The

President’s Address
The Most Reverend Kay Goldsworthy AO
Archbishop of Perth

Second Session
of the Fiftieth Synod
of the
Diocese of Perth

11 October 2019
Welcome
Ngaala kaaditj Whadjuk Noongar moort keyen kaadak nidjar boodjar.
We acknowledge Whadjuk Noongar people as the original custodians of this land.

We continue to commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of reconciliation and recognition. We

acknowledge the Uluru Statement from the Heart calling for a First Nations Voice to be enshrined in
the Constitution. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and pray that our every
step may land softly and with respect as we travel together on The Way in this Second Session of the
Fiftieth Synod of the Diocese of Perth.

We live under the banner of the Anglican Communion’s Five Marks of Mission:
1 To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom.
2 To teach, baptise and nurture new believers.
3 To respond to human need by loving service.
4 To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace
and reconciliation.
5 To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

We meet again this year in the season known by Noongar as Kambarang; Second Spring. One
description of Kambarang is ‘a transformational time of year in which flowers abound’.

Introduction
And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a
mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another;
for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18

I pray that our time together over these days will be blessed by the transforming love of our Lord Jesus
Christ. We seek together to give witness to God’s love in Christ in the way in which we attend to the
mission and ministry of Christ’s Church in the business before us in this Second Session of the Fiftieth
Synod of the Diocese of Perth.

We meet again this year at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School and thank the Principal,
Mr Ben Lomas, and his staff for their warm welcome and friendship to the Diocese in making available
the myriad resources required for a meeting such as this. It is no mean feat to provide for us, including
feeding 400 people lunch and dinner in a timely manner! We are hardly the 5,000 of the gospels but
we hope that all we bring this weekend will be enough and more, blessed by the Lord.

This year members of Synod will worship in St Gregory’s Chapel, recently completed and dedicated,
and now home to the Parish of Quinns-Butler and the Peter Moyes school community. The Chapel is
quickly becoming the place in which students, staff and families associated with the school identify as
being their place of prayer and worship, of gathering around scripture and for Eucharist, hearing God’s
word proclaimed, of being nurtured in faith in our heavenly father and learning how to turn toward
God’s world in the transforming love of Jesus.

As we come to this Synod I pray that what we bring to our time together will in God’s grace and through
the power of the Holy Spirit be enough and then some, a part of the transformational love which we
have known, which we proclaim, and which has claimed us in Jesus Christ.

First, we thank our preacher the Bishop of Bunbury, Bishop Ian Coutts, for the word he has brought to
us to encourage and strengthen us as this Synod begins.

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We prepared for the Synod Eucharist aware of the interest of those who had planned a demonstration
around the Cathedral tonight over the proposed Stoneville development. This land was approved for
development in 1994. I am so glad that it didn’t go ahead then when environmentally responsible
housing developments weren’t a priority. The Diocese has been clear that this project be a
demonstration of best practice affording families the possibility of living in a lovely part of Perth as
part of a great community, and with the assurance that environmental issues, codes and requirements
are not only met but have been taken seriously as we reflect the spirit of the 5th Mark of Mission.
This proposal is before the required State authorities and we wait to hear if it will be approved.

Bishops Jeremy James and Kate Wilmot continue to manage the daily and weekly round of parish and
chaplaincy visitations exercising pastoral oversight of their areas of responsibility. The meetings with
parish councils, parish communities, nomination boards, school and agencies are a large part of their
careful episcope. We have taken time as a senior leadership group to consider how we can best use
the diverse group of gifts and skills we each have for the life of the Diocese as a whole. We continue
to look ahead at the challenges and to seek God’s guidance and wisdom.

I thank the Chairman of Trustees, Mr Sam Walsh AO, and the Trustees who take so seriously this
responsibility for the life of God’s Church in this Diocese both now and into the longer-term future.
Sam is generous with his time and I have appreciated his willing ear and wisdom. As a cradle Anglican,
Sam has the great knack of seeing things from the perspective of a deeply committed faith, which we
clergy so appreciate in the lay leaders in our Church.

This year Mrs Susan Harvey, Manager of the Episcopal Office, has managed to pick up an extra load in
the organisation of Synod. Susan’s unwavering faith and commitment to the Diocese are invaluable
to the office of the Archbishop. Mrs Melanie Hare has taken on the role of PA to both Bishops Kate
and Jeremy. She is calm and efficient and has a wonderful way of saying, ‘just a gentle reminder
bishop’. In February, we farewelled Mrs Fay Scarfone from the office after almost 30 years and have
welcomed Ms Sidney Harvey as Administrative Assistant. Earlier this year Sidney played the ‘cello at
the Australian Bishops’ Conference held in Perth; it came under that heading, ‘other duties as
required!’ They are a great team.

