new about ‘pioneer’ ministry?

Primarily, permission. Many of us who have been around the Anglican Church for some time (I was baptised and confirmed as a young teenager some 36 years ago!) have spent most of our lives watching the church shrink both in size and cultural relevancy. Many of us have at some stage felt that this stagnation has something to do with the models of church that we have inherited and adopted. As society has changed, we have watched and wondered, sometimes stoically ‘holding the line’, at other times deeply regretting

the widening gap. Change has been difficult to achieve and often regarded with deep suspicion. Now, the excitement surrounding Fresh Expressions of church and pioneer ministry has opened the door to try something new. I hope that the sanctioned and encouraged growth of pioneering ministry will be about stepping into the new world around us and faithfully taking the gospel to those who haven’t heard it. About breaking some of our ‘rules’ for the sake of bringing life.

I hope this will mean building new, Anglican communities of faith that are authentic to the person of Jesus and deeply receptive to and respectful of the surrounding culture. Communities that are flexible, adaptable and responsive to the lives of those amongst whom they live, always trying to find appropriate ways to tell the story. Communities that respect the past as they build the future.

Communities that willingly learn from and share the Missio Dei with the rest of the Anglican Church.

Archbishop Rowan Williams, a great supporter of pioneering ministry, has said, “We are not looking for a church which is a sort of Balkan map of little independent, autonomous, self-serving groups doing what they fancy, finding the style that suits them, which is always a danger. We are looking for a context within which there is a flow of communication, good

There are a great many people for whom the arts are a doorway to new ideas and understandings.

Visual language is one we have spoken extremely well in the past and must seek to learn effectively again.

news and challenge between different styles of church life, which may respond to different personalities in different stages along the journey. What holds them together is Jesus, and what Jesus helps you see, and (through that) the landscape is transformed.”

For myself, pioneering means embracing arts and culture as a key tool in storytelling and gathering.

My background in theatre, documentary and communications will undoubtedly have an impact on the type of community of faith that I may one day help to lead.

There are a great many people for whom the arts are a doorway to new ideas and understandings. Visual language is one we have spoken extremely well in the past and must seek to learn effectively again.

At present the Mission and Evangelism Ministry Unit (MEMU) is thinking through where might be best to begin. This will inevitably be a complex and difficult process. First attempts at new ventures are fraught with dangers (hubris/neglect/ resourcing among others) and vulnerable to any retreat into fear. First attempts are also the core, living history of the Christian church.

May we pray for and encourage each other as we – in our many different ways – follow Jesus out of the waters of baptism and the trials of the wilderness, walking the love of God into the world, calling it and ourselves to repentance and welcoming new brothers and sisters into the Kingdom, that mysterious and generous place where all are welcome.

And may we avoid too many headaches along the way!

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NOT AS SWEET AS YOU THINK

By Bishop Tim Harris

Who would have thought that buying chocolate could be part of our involvement in mission?

Yet that is one of the new realities of being part of a global village. Choices we make as consumers impact the lives and circumstances of vulnerable people around the world – including the very real and awful human slave trade.

We should not underestimate what can be achieved when more and more people like you and me start to take an interest.

We know the brand names on our shelves, and usually choose on the basis of the cost to ourselves. As consumers, we need to get better in becoming aware of the cost to others. The big ‘unknowns’ in our western supermarkets are the third party suppliers of commodities such as cocoa, most of which come from the Ivory Coast.

At this time of year chocolate is on our minds more than normal (at least for some of us!)

Purchasing and consuming chocolate is far from irresponsible but as consumers, we have a voice in urging and expecting manufacturers to be diligent and responsible in sourcing their third party commodity needs.

It’s fair enough to be urged to be responsible consumers – but is this our ‘mission’ as a church?

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It doesn’t take much reading of the Bible to see that this is very much what God expects of us.

God’s new society gathered around Christ are instructed in no uncertain terms:

God blesses those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

(Matthew 5:6 NLT).

It’s there in black and white. To have a passion for righteousness is to see that the right thing is done, and that all that is not right and good is denounced. The human kidnapping and trafficking of children to work in cocoa plantations is not right. It must be stopped.

And the informed consumer choice in countries such as our own is where the tap must be turned off.

It is not just a question of choosing another product, it is also about communicating to supermarket chains and suppliers the reasons we have chosen one product over another.

This can be positive – commending the stocking of one product over another (such as Cadbury, Mars and Nestle which have joined the campaign).

But how are we to know? It is here that advocacy groups such as ‘Stop the Traffik’ have made things easier for us. An international

You can make a difference system of certification is at work, whereby suppliers need to establish the credibility of their third-party suppliers. A number of symbols are available and easy to look out for: ‘Fairtrade’, ’Rainforest Alliance’ or ‘UTZ Certified’.

This Easter, party and campaign to change the chocolate industry. You don’t have to stop eating chocolate; eat lots of chocolate but make it Traffik-Free! Many of the chocolate eggs on sale this Easter have been made with cocoa from plantations that use trafficked children to harvest the beans.

Yes, this is mission, and we should not underestimate what can be achieved when more and more people like you and me start to take an interest. Imagine if William Wilberforce had told himself “what’s the point, I’m only one person?” Yet it was through one person that a movement started, and that movement saw the abolition of the slave trade.

Slavery and human trafficking is a massive reality in today’s world – in our world.

THREE simple steps to join the protest:

The growing number of issues and causes we are urged to support can be overwhelming.

We can’t take them all on, and at times it feels as if every product is problematic from a health, economic or ethical perspective. We can’t win! Yet the one thing we must not do is follow the flow in the stream of apathy.

We can indeed change culture and the wider consumer environment that is very much part of the society which is made up of people like you and me. We can pass on links and resources through social media (see STOP THE TRAFFIK chocolate slavery on You Tube), ask that our schools inform our children, and raise awareness at a local level.

Our western spiritual tradition operates largely from a dangerous dualism that separates the spiritual from the material. Faith is a private matter, and should not impact on the public forum (so we are told).

The gospel is about personal salvation and getting right with God—and it is. But the gospel doesn’t stop there. We are called as a people, and in God’s grace not only invited but expected to go about the mission of God that touches every corner of God’s creation. We are part of God’s great ongoing Creation Project.

Making the connections between our faith and our place in this world is our personal call to mission. As we do so, we can recognise not only the life-giving gospel that changes everything, we also see what it means for us as God’s people to be ‘salt and light’—and to see how even choices about which chocolate to buy are indeed all about mission!

1. Host a Fondue party Choose a Sunday between now and the end of Easter to raise awareness amongst your friends, colleagues and community.

Everything you need to hold a fondue party can be found on the website http://stopthetraffik.org.au/takeaction/chocolate/ chocolate-fondue-party/ 2. Only eat Traffik-Free chocolate To buy Traffik-Free Chocolate look for the Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance or UTZ certification symbol. These marks mean the cocoa farms have been certified as not using trafficked child labour. Download The Good Chocolate Guide (http:// stopthetraffik.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/GoodChocolate-Guide-2011.pdf ) and ask your supermarket to stock these brands.

3. Tell Ferrero about our ‘divine frustration’ at their lack of action.

Large chocolatier Ferrero Rocher is yet to certify that any of their so called chocolate ‘divine creations’ are Traffik-Free. We want them to know that this isn’t good enough and we are feeling ‘divine frustration’ at their lack of action!

Join the Ferrero Frustration campaign, order postcards from australia@stopthetraffik.org or phone Marylou on 03 9251 5271.

Sign-up to STOP THE TRAFFIK for more information about our chocolate campaign. Text your name and email address to 0477 060 998; at www.stopthetraffik.org.au or contact carolyn.kitto@stopthetraffik.org

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AN EYRE ADVENTURE

People say 40 is the new 30, but for adventurers Marion and David McCall 70 is the new 30! Their passion for flying has taken them to some amazing places and inspired them to support many worthwhile causes.

By Katrina McLachlan

Marion only learnt to fly when she was 50 after David became Bishop of Willochra. With so many kilometres to cover, flying was the best way to arrive fresh at events that were scheduled all over South Australia.

“Flying around the Diocese just made life easier,” Marion says. “We used to get to places feeling much more relaxed – if you have a seven or eight hour drive you tend to arrive exhausted. But practical matters aside we have always just so enjoyed flying.”

Nearly two decades on, flying is something this couple still loves doing. With David navigating, their weekends are regularly spent in the air - sometimes for work and sometimes just because they relish the adventure of it.

With a wicked grin on his face and his tongue in his cheek David speaks warmly about their flying time.

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“Marion learnt to fly when she was 50 and it

was such a help to my prayer life – I prayed like I had never prayed before!”

“Flying in a light plane is like driving a MG sports car – lots of fun and you get to see so much.”

Marion and David are currently preparing for their next adventure - flying the route of Edward John Eyre’s expedition to raise money for the South Australian Jubilee 150 Trust and to take part in the world-renowned international flying competition ‘The Dawn to Dusk Challenge’.

“I would love to win ‘Dawn to Dusk’ but I really want to use this flight for something other than going in the competition,” Marion says.

“I want to raise awareness of those in need in our community.”

Having won the prestigious competition twice before – the only Australian to have ever done so – Marion is keen to focus on a special South Australian expedition this time around.

“We have lots of places called Eyre – the Eyre Peninsula and Lake Eyre - so I thought ‘why don’t I follow Edward John Eyre’s Northern Expedition because it really was quite extraordinary?’”

“Edward John Eyre led his expedition from Adelaide to find a route through the Flinders Ranges beyond the salt lake to the centre of Australia but once he reached Lake Eyre South he could see no way through.”

“It is unforgiving country out there” The ‘Dawn to Dusk Challenge’ has been running since 1964 and invites competitors from around the globe to choose their flying challenge, which must be flown between the hours of dawn and dusk during a particular period of time in a year.

Entries are judged on originality, research, flight planning, airmanship and difficulty of the challenge itself, and a minimum of eight hours must be spent airborne.

“I did the first Dawn to Dusk to celebrate the centenary of the Diocese of Bunbury in 2004.

I won that race by ‘beating the bounds’ of

that Diocese. It was a great surprise and a real honour because I was the first Australian to have won the competition,” Marion says.

“The second time I won was in 2007 when I crossed the Nullarbor between Kalgoorlie and Port Augusta. So this time I thought I would like to do something South Australian.”

“This flight will be really terrific but a real challenge as radio contact is patchy because the area is so remote. The other worry is how desolate the country is once you get past the Flinders Ranges.”

Marion and David will fly their “Eyre Adventure” on May 4 to raise money for the Jubilee 150 Fund established in 1986 by the ‘Australian Church Women in South Australia’

of which Marion is currently the president.

“The Jubilee 150 Trust was set up in South Australia’s sesquicentenary to support disadvantaged women,” Marion says. “We provide small grants for things like paying for someone to get a driver’s licence so they can drive to work. Once we provided someone with cooking lessons because she wanted to get a job as a cook. Quite often they are single women who are struggling.”

Marion’s support and encouragement of women is not limited to her work for the Jubilee 150 Trust.

Eighteen years after learning to fly she was recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday

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Honours List for her service to aviation through the Australian Women Pilots’ Association.

Since then, Marion has spent a great deal of time travelling to local schools and community groups as a guest speaker, using her experience to raise interest in the industry, especially among women and young girls.

“There is now much more acceptance of women pilots, especially in country areas,” Marion says.

Marion and David fly in their single engine, four seater Cessna, call sign Juliet Charlie Sierra - otherwise known as Jesus Christ Superstar - as often as they can. David is currently working to support the Diocese of Willochra until a new Bishop is appointed so their plane is still serving them and the people of South Australia well.

“We have seen some truly amazing sights,” Marion says. “Lake Eyre when it is nearly full is just fantastic. And flying over the Flinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound is a breathtaking experience.”

“We have had some funny moments as well.

We would always arrive at events and I would be wearing my flying clothes – my jeans and flat shoes – so I would go behind a bush in order to change into my Bishop wife’s clothes, including high heels.”

