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In 2022, BCA will partner with the Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship of Australia Inc in supporting Dennis Taylor as the principal of the First Nations Ministry Training Initiative.

After spending 17 of the past 21 years with BCA, Rob Healy has announced he will conclude his service with us at the end of 2021. This is sad news for the Society and for the WA region in particular.

At the end of this month, Steven & Caitlin Klouth will move to Bathurst to continue their training at All Saints Cathedral.

Today I’m writing to you with an announcement which is particularly sad news for the NSW/ACT Region of BCA but also the wider BCA Family. NSW/ACT Regional Officer Ted Brush, who has been in the role since January 2018, has announced he will leave us in early 2022 to take up a part-time role at the Centre for Ministry Development at Moore College.

Today I’m delighted to announce that Laurie & Rebecca Carleton, together with their children Olivia, Claudia and Harry, will commence ministry at the Church of England on Norfolk Island next year. The Carletons will continue the work of the Fell family who conclude their almost seven years of service on Norfolk at the end of next month.

From 2022 Jacob & Sarah Kelly will be part of a new ministry team for the parishes of Kyabram and Tongala/Stanhope in the Diocese of Bendigo. Jacob will work alongside The Revd Peter Downes to provide leadership, care and nurture in the parishes.

Messages of congratulations, welcomes and farewells from across the BCA family...

We were happily serving at St Matt’s Manly when we read an article about Norfolk Island. We had a growing conviction that our next location should be somewhere less reached and resourced. It was mid-2014 and we thought 2018 sounded like a good time to make a move which gave us time to grow towards what seemed like such a big change....

We have just celebrated two important events in the life of our country: that of Reconciliation and NAIDOC week.

“YES! That is exactly what I think too.” It doesn’t always happen, but sometimes I find myself almost cheering as I progress from one paragraph to the next when reading an article...

Trent & Alice McGrath, together with their children Henry, Siena and Maisie have been serving the people of Jindabyne for more than a year and a half. It has been an exciting time of growth since they planted a new church in the alpine village

It was just over nine years ago that God opened the door and put the need for consistent, longer-term ministry on Kangaroo Island on our hearts and we’ve been here ever since. It has been such a privilege to serve God here. We love it when we can spend time enjoying the beauty of creation and are really thankful for the people we’ve become close to and share our lives with.

After nine years on Kangaroo Island, Brad, Joh, Jemima, Gabriella & Evangeline Henley are concluding their service with BCA. Brad has accepted the role of Associate Minister at the Anglican Church of Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. 

It is just 350 metres of graded dirt, intersecting with two other streets and ending up at ‘Big John’s’. A quick search of real estate websites will show that only four houses have this ‘outback boulevard’ as part of their postal address; and apparently Lot 354, a two-bedroom family home, is still available. I refer to BCA Road.

BCA is pleased to continue its partnership with Generate in its work in public schools in Central West New South Wales. Rachael Bell was recently appointed as a Generate Field Development Manager. In this role she will support SRE boards, SRE teachers and chaplains employed in public schools throughout the Central West. Rachael will travel around the region from her home base in Dubbo.

In 2004 Jo and I moved to Karratha as young graduates starting our careers. We joined the local Anglican Church and were blessed by the BCA supported ministry of Les & Jenny Gaulton. Two years later we moved on, but we’re back, and took up where Les & Jenny left off, preaching the gospel in the West Pilbara.

Continuing Penrith Anglican College’s long tradition of serving Christ through our involvement in the Dusty Boots program, in the April school holidays a group of Year 12 students and staff travelled to Ridgecrest Christian Education and Convention Centre to serve the town of Wellington.

Messages of congratulations, welcomes and farewells from across the BCA family...

After over six years on Norfolk Island David, Crystal, Wendell, Marigold and Ernest Fell are returning to the mainland in late 2021. David has accepted the role of Senior Pastor at Gymea Anglican Church in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire.