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Notes of a six day trip to the West Coast and North-West Tasmania

Resurrected Lord of all glory and power, may we, the Missionary Diocese of Tasmania, on this Sunday experience more of your resurrection life in our life. By your Spirit may we be a healthy church . . . transforming life.

6.45am
Spirit of Tasmania has [...]

Notes of a six day trip to the West Coast and North-West Tasmania

Prayer and Breakfast at Ulverstone Rectory

9.30am
Meet Jill for coffee at a hidden jewell, Deli Central, in Ulverstone. I am sure it is only discoverable by the intrepid archdeacon on her journeys of discovery in the west and NW of the Island State.

11.15
Buy newspapers, [...]

Notes of a six day trip to the West Coast and North-West Tasmania

Prayer & Breakfast at Rector’s home in Burnie.
Media Officer, Stephen, has alerted me to preparation for media interview at noon.

8.30am
Inspection of the renovation works at St George’s Burnie which aim to improve hospitality, functionality and contemporize the worship space for multi-purpose use. Ken [...]

Notes of a six day trip to the West Coast and North-West Tasmania

Breakfast at Smithton with Tim Hawkins re Youth Ministry strategy and development in Tasmania and the need for appropriate training.
We need leadership with a passion not only to make disciples of Jesus Christ, but to be making disciples of Jesus Christ who in [...]

Notes of a six day trip to the West Coast and North-West Tasmania

Prayer & breakfast in Zeehan motel room.

9.00am
I emerge to find the car heavily frosted over in another sunny chilly day

9.30
‘The Coffee Stop’ to catch up with Helen. Not long after Jill joined us but instead of one hour we had two hours as [...]

Notes of a six day trip to the West Coast and North-West Tasmania

7.00am
Prayer at home

7.40
Office to collect seminar materials, diary updates

8.00
Good run along the Brooker Highway out of Hobart

8.30
Petrol New Norfolk. Hearse with coffin slows the trip between Gretna and Hamilton. Radio has extended coverage of Malcolm Turnbull and the PM at war over OzCar [...]

This is a new thing in this community – church that isn’t church as most people know it.
On the brick-topped wood-store area beside the fire we place a candle and shape a cross in sea-tumbled rocks, simple symbols of the Christian faith that we hope to share in a simple way this morning.
A real Aussie [...]

In my responsibility as a director of World Vision Australia I have become increasingly aware and concerned at the effect of the Global Financial Crisis on food supply – the second ‘F’: Global ‘Food’ Crisis. See Opinion piece by Tim Costello.
An excellent overview Financial Crisis Means More Hunger from The New York Times by The [...]

A Service of Thanksgiving to God for the life of Bishop Henry Allingham Jerrim, OBE, ED, ThL, 21/3/1916 – 22/5/2009 was held at St David’s Cathedral Hobart on June 18. Henry’s son, Peter, gave an outstanding eulogy to an outstanding ‘Hobart man’. Bishops Alf Chipman and Phillip Newell shared moving tributes to a humble and [...]

Linda Smith, Crowd welcomes Nitschke at June 18, 2009 12:55pm, includes:
‘An enthusiastic crowd packed a public meeting to listen to euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke in Hobart this morning.
‘About 70 Tasmanians — mostly elderly — turned out for the meeting in North Hobart this morning and an afternoon workshop about obtaining and using the illegal euthanasia [...]