Stephen Clarke, Business Manager for St Francis College, will retire at the end of January 2020. A farewell will be held in early 2020, details to be advised. Stephen has worked at the College for the past 15 years and will be greatly missed.
The Reverend Canon Dr Ralph Bowles has been appointed as Priest-in-Charge (part-time) of the Parish of Nambour. His Commissioning will be held on Sunday 10 November, 4 pm at St John’s Anglican Church, Nambour. Congratulations to Ralph and Sylvia.
The Reverend Canon Sarah Leisemann has been appointed to the role of Vocations, Youth & Young Adults Specialist, Parishes and Other Mission Agencies Commission (PMC), commencing in January 2020. Sarah’s role with the PMC will be multi-faceted. She will be working on the Resource Church Pilot Project as a specialist in the youth and faith formation areas. She will have an associated role in fostering vocations in the Diocese and in coordinating and supporting the Youth to Young Adult Project, which is a cross-commission initiative involving the Anglican Schools Commission, St Francis College and the PMC. Congratulations to Sarah.
The 160th anniversary of St Anne’s Anglican Church Jondaryan, Parish of Oakey, will be celebrated on 3 November 2019 at 9 am, with a service of thanksgiving presided by The Right Reverend Cam Venables, Bishop for the Western Region.
The 10th anniversary of the consecration of St John’s Anglican Cathedral will be celebrated on Sunday 27 October 2019, with a Celebration at 3 pm, concert at 5 pm, and Choral Evensong at 6 pm. Evensong will be followed by wine and cheese and the official launch of the fully-revised and expanded 2nd edition of ‘The Windows: St John’s Cathedral’ — a complete guide to the stained glass windows of the Cathedral Church of St John the evangelist.
Brother Robin celebrated his 70th year of service to the Brotherhood of St Barnabas, the founding order of All Souls School, at All Souls St Gabriels School, Charters Towers on Wednesday 11 September. Brother Robin also celebrated his 90th birthday on that day.
The Reverend Mark Calder has been elected as Bishop of the Diocese of Bathurst. Mark will be consecrated on Thursday 21 November, 7 pm at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney and installed at All Saints Cathedral in Bathurst on Saturday 23 November at 11 am. Congratulations to Mark and Susan.
The Reverend Lizzie Gaitskell will be Commissioned as Rector of The Parish of Warwick on Saturday 14 December at 10.30 am. Congratulations to Lizzie.
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