“After the event the parish would come and see us off and I would excuse myself, go behind the bush again and change back into my flying clothes.”

Marion and David never leave the ground without their sense of humour or their desire to help people.

“It doesn’t really matter if we don’t win, what we really want to do is raise some desperately needed funds,” Marion says.

“We have financed this event ourselves but we would love people to support us by buying $5 shares in the flight. Every cent raised will go to help South Australian women who need a helping hand.”

“So really this can be anyone’s ‘Eyre Adventure’.”

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Join in the Flight ‘An Eyre Adventure’ and raise money for the Jubilee 150 Trust Purchase $5 shares Please send your donation stating how many shares you wish to purchase to: Dawn to Dusk Flight 36 Penno Parade South, Blackwood SA 5051 (Please make cheques payable to ‘Dawn to Dusk Flight’) All share application forms will be carried aboard the plane as it flies the route. your name will be listed as a sponsor in the submission to England.

Details of the Flight Friday 4th May 2012 (all times Central Standard Time) 6.38am

Take off from Port Pirie

10.40am Land at William Creek and refuel 12 noon

Take off from William Creek for flight to Whyalla.

(The William Creek - Whyalla leg covers 503 kilometres) 3.05pm

Land at Whyalla and refuel

4.00pm

Take off from Whyalla for flight to Port Lincoln

(The Whyalla to Port Lincoln leg covers 242 kilometres) 5.22pm

Land at Port Lincoln

Total distance 1541 kilometres

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MUSICAL OFFERINGS

By Katrina McLachlan

“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honour of God and the permissible delights of the soul.”

These are the words of the 18th century composer Johann Sebastian Bach who poetically expressed the harmony between faith and music. Now in the 21st century this harmonic relationship can clearly be seen in the outstanding music programme presented weekly at St Peter’s Cathedral in the heart of our city.

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The Cathedral’s music programme is enthusiastically supported by the St Peter’s Cathedral Music Foundation which works hand in hand with the Cathedral Parish Council and many talented musicians.

tool for outreach to the wider community.

The many services and events that the Cathedral hosts along with the music that we make helps many people come into the presence of God.”

Chairman of St Peter’s Cathedral Music Foundation Mr Keith Stephens, who is also Registrar of the Adelaide Anglican Diocese, epitomises the many visionary people whose passion it is to support the development of a world-class music programme at St Peter’s delivered by talented and dedicated musicians.

The Music Foundation last month announced the appointment of Stephen Watkins as copatron of the Foundation. Stephen proudly joins Ms Heather Bonnin OAM, who has been a long-standing patron, in supporting and representing the Cathedral’s inspiring music programme. Anyone who listens to the ABC will recognise Stephen’s name. He produces and presents “For the God Who Sings” – two hours of sacred music from 10.30pm on Sunday nights.

“Here at St Peter’s we are blessed with an excellent music programme - the choir and organ are such a part of the worshiping life of our Cathedral it is something that we are not only grateful for, but also immensely proud of,” Keith said.

“The music programme at the Cathedral supports our worship and prayer with God week in and week out but it is also a powerful

An accomplished pianist, Stephen has had an amazing career playing with and presenting the music of many legendary musicians.

As well as promoting the expression of music in Adelaide, Stephen received a commendation from the Human Rights and

Equal Opportunities Commission for Asylum –Seekers in 2000 and continues to be active in refugee settlement.

One of the key focuses of the Music Foundation is to provide choral and organ scholarships to young people who contribute to the choral or organ music of the Cathedral.

Recently six talented young people were awarded Music Foundation scholarships David Heah, Alana Brook and Alexander Paine for organ; James Hemphill and Terri Heath for voice and Andrew Chatterton for voice and conducting.

Terri Heath said “the scholarships make it possible for us to train individually with experienced performers and teachers and provide us with valuable experience.”

“I think I speak for all of us when I say that these scholarships have helped us grow as musicians in exciting new ways and we are very grateful for them.”

Keith Stephens said “providing these scholarships expands our musical capability and engages young adults in the life of the Cathedral. It is wonderful for us to be able to assist students in their musical development.

“The Foundation has set an ambitious target of raising $250,000 over the next five years to support a number of projects including increasing the number of scholarships offered to students.

“The Foundation is committed to raising funds to ensure the music programme at the Cathedral continues to flourish. All donations to the Foundation are tax deductible and can be given in the knowledge that the gift will be ongoing, supporting the musical life of the Cathedral for many years to come.”

The Foundation welcomes the support of anyone who would like to help the Cathedral continue to reach out in prayer and worship through its musical offerings not only to those who already pray with us but also to be a connection to those outside the Cathedral’s doors.

If you would like to know more about the work of the Foundation or would like to speak to someone about how you can get involved or make a donation please contact St Peter’s Cathedral on 8267 4551 or office@stpeters-cathedral.org.au

NEW PATRON

Stephen Watkins The invitation to be a patron of St Peter’s Music Foundation is an honour.

As I present each week “For the God Who Sings”, and look behind the scenes at the relationship of music to the Church, I often see musicians struggling to deliver what they know they are musically equipped for, but starved by the financial means to do it. From J S Bach, Johann Christoph (the master’s older cousin) to Mozart and Palestrina, squabbles with the Church were quite often over funding.

Having recorded John Rutter at St Peter’s Cathedral in the early 80s, I later recorded him at Jesus College in Cambridge, and again asked him the question “Why Sacred Music?” His answer was consistent, “Music speaks where words cannot”.

It’s something that the Muslim and Jewish world look to the Christian Church with not a little envy; that it escaped the straight-jacket of a millennium of unaccompanied and unadorned chant. The result, of course, was the great wealth of western music that now also occupies our concert halls.

This development in music gave new life and lungs to the Church, but patronage underpinned it and let it speak. Not always, because musicians, as writers, will write and make music anyway, but they should never be exploited for their devotion.

Secularists say that Bach only composed Sacred Music because he was paid to do so. The evidence, in fact, points clearly to a man for whom music was a divine calling, ‘vocation’ obligation.

This obligation or vocation is found afresh now with composers from Arvo Pärt, Sir John Tavener, James McMillan and a new generation of composers from the Balkans to the Americas. It’s exciting. But Australia is not yet in their class.

It can be, if fostered.

St Peter’s Cathedral is in itself a musical instrument. I have a vision of its lungs increasingly breathing air and life into the city; and if through new compositions, well, who knows? The potential is enormous, if properly supported and funded.

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COUNT ME IN

On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples last August, Anglicare SA launched an advocacy campaign on the Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal Australians known as “Count Me In...

50% plus you!” To change the Constitution, the majority of voters in a majority of States (four out of six), plus a majority of the national population, need to vote in favour of the proposed change. This means 50 per cent plus you.

Last year the Diocese of Adelaide’s governing body, the Synod, also voted unanimously to support the campaign ‘in the spirit of reconciling our nation and to support Anglicare’s vision to bring about justice, equality and fullness of life for all’.

After the presentation of the Expert Panel Report to the Australian Government on January 19 this year, Anglicare SA has entered the second phase of the ’Count Me In’ campaign process, focusing on public education and ownership.

Anglican Archbishop Jeffrey Driver has been a strong promoter of the campaign to have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples recognised in the Australian Constitution.

As a key strategy in the campaign and in light of the fact that people aged 18 to 30 will be highly influential in the referendum, Anglicare SA has been building strong alliances with educational institutions such as Flinders University.

“Australia’s journey dealing with the past has been a long and difficult one”, Archbishop Driver said.

“The various apologies to Aboriginal people were significant as we dealt with the past.

The proposed Constitutional changes are important as we look to the future.”

In December 2010, the Australian Government, with support from the other parties and independents, appointed an Expert Panel on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. The task of the Panel was to consult with the community and make recommendations by the end of 2011 on options for Constitutional change that could be placed before the Australian people at a future national referendum.

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The partnership and commitment Anglicare has built with Flinders has now translated into four areas of engagement - research collaboration, student placements, staff engagement and innovative communication.

The Dean of Law School, Prof. David Bamford, and Constitutional Law lecturer, Prof. Elizabeth Handsley, are especially supportive of the relationship.

“Flinders University has a strong commitment to engagement with the community, and the Law School’s constitutional law topics cover both the referendum process generally and the question of Indigenous representation in the Constitution,” Prof. Handsley said.

“We have the ideal opportunity here to partner with Anglicare to help our students develop a sound understanding of the issues and encourage them to act as a reliable source of information for their own communities.”

Consequently, over the next three months, Anglicare’s ‘Count Me In’ campaign strategy will focus on community engagement, support and understanding of the Constitution debate.

In support of the campaign Archbishop Driver said the Constitution is so much more than a legal framework.

“It is a statement of identity so these proposed changes are about a statement of Australian identity,” he said.

“Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution provides the opportunity for us to redefine Australian identity.”

The government will decide the timing of the referendum and the questions that will be asked but the voices of the Australian people will decide the outcome.

Photo left: Professor Elizabeth Handsley, Professor David Bamford, Ms. Simone Tur, Associate Professor Daryle Rigney.

The Expert Panel’s recommendations include: • S25 of the Constitution which allows for people to be disqualified from voting based on race be removed.

• S51(xxix) which allows for the Commonwealth to make laws that can discriminate based on race be changed to a new S51A which recognises, acknowledges and respects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their place in Australia.

• The inclusion of a new S116A which prohibits discrimination based on race, colour or ethnic or national origin, and • The inclusion of a new S127A which will recognise English as Australia’s national language and acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages as the original Australian languages.

Can we count on you?

We all have a role to play in the debate about Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal Australians. We have an imperative to talk and raise Constitutional recognition as an issue and make a move towards overcoming racism.

ARE YOU: Part of a parish or local church?

A community representative or spokesperson?

A volunteer or supporter? OR Someone wanting to become a member of the Hope In Action network?

JOIN THE MOVEMENT Become a member of our Hope In Action network. Visit www.anglicare-sa.org.au/advocacy FOLLOW US….. Log on and ‘LIKE’ our ‘Count Me In’ facebook page www.facebook.com/countmeinaus STAY IN TOUCH Hope in Action network members’ next quarterly newsletter ‘You Me Unity’ comes out in April! www.youmeunity.org.au GET CONNECTED For more information contact: Renee Ellis on 08 8305 9281 or advocacy@anglicare-sa.org.au.

Women’s voices being heard A group of women gathered last month to hear from three speakers on the topic ‘Women’s voices being heard’.

The Church in Society Ministry Unit (CiSMU) hosted the informal gathering to encourage and support women in having their voices and opinions heard.

Three guest speakers addressed the group, sharing their experiences and the keys to successful public speaking.

All speakers agreed that planning and preparation were the keys to success - with a dash of passion.

The first speaker, Anglicare’s Director of Communications, Jenny Barrett, told of her early career as a naive young police woman in a male-dominated job. In the early 1980s women police were still a novelty and were expected to attend anything involving women or children. Dealing with sexual abuse, domestic disputes and shoplifting on a regular basis opened Jenny’s eyes to a different world and instilled in her a strong sense of justice and compassion, as well as the confidence to deal with people.

The Rev’d Ruth Mathieson, Co-ordinating Chaplain, Trinity College, spoke of growing up with articulate parents who were storytellers and who instilled a confidence in her, as well as growing up in the youth movement of the 1980s. In Synod or parish council Ruth recommended understanding the processes, politics and personalities involved. She advised to plan what you want to say, expect to be listened to and don’t let emotion override logic and reason.

Heather Felgate was unaccustomed to speaking in public and admitted to some nerves. However she was a great example of how preparation, passion and patience can make public speaking a lot easier.

Heather has been a member of Parish Council for eight years, a warden for the past five years and has recently completed the four-year Education for Ministry course.

Heather had never imagined herself addressing a group but found that her nerves were eased by preparing well and being sure of what she wanted to say.

