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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 ra@bushchurchaid.com.auwebsite 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 Mark.Short@bushchurchaid.com.auAdministration Manager Mrs Robyn Williamsemail robyn@bushchurchaid.com.auMedia 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 Peter.Adkins@bushchurchaid.com.auVictoria BCA Centre The Revd Adrian LanePO Box 281, Heidelberg, VIC 3084Phone (03) 9457 7556–Fax: (03) 9457 7610email victoria@bushchurchaid.com.auSA/NT BCA Centre Mrs Vivien Bleby35 Whitmore Square Adelaide SA 5000Phone (08) 8221 5444email vivien@bushchurchaid.com.auQLD/Nthn NSW Office The Revd Ian McGrathPO Box 6565, Upper Mt Gravatt, QLD 4122Phone (07) 3349 9081–Fax: (07) 3849 7927email ian@bushchurchaid.com.auTasmania Office The Revd Dennis Quinn63 Belar St Howrah TAS 7018Phone (03) 6244 5098email tas@bushhurchaid.com.auWA BCA Centre The Revd Rob Healy c/-GPO Box W2067, Perth WA 6846 Phone 1300 554 025 email rob.healy@bushchurchaid.com.au

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

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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:

BCA4Kids@bushchurchaid.com.au •

Alison Pearce

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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

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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

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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 robyn@bushchurchaid.com.au 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

or petersage@internode.on.net

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

Post & Rails

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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

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Post & Rails

THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 23

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 vika@bushchurchaid.com.au

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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