WELCOME
Former Indigenous Bursary Student Lonny Bendessi has joined the BCA Community as Field Staff. Lonny will serve with the Aboriginal Berean Community Church in South Australia where he will receive practical ministry training amongst First Nations People.

From September 2025, David & Margy Williams will serve in the Anglican Parish of West Coast Tasmania, which includes the townships of Queenstown and Strahan. David & Margy have a passion to encourage the faithful to be more like Jesus, and to see people come to know him.

Pat & Issy O’Keeffe are moving to Katherine in the Northern Territory in October, a parish we last supported in 2020. Pat has been the Assistant Minister at Northbridge Anglican since 2019. Issy is a NESA accredited teacher and registered psychologist.

Tom & Tanya Killingbeck together with their kids Calimë, Tristan & Chiara will serve on King Island from August. For the past 10 years Tom has been a Chaplain in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Rod & Amanda Haywood have taken on the role of BCA Nomads Coordinators. Rod has served on the BCA NSW/ACT Regional Committee for the past two years and they’ve been Nomads for many years.

CONGRATULATIONS

Josephine Rose Kelly was born on Friday 2 May 2025 to proud parents Jacob & Sarah and big brother Theodore.

In mid-March, Ben Connelly graduated with a Master of Theology from Moore Theological College.

FAREWELL

After six and a half years serving with BCA, Brendan & Laura Hurley concluded their service with us at the end of June. This is not a decision they have taken lightly, but one they made as they need to be closer to better support systems for their family. They pray that this move will not only help their family thrive but also enable them to serve God well.

We also farewell David Pohlmann & Margaret Scott. David, who has served as the Anglican Dean at Nungalinya College since the start of this year, has moved to a casual teaching role.

We thank Greg & Jocelyn Lay for their many years of service as Nomads Coordinators. The Lays took over the role of Nomads Coordinators from Doug & Frances Orr in late 2020. Today we have nearly 200 active Nomads travelling across rural, regional and remote Australia to provide care and support to our Field Staff and assist at events such as the annual Katherine Christian Convention as well as the Aboriginal Evangelical Family Camp.