The confidence to voice your opinion comes with preparation, practice and carefully discerning what you want to say. With God’s grace all women will have the courage and confidence to speak up.

Further informal sessions will be organised depending on demand and interest. If you have an idea for a topic or a guest speaker please contact Hilary Reddrop at hilaryjen@bigpond.com.

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“What more can I say, I am feeling very positive about my future. I am happy.”

These are the faces of two brave people who are not defined by their hardship, but by courage and hope.

THE FACES OF HOPE Bret Larwill has met hundreds of people living with a mental illness in the work he does for Anglicare SA. “Many people live with an anxiety disorder or depression believing it to be the norm,” Bret says. Courtney Alderson and Charlotte Osland spoke to two of Bret’s clients - brave people who posed for portraits and told their life stories. “There is no question about the adversity and challenges faced by many people with mental health issues in our community,” Bret says. “While Carol and Tony have both experienced hardships, they now want to get on with their lives and enjoy their passions of music and photography.”

CAROL: Carol Rebers has been ‘sick’ since 1997. She was 46 years old. Growing up in Blair Athol, Carol was the daughter of loving parents and sister to three brothers. Creative at heart, she had, and still possesses, a talent for singing and all things creative. Carol, now 60 years young, is living with a mental illness.

“I have been very sick, both mentally and physically. I think it started when my marriage broke up,” she says.

A lead singer in a successful South Australian band called Mint, once a supporting act to John Farnham, Carol left her beloved music career behind to marry her husband and move to Cairns. Finding work at Cairns International Hotel as an award-winning Room Attendant, life couldn’t have been better. But then, with startling suddenness, things took a turn for the worse.

“After 17 and a half years my husband and I split and I guess that’s when things got a little tough,” she said. “I stayed in Cairns for the next 10 years after the breakup, and I would have to say I was reasonably happy during that time, living the single life. But then my Dad got ill and I had to come back home (to Adelaide). On Christmas Day, he died from a heart attack aged 78.

“My Dad was a very smart man. He taught me morals and how to love people unconditionally. My Dad would know that I loved him very much.”

Carol survived her father’s death by going out to the casino with her family and celebrating

their love for him. Her brothers really helped her get through the tough times. But despite Carol’s strong family support, she realised soon after her father’s death, she needed help with her ‘sickness’. Carol moved to a supported residential facility (SRF) and heard about the services available through Anglicare SA. “I met my ‘little girlfriend’ Tammy (then a support worker) and we would meet once a week, one on one, and just talk. I talked about being unwell, having a breakdown, my worries and we would also work on tips of how to survive the hard times,” she says.

“Anglicare has helped me immensely. All the people from Anglicare are loving, caring and helpful. If I have something that is bothering me, they are always there to help me through tough times. I’ve got so much respect for the staff, we have a lot of fun together.”

Almost five years since her initial meeting with Anglicare, the self-confessed muso now lives in supported housing and spends most of her time indulging in music and singing, catching up with friends and family. Carol is now lead singer of the popular Anglicare Pulgi Band, a collection of Anglicare clients who come from many walks of life but are all living with complex needs. Carol listens to her favourite artists for four hours every night.

“Singing is my life. I have sung since I was 17.

It makes me feel wholesome, it makes me feel the love of God in me, and it reminds me of my mum who used to be part of a choir and taught me all I know about singing,” she said.

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“My band mates are like my second family.

I love them. When I was sick the band members would come to see me and cheer me up. If I didn’t sing and perform with my guys in the band, I’d be lost completely.”

Carol is now in her element. She practices with the Pulgi Band twice a week and in her spare time learns new songs or adapts old classics like ABBA, The Beatles and Neil Diamond. She is also mentoring others.

“What more can I say, I am feeling very positive about my future. I am happy.”

TONY: For the past year, Tony has longed for a house to call a home, a place where he feels safe and an abode he is proud of. He now has this and much more, and thanks to the works of Anglicare SA and Trish, who he calls his ‘angel’ for his new-found comfort and security.

“Look at what I’ve got, it’s no joke, but fact it’s magical and it’s thanks to case worker Trish and the team at Anglicare,” Tony, 66, said as he stands on the balcony of his Adelaide Hills home, surrounded by bushes and trees.

Since moving back to Adelaide after one of his houses was destroyed during the 2010 Queensland floods and another shortly after was burnt down, Tony’s had trouble finding a stable house where he feels safe and comfortable.

From bad experiences with landlords, to shared accommodation blues, feeling at ease and sleeping at night was for awhile not even in the equation.

“There would be workmen working until 10, 11 at night and then starting again at 5.30 in the morning. I couldn’t have dinner until very late as once they left I’d have to dust the kitchen so I could eat dinner,” he said.

“At another place, police were often called out. I felt very unsafe. I was surrounded by people smoking and on drugs. I would be lying in bed at night and I’d get a whiff of smoke so I couldn’t sleep properly,” Tony said.

Anglicare’s Boarding House program has helped Tony go from feeling insecure and uncomfortable to relaxed and in love with his new property.

Tony can barely remember the open

I feel like I’ve won the lotto and can’t thank Anglicare enough inspection of his new home as he was so over excited at the prospect of living in his ‘ideal’ place where he can be in touch with nature.

“I just remember calling my friend Brian and I was jumping up and down and yelling ‘it has a balcony, it has a balcony’. I was excited then and I still am. It’s hard to believe that I’m here,’” he said.

Tony is over the moon to have a fresh start in 2012 - with not only a new home that he is proud of and feels safe in, but where he can take full advantage of his new hobby photography.

“Feeling safe and at home was a big priority for me as for a long time, I haven’t felt that. It’s smoke and drug free, I feel like I’m in the bush with all the animals that I get to see, it’s my paradise and I feel very fortunate.

“I now love taking photos and who wouldn’t with all the birds, koalas and rabbits I get in my yard, it’s amazing. I feel like I’ve won the lotto and can’t thank Anglicare enough.”

Anglicare’s mental health program provides one-onone and group support to those dealing with mental illness, disability, alcohol and other drug mis-use – or a combination of these. The Boarding House case management program, helps people find more suitable accommodation or sustain what they currently have.

Services also include: • Assistance to find and retain accommodation • Social engagement • Life skills development • Health and personal care • Crisis management • Budgeting and financial management • Family contact For more information please call 8269 8700

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EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

the key to success

St Andrew’s School is pleased to welcome Donna Longden as their new School Counsellor.

Donna is extremely well respected in South Australia and is an experienced counselling practitioner and academic whose primary focus is with children and young people.

“My aim is to integrate my knowledge of counselling, holistic health and education into the professional work setting. To empower both staff and students in the areas of self-discipline, respect, tolerance and empathy so they can excel in their own personal goals of excellence,” Donna said.

Donna believes equipping children with emotional and social intelligence is key, not only for academic success but also importantly for a happy life.

Donna will be embedding the Emotional and Social curriculum, “You can do it” across all year levels, from the Early Learning Centre to Year 7. She has met with all St Andrew’s teachers and the commencement of this curriculum in the class context has begun.

Donna is also a firm believer in equipping parents with strategies to use at home to help their children establish positive mental health. The realisation of this objective is being met through the offering of workshops for parents and weekly communication to parents through newsletters.

Donna also has a keen interest in the work of Daniel Siegel – a psychiatrist who looks at promoting the growth of neural circuits in children’s brains to support well-being, kindness and resilience.

“Students will be reflective lifelong learners if they learn self-awareness, are given strategies to sharpen their ability to

focus attention and build self-regulation skills, and then explore how their attitudes and actions affect themselves and others,” Donna said.

“Mindful attention provides the neurological climate for children to develop confidence, optimism, and motivation. By incorporating mindful learning into the classroom, students become more alert, self-aware, optimistic, motivated, and focused.”

“Students are then able to employ higherlevel thinking, become more creative, cooperate and collaborate with others, and develop their long-term memories.

They are more likely to approach life and learning positively. They can succeed because they believe they can. They can harness their mental energy and effort, persevere, and think before acting. This ability to self-regulate is crucial to social and emotional intelligence,” she said.

Donna will be presenting a keynote address at the National Christian Counsellors Conference in September 2012, focusing on reflective practice, transformational learning and supervision.

She will also be conducting a workshop at the National Youth Work Conference in September 2012 discussing reflective practice.

For further information please contact Marg Semler, St Andrew’s School msemler@standrews.sa.edu.au or 8168 5511

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Ever thought about being a

foster carer?

Foster Carers can be from all kinds of family types: singles, couples, people at home, working full-time, part-time or studying. Free training and ongoing professional support (including 24-hour assistance) is provided.

You are invited to attend one of our information sessions… Ŕ Tuesday, 8 May, Anglicare SA, 4-8 Angas Street, Kent Town (stair access only), 6.30–8.30pm Ŕ Wednesday, 6 June, Playford Civic Centre, 10 Playford Boulevard, Elizabeth, 6.30–8.30pm To register, or for more information call Linda on 8131 3456 www.anglicare-sa.org.au/fostercare

foster care

HOPE IS HERE. SA.

The joy of learning

INVESTIGATOR COLLEGE 2 Glendale Grove, Goolwa.

Ph: 8555 5755

ST. PETER’S COLLEGE Hackney Road, St. Peter’s.

Ph: 8362 3451

PEDARE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 2-30 Surrey Farm Drive, Golden Grove.

Ph: 8280 1700

ST. PETER’S COLLEGIATE GIRLS’ SCHOOL Stonyfell Road, Stonyfell.

Ph: 8334 2200

PULTENEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL 190 South Terrace, Adelaide.

Ph: 8216 5555 ST. ANDREW’S SCHOOL 22 Smith Street, Walkerville.

Ph: 8168 5555 ST. COLUMBA COLLEGE President Avenue, Andrew’s Farm.

Ph: 8254 0600

ANGLICAN SCHOOLS... the right choice Enquiries: Mr. Jim Raw, Anglican Schools Liaison Officer 18 King WIlliam Rd, North Adelaide 5006 Phone: 8305 9349

ST. JOHN’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL 29 Gloucester Avenue, Belair.

Ph: 8278 2233

ST. PETER’S WOODLANDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 39 Partridge Street, Glenelg.

Ph: 8295 4317 TRINITY COLLEGE Alexander Avenue, Evanston South.

Ph: 8522 0666 WALFORD ANGLICAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 316 Unley Road, Hyde Park.

Ph: 8272 6555 WOODCROFT COLLEGE Bains Road, Morphett Vale.

Ph: 8322 2333

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Sharing a sense of mission By the Rev’d Sonya Paterson Something’s going on at Pulteney Grammar School, and it centres on a growing sense of mission. My first hint of it was this time last year, when students were deeply moved by the tsunami that hit Japan, and the whole school community came together to raise funds to help. Throughout the year different groups across the school undertook a wide variety of fundraising activities for a number of worthy causes.

This has been a feature of Pulteney life for some time, as it is in many schools.

But we have experienced some new developments that take us deeper. Under the leadership of teacher Bianca Dujmovic we developed a relationship with Blue Sky Public School in Kathmandu, Nepal. This relationship is not simply about fundraising, but about sharing our learning journeys together. Home groups have sponsored Blue Sky students, paying their school fees and uniform costs. This has created new opportunities for correspondence between students of both schools, and a group of students and staff is preparing to visit Blue Sky School later this year.

Through another teacher, Dr Christina Ja Jarv arvis vis is,, and and our ou ur Conservation Co ons nser e va er vati tion ti on C o ps or p’ Jarvis, Corps’ in nvo volv olvvem emen en nt wi with th h Monarto Mon onaarrto rto Zoo Zoo o Education, Edu duca cati ca tion ti on,, on involvement

The Rev’d Sonya Paterson with Miss Bianca Dujmovic and students from Pulteney Grammar.

we are preparing for another group of students and staff to visit Zambia on an international conservation exchange.

And our latest development comes through our involvement with ABM. I recently travelled to Vanuatu, and while I was there I had the privilege of meeting Anna Blessing, Literacy Coordinator for the Diocese of Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the Anglican Church of Melanesia and wife of retired Bishop Hugh Blessing.

