Gippsland Anglicans

02/06/2026

📌 Help Us Celebrate 30 Years of Women's Ordination in Gippsland📌

In December 2026, the Diocese of Gippsland will mark 30 years since the ordination of our first woman priest.

We're looking to connect with women who have served as priests in Gippsland, and anyone ordained in the Diocese since 1996. If that's you, or someone you know, we'd love to hear from you as we prepare to celebrate this significant milestone.

Please contact The Very Rev’d Keren Terpstra for more information.

31/05/2026

🌿 How prepared is your community for climate impacts, emergencies, and unexpected disruptions?

Join Friends of the Earth Australia and ACTinG for a Community Resilience Mapping Workshop and explore the strengths, challenges, and opportunities within our local communities — while learning how we can build climate resilience together.

📅 Thursday 18 June 2026
⏰ 10:30am – 2:15pm
📍 St Paul’s Cathedral, Sale
💻 Online participation available via Zoom

If attending online, you’re encouraged to connect with others in your area and join together as a group for a more interactive experience — although individual participants are very welcome too. Online attendees will be supported by facilitators throughout the workshop.

To register, scan the QR code on the flyer or contact: [email protected] for more information.

31/05/2026

❄️ From childhood favourite to centre stage!

More than 320 students from Gippsland Grammar's St Anne’s Campus are bringing Disney’s Frozen Jr. to life at The Wedge this June across six magical performances.

Featuring beloved songs, colourful characters and every Foundation to Year 6 student involved, this whole-school production promises fun for the entire family. 🎭✨

📍 The Wedge, Sale
📅 Thursday 11 & Friday 12 June
🎟 Tickets available now through The Wedge Box Office

29/05/2026

Once again this year we are pleased to be joining with our brothers and sisters in Ballarat Diocese in the Bible Reading Challenge.

Whilst it is pitched for the month of June, it can be undertaken any time that may suit you and your people.

Our contributors this year are Dr Sallyanne Hart and Canon Daniel Lowe, and we’re grateful to Daniel and Sallyanne for their work in preparing the notes, prayers, and questions for reflection, which you can access here, along with all you need to know about how the BRC works:

https://ballaratanglican.org.au/brc2026/

The aim of the Bible Reading Challenge is to encourage every person in the dioceses of Ballarat and Gippsland to read their Bible every day during the month of June

27/05/2026

The May edition of TGA is out now! 📖

From walking the Gippsland Camino and Easter celebrations across the Diocese, to stories of renewal, service, community and hope — this month’s edition is filled with inspiring stories from around Gippsland.

Pick up a copy through your parish or read online at: www.gippslandanglicans.org.au/news/newsletter

26/05/2026

Today, on National Sorry Day, we pause to remember the Stolen Generations and acknowledge the ongoing impacts of injustice and trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We invite you to take a moment to reflect, pray, listen deeply, and join in the ongoing journey of truth, healing and reconciliation.

More information and resources can be found on the Common Grace post below.

Today marks National Sorry Day.

Since the tabling of the Bringing Them Home Report in 1997, this day has been recognised as an important moment to take responsibility as a nation and remember the Stolen Generations and share the truth of the trauma, pain and injustice that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities endured through child removal practices and policies.

It is a day to acknowledge and grieve the ongoing impact of the Stolen Generations on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, and a moment to join together in lament and prayer.

“What does Sorry mean? On National Sorry Day, the word ‘sorry’ carries many layers of meaning. It speaks to sorrow — grieving the pain, trauma, loss, and ongoing impacts experienced by the Stolen Generations and their families. It is about acknowledging that serious wrongs were committed, and accepting responsibility for the role governments, churches, and institutions played in those harms. It is also an expression of compassion and solidarity — standing with survivors and communities in truth-telling and healing. And finally, it is an apology, both personal and national, reflected powerfully in the National Apology in 2008.” Safina Stewart, proud Wuthathi and Mabuiag Island woman

Today, we invite you to deeply listen to the voices of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters and recognise ‘sorry’ as an important ongoing step on our nation’s healing journey. As followers of Jesus, may our love and our ‘sorry’ be not only in word but in actions and in truth (1 John 3:18).

We echo the calls of the Healing Foundation for the Australian Government to implement the outstanding recommendations of the Bringing Them Home Report (1997).
https://healingfoundation.org.au/stolen-generations/

We invite you to join us in prayer today led by Gomeroi woman Bianca Manning -
www.commongrace.org.au/prayer_for_the_stolen_generations

Read the Bringing Them Home Report
https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/pdf/social_justice/bringing_them_home_report.pdf

22/05/2026

Warragul Anglican Church are seeking a Children's Minister 😃 could this be you?

Seeking a new Children's Minister

Make an impact on the future by working with the families and children in our church and community. We are looking for a coordinator for our children’s programs including our Sunday teaching program and after school program. We need someone who can support the mission and vision of WAC as they help us to serve and build bridges and to strengthen relationships with children and young families in our community.

Applications close 12 June 2026.

For more details and to apply, please read the full Position Description:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/05/22/02/45/58/b6dc9d17-6a30-4546-90c2-cd52f6f8b59f/WAC%20Children's%20Minister%20PD.pdf

21/05/2026

Some exciting events happening across our Diocese this weekend!

21/05/2026

🌏 Join us for a Community Resilience Mapping Workshop facilitated by Friends of the Earth Australia.

Discover the strengths and gaps within your community when it comes to responding to disruptions, emergencies, and climate challenges — and how we can become more climate ready together.

📅 Thursday 18 June 2026
⏰ 10:30am – 2:15pm
📍 St Paul’s Cathedral, Sale
💻 Also available online via Zoom

If you’re joining via Zoom, consider gathering with others from your local community to take part together — it can make the experience even more engaging and productive. (But joining on your own is absolutely welcome too!) Facilitators will also be supporting online participants throughout the day.

Register via the QR code on the flyer or email: [email protected] for more information.

17/05/2026

What an amazing weekend at Synod 2026 we had!

More information will be shared on our website and in our June TGA, but for now please enjoy photos from St Paul's Anglican Cathedral Sale of the welcoming of Archbishop Ric and Mrs Louie Thorpe to our Synod Eucharist on Friday Night.

A Welcome to Country was given by Rev'd Kathy Dalton, and then a gift was given to Archbishop Ric and Louie, entitled 'Wet Season'.