Anna has a strong sense of mission – not simply to try and make other people think like she does, but to see the world through God’s eyes, and to connect in a meaningful way with people who could use her help, helping them draw closer to God in the way she loves them.

She has opened three adult literacy schools on the island of Santo: one each in the villages of Mango and Lorevilko, and one in the Santo Correctional Centre in Luganville.

Anna took me there to meet some of her students, and we arrived to find that they had organised a worship service in our honour. The detainees showed great respect and love for Anna, and I saw that she sh e do does es so o mu much ch m ore or e th than an ssimply im mpl py more p pr ovid ov ide id e lilite te era r cyy ttraining. raining. ra g SShe g. he e jjourneys ou o urn neyys wi with th h provide literacy

these men in a way that reflects her journey with Jesus.

She loves them even for what she calls, ‘their naughtiness’. They confide in her, sharing their fears and sorrows, hopes and joys, and they call her Mami Anna.

Anna leads a team of dedicated teachers who work voluntarily in her three schools.

They combine literacy training with health education, work skills and other life skills to help people get out of situations in which they have felt really trapped.

Anna’s work has inspired staff and students alike at Pulteney. Literacy for Vanuatu has become our key ABM project for 2012, and students across the school have been challenged and supported to develop creative ways to raise funds for the project.

We are also working towards taking a group of staff and students to Vanuatu next year, to visit Anna’s schools and share a learning journey that is inter-generational as well as cross-cultural. Not only will our students benefit from sharing their own skills and knowledge with adults, but they will also learn a great deal through experiencing faith in action as it plays out in this thi hiss context, cont co ntex nt ext, ex t, w hich hi ch is is so diff diff iffe e rent re nt ffrom rom ro m which erent ou ur ow o wn. our own.

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Archbishop Jeffrey Driver, the Rev’d Dr Matthew Anstey, Dr Lynn Arnold, Mrs Helene Bentley.

Anglicare and St Barnabas’

JOIN FORCES Anglicare and St Barnabas’ Theological College formalised their partnership last month with a Commencement Service that included the commissioning of the Anglicare supported Lay Educator Facilitator, Mrs Helene Bentley.

Providing lay education opportunities for the Christian public is a central part of our mission as a College and we are looking forward to launching a range of interesting courses.

Archbishop Dr Jeffrey Driver and Dr Lynn Arnold were among the invited guests who gathered to celebrate the Anglicare and St Barnabas’ partnership on Tuesday 28 February.

The partnership is a joint initiative established

by Anglicare CEO, Lynn Arnold, and the Principal of SBTC, Matthew Anstey with the aim of further developing links between theology, spirituality and practice in all walks of life, particularly life in the public square.

The appointment of the Anglicare supported Lay Educator is the first major outcome of this partnership.

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Speaking about Mrs Bentley’s appointment Dr Matthew Anstey said “St Barnabas is tremendously grateful for the provision of funding from Anglicare SA for the new position at the College of Lay Education Facilitator. Providing lay education opportunities for the Christian public is a central part of our mission as a College and we are looking forward to launching a range of interesting courses.”

Anglicare CEO Dr Lynn Arnold presented the Commencement Lecture titled ‘Christ and/or Culture? Living the Gospel in a Global Context’.

“I believe strongly that Anglicare has always been a part of the Anglican community and it is important that we play our part to help build capacity within that community to meet the needs of others in society,” Dr Arnold said.

“Anglicare should never be the outsourcing of Anglican compassion. This should be something that we are in together.”

“The appointment of the Mrs Bentley as Lay Educator is going to be a big help to all of us.”

The appointment of a Lay Educator is just the beginning of this exciting relationship. A Public Forum series is being planned for later in the year with the hope that theologians, academics and social practitioners from both organisations will come together to discuss and debate critical issues affecting the social fabric of our community.

COLONIAL WAYS

By Diocesan Archivist - Robin Radford The Mission of the church can be expressed in many ways. In 1883, Bishop Kennion incorporated it in the name of a new arm of the Diocese of Adelaide, the Bishop’s Home Mission Society, BHMS. This Society was formed to help meet the needs of new and growing Anglican communities in the young colony of South Australia. Its purpose was to help ‘new centres of population and poor localities’ with stipends for clergy and catechists, expenses of new clergy and assist with procuring sites and buildings.

What a challenge for any bishop. Settlers had spread rapidly and widely across the colony. Here was a vast area, with scattered communities and homesteads and people with a desire for places to worship and receiving the sacraments. But there were few clergy and they were recruited from Britain, and limited local resources to fund church buildings.

Read any church history, and you hear how people first met in private homes, shearing sheds, school-rooms and other public buildings, and sometimes in another denomination’s church. Clergy travelled great distances to minister to these small groups, perhaps only several times a year. These

While Mallyon was not responsible for the quality of construction or durability of these buildings, many are still in active use as churches, or as private homes, while some no longer exist. They were scattered over what is now the three dioceses, with most in Willochra where Mallyon spent his working life.

infant congregations prayed and worked hard for their own meeting place. The BHMS inspired contributions from other sources.

One of the most fascinating stories is that of a mid-north bank manager who besides being an active churchman, was the architect, in his spare time, for at least 33 churches, and no doubt inspired more. This man was William Kingsnorth Mallyon (1850-1933), and we are indebted to the late Maurice Fenton for a detailed study (published in 1971) of this ‘church-builder’ and his churches.

Two churches were built in the Adelaide area – St Stephen’s at Uraidla (1892) now closed, and St Wilfred’s at Tea Tree Gully (1886) which has incorporated the old church in its later extension. Some of the most visually impressive are St Aidan’s at Saddleworth (1894), St Mary of Bethany at Goyder (Whitwarta) (1897) and St Augustine of Hippo at Streaky Bay (1912). A service in St Matthew’s, Quorn (1897), with its undressed local stone inner walls and its brilliant red stained glass windows over the altar, is a memorable experience.

I have visited most of the known Mallyon churches, but it’s not a tour for one day. You may pass many in your travels through the mid-north, Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, and it is well worth pausing to look at them.

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PEOPLE AND PLACES Anglican Opportunity Shop Network Gathering Wednesday 9 May 2012 from 9.30am – 12 noon St John’s Church, 379 Halifax Street, Adelaide (near Victoria Park)

The aim of Learning Together in Christ is to foster, through

The gathering includes:

conversation and reflection, the formation of an ecumenical

9.30am

arrival and informal visit to St John’s Community Store

attitude among Leaders across the Churches and to revisit,

10.00am

morning tea.

or experience for the first time, the source of that attitude in

10.20 am opening of meeting and general discussion.

Next gathering – Port Adelaide.

John 17:17-24.

11.10am

Burnside City Uniting Church,

11.30am

short presentation ‘Saving the planet – how op shops can keep stuff out of landfill’ by Heather Nimmo from St John’s. informal visit to St John’s Community Store

Some participants may also wish to visit The Magdalene Bargain Centre at 46 Carrington Street, Adelaide on their way home Your RSVP (of total numbers from each Opportunity Shop) would be appreciated for catering purposes.

RSVP by May 5th to St John’s Church Office: stjohnsanglican@ adelaide.on.net. with Anglican Opportunity Shop Network Gathering on the subject line of the email.

The Anglican Opportunity Shop Network is a network of the Church in Society Ministry Unit, Anglican Diocese of Adelaide.

ART GALLERY GOOD FRIDAY TOURS 11AM AND 2PM South Australian Art Gallery, North Terrace.

Although Bishop Ian George is doing a locum at East Melbourne parish at the moment, the Art Gallery of SA is flying him back to Adelaide to give his two tours of the AGSA on Good Friday. This is the 15th year that the bishop has been leading these tours. Every year the selection of paintings changes. This year for the first time since the early years the Corinthian Singers will sing specially chosen Good Friday music at intervals during the tours.

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Learning Together in Christ 2012

Tuesday 22 May 2012 4.30pm - 7pm 384 Portrush Road, Tusmore.

Facilitator/Presenter: Mr Drew Thomas, who is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and President of SA Council of Churches.

An initiative of SA Council of Churches Standing Committee for Ecumenical Learning.

For registration/more information - contact Geraldine Hawkes email: sacc1@picknowl.com.au or ph: 8215 0300

exhibition

Faith off the Elders Holy Innocents Anglican Church, Belair, opened their exhibition, ‘Faith of the Elders’ on March 25 with Bishop Tim Harris doing the honours. A large crowd enjoyed wine, cheese and the chance to meet and mingle with the participants. The exhibition, is open to the public by appointment or whenever the church is open. It celebrates the lives of twelve of the ‘elders’ of the Holy Innocents community. Each participant is represented by a photographic portrait and an accompanying story of their own life and faith.

The Reverend Steve Daughtry said, “It was a real joy preparing this exhibition, taking the photos and gathering the stories. ‘Faith of the Elders’ recognises the incredible accounts of resilience, faithfulness, loyalty and community which have been so influential in making the Anglican Church a significant and living part of the local history of Belair.

So many younger people assume that the ‘old’ people in our churches share the same ideas and backgrounds. This exhibition proves

that each and every one of our ‘elders’ has a powerful and individual story of faith – and often a powerful story of doubt to go with it.

These are people who have journeyed with God and the church through real hardship and joy. We just thought it was time to stop bemoaning the fact that the Anglican population is aging and, instead, to listen, learn and celebrate these amazing lives.”

He added, “This year we might do the same again with a younger age group so that we can work towards a small book to give to new members, something that helps people understand what others believe and hopefully takes away any idea that Christians all have think the same thing. We’d genuinely love to see other parishes take this idea on so that we could build a picture of the faith of the diocese. The process would be easily replicable and we’re more than happy to share the things we’ve learnt from this first effort.”

An extract from Don Caddy...

Some of my earliest memories of learning about faith were from religious instruction (R.E.) at school. A particular story told by a Methodist minister during R.E. in year nine had a profound effect on me later. The story related to the first verse of the 23rd Psalm, “The Lord is MY shepherd.”

When I was sixteen years old I was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).

Back in 1953, TB was considered to be a life threatening illness. I spent about 6 to 8 weeks in the Royal Adelaide Hospital TB ward, followed by a year in bed at home. I was somewhat shattered by the diagnosis.

I remember feeling on a number of occasions during that year that God had let me down. After all, I had been a good boy and attended church regularly! Somehow, amongst all of these negative feelings there were some positive ones too. I remembered the story from school about the 23rd Psalm. I reaffirmed many times, “The Lord is my Shepherd”. This became personal thing between God and me.

God and I spoke to each other many times during that year.

After Yvonne and I were married in the Anglican Church at Kilburn I decided to attend church with her. We moved to Glenalta as soon as we married and we have both been attending the Church of the Holy Innocents at Belair regularly ever since. After a couple of years I decided to explore my faith further and was baptized and confirmed.

In 1984 I was diagnosed with colon cancer and underwent surgery.

I was again confronted with a life threatening illness. Again I called

on the story and the first line of the 23rd Psalm. Another line in the 23rd Psalm says “Yea, though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil”. Both lines were particularly important to me at that time. I repeated the first line many times; it became my mantra.

This time, I did not think God had let me down but I wondered why God had allowed me to get cancer. There had to be a reason.

Immediately after the diagnosis I was convinced that I was going to die before the end of the year. I spent a lot of time praying. By the time I went into hospital about two weeks later I had changed completely. I felt a total conviction that whatever they found when they operated on me I would be OK and well again. It was for me, an amazing change. I did have a beautiful wife and three lovely daughters so I had a big incentive to stick around.

After I recovered from the operation, I became one of a group of people who started the Cancer Care Centre in Unley. The centre provides support, therapies and information for cancer patients, their carers and families. I still work at the Centre as a volunteer support worker. I believe the work I do there is God’s work. It is also part of my personal cancer journey. I still thank God every day for my life and for making me well from cancer and TB.

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