This year we also welcomed a new Archdeacon of Perth, Archdeacon Angela Webb. Angela works in
this role in a part-time capacity alongside a role with the Wollaston College formation programme in
Theological Field Education. Archdeacons Kathy Barrett-Lennard, Onesimo Yugusuk and
Mandy Herriman attend to the plans, challenges, concerns, hopes and cares of the parishes and people
in their immediate areas.

The Area Deans have also taken on new roles this year and form part of the Ambassadors’ Team in the
formation of new Mission Plan.

The addition to the Episcopal Office of my Chaplain, The Reverend Jacob Legarda, has been a great
boon. Jacob’s attention to detail frees me to be more attentive to the missional direction of the
Diocese and our people and places. Jacob will be the Chaplain for this Synod.

My Chancellor, Mr Eric Ross-Adjie, has been busy throughout the year, giving careful counsel when
difficult matters come to the fore, prayerfully considering all sides of an issue and outlining the pros,
cons and possible consequences of numerous matters of Church law and regulation which require
attention and decision.

I thank the members of Diocesan Council for the manner in which they have attended to the agenda
and business we have dealt with over the year. Some matters have occasioned robust debate, while
others have been straightforward. This year we have invited each of the Commissions to present to
Council as a way to be in touch with the strategy of each and to hear how plans are being transformed
into action.

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This has helped to keep Council in the loop and to ensure our Commissions that what they do is
important to the Diocesan Council as well as those who align most naturally with their mission
direction.

The past year has seen the Diocesan Secretary, Mr Keith Stephens, take charge of the preparation and
oversight of Diocesan Council business. This has added to the workloads of both Keith and his PA
Ms Karen Cliffe. This way of operating has ensured that Keith and I work closely to ensure enhanced
communication and facilitation of decisions. In our light-hearted moments, we consider undertaking
a professional development class in semaphore for inter-office communication.

It was essential that we respond to the sense I had when arriving in the Diocese last year that people
thought that Church House had become remote and removed from local parishes, and the issues
people faced in their communities. I believe that this gap is closing and that the idea of Church House
as the ‘Kremlin’, or ‘Head Office’, or the ‘Grid’ is breaking down. Tuesday morning prayers are attended
by all staff members. Our time together means that, in God’s grace and providence, we are growing a
deeper understanding of how significant the work of those at Church House is for the life of the whole
body of the Diocese.

Clergy School, a biennial time of clergy professional development and collegiality, was a highlight of
the year. We welcome three outstanding speakers, New Testament scholar and teacher,
Canon Dr Paula Gooder; Professor Timothy Jenkins, Reader in Anthropology and Religion at Cambridge
University; and Dr John Dixon from Ridley College, Melbourne, a leading speaker on mission and
mission context in Australia. This residential gathering was a great time to deepen our bonds of
friendship and understanding.

People
The full list of appointments, moves and other significant events is attached as Appendix 1
Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift
each of you has received. 1 Peter 4:10

This year we have welcomed a number of people to the Diocese in new roles and responsibilities.

The Reverend Eleanor O’Donnell Senior Chaplain, Hale School

The Reverend Jacob Legarda
The Reverend David Entwistle
The Reverend Peter Hotchkin
The Reverend Linda Pilton
The Reverend Andrew Burr
The Reverend Margaret Beach
Archbishop’s Chaplain
Chaplain (Deacon), Swan Valley ACS
Deacon, Yanchep
Chaplain (Deacon), Peter Moyes ACS
Priest-in-Charge, Ellenbrook
Rector, Mt Hawthorn

Among the laity:

Mrs Judith Tudball Principal, St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School
Ms Fiona Johnston Principal, St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls
Ms Helen Aguiar Principal, Perth College
The Honourable Wayne Martin AC QC Chair, Parkerville Children and Youth Care
Mr Jarrod McKenna Diocesan Mission Advisor

On Saturday, we will take some time to give thanks to God for the ministries which those who have
recently retired have exercised over many years as parish priests and in chaplaincy.
The Reverend David Atkinson The Reverend Graham Boyle
The Reverend John Clapton The Reverend Wendy Gilbert
The Reverend Dr Georgie Hawley The Reverend Paul Howells
The Reverend Ross Kilpatrick The Reverend Graeme Manolas
The Reverend Canon Joe Newbold The Reverend Cliff Parish
The Reverend Kay Wee Sim The Reverend Stephen Warren

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Alongside these we also give thanks for the incredible ministry of some of the lay leaders who have
resigned from Diocesan posts:

Mr Ian Carter AM Chief Executive Officer, Anglicare WA

Mr Kerr Fulton-Peebles Principal, Esperance ACS
Mr John Berger Chief Executive Officer, St Bartholomew’s House
Mr Stephen Webber Principal, Guildford Grammar School
Mrs Barbara Godwin OAM Chair, Anglican Schools Commission
Mr Adrian Farrer Principal, Cathedral College, Wangaratta
Mr Basil Hanna Chief Executive, Parkerville Children and Youth Care

What a pleasure it is to note some significant anniversaries and celebrations during the year:

Hale House 25th Anniversary

St Mary’s Close 25th Anniversary
St Nicolas, Carine-Duncraig 30th Anniversary
John Wollaston ACS 30th Anniversary
Le Fanu Court 50th Anniversary
Riley House 50th Anniversary
Parish of North Beach 60th Anniversary
St Barnabas, Kalamunda 120th Anniversary
Parish of Highgate 130th Anniversary

Openings
Hale School Junior School
St Gregory’s Chapel Peter Moyes ACS/Parish of Quinns-Butler
Mar Thomas Church Consecration of new church building
St James’ Anglican School Senior School building

RIP
We give thanks to God for those who have served in faith, hope and love and who have died this year:

The Right Reverend Alf Holland Ms Elsie Colgan

The Reverend Robert Hanson
Mrs Sue Crombie
The Reverend John Williams
The Honourable Geoffrey Miller QC
The Reverend Fred Buchanan
Dr Donald Leinster-Mackay
Mr Jean Vanier
The Reverend Dr Sylvia Hallam
Professor John Tonkin
The Reverend Canon Doug Davies
The Right Reverend Ken Mason AM
Mr Brian Healy
The Reverend Graeme Varvell
Mrs Meryon Goode
The Right Reverend Bruce Rosier AM
Dr Geoff Dixon
The Reverend Rod Brandreth
Mrs Mary Wardman
The Right Reverend Dr Tony Nichols
Mrs Kathleen Wood OAM

Rest eternal, grant to them, O Lord.

And let light perpetual shine upon them.

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Synod Business
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of
God and knows God. Whoever does not love, does not know God, for God is love. God’s
love was revealed to us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might
live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his
Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we ought
to lover one another. 1 John 4:7-10

How many Synods have you been part of? Looking back, I realise that this session of Synod will be
number 35 for me, 29 of which have been as a member of the Diocese of Perth. Synod is the meeting
Anglicans seem to love to grumble over. That meeting which when mentioned people roll their eyes.
This is not because it doesn’t matter, rather Synods are the moments when our yearning for God’s will
to be discerned for the life of the body come to the fore in a dynamic way.

The preparations in Church Office begin some months out, and every year the need to ensure that
information received and recorded from across the Diocese can be readied in good time. This depends
on how parishes, agencies, schools and other organisations pass on their information. One of the first
items of business before us has to do with the Standing Orders which govern the process by which we
operate over these days.

A resolution made at Synod in 2017 (Resolution 24/17) asked me to initiate a new process of
consultation and collaboration across the Diocese. This resolution read in part:

That this Synod:

a requests Diocesan Council in consultation with Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy, after her installation,
to initiate a new process of consultation and collaboration with clergy and lay members of the
Diocese, by which sound principles for a new Clergy Statute and a new Professional Standards
Statute may be developed.

Diocesan Council appointed Dr Carolyn Tan, Mr Glen McLeod and The Reverend Canon Tim Spencer to
a working group to oversee this wide-ranging consultation and collaboration. The first conferencing
session was held at Synod 2018.

Following this process and after seeking Diocesan Council approval, the Legislation Committee has
worked together and will bring to us broad principles for these statutes for our consideration. I am
sure that the matter of the term of licences in the Clergy Appointment and Licensing Statute
Substantive Principles will one area of interest as these broad principles signalling a way forward are
considered. I am very aware that the introduction of five-year clergy licences, renewable, was an
unpopular move coming into practice as it did without wide consultation. In the Victorian Dioceses of
Melbourne and Gippsland, vicars are licensed for 10 years after which there is a review and possible
extension period. It will be good to hear the perspective of both lay and clergy members of Synod.

No doubt there will be agreement that while five years may be too little, none of us would want a
return to the burden of unlimited tenure.

The pre-Reformation English practice of tenured rectors who received tithes from the parish also gave
them financial responsibility for repairs of the church chancel and made parishioners for the rest of
the building. At least one person has suggested to me that we should consider abolishing the title of
‘rector’ altogether, the word coming as it does from the Latin word regere meaning ‘to rule’, on the
basis that doesn’t accurately reflect 21st century parish life.

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One clear outcome of the consultations was a view that there be two streams for professional
standards matters. One which deals with matters of abuse, and a second stream for matters of
misconduct not involving abuse. Another round of consultations would flow from this weekend as the
Legislation Committee begins its work of drafting legislation throughout the coming year with a view
to us considering a new Professional Standards Statute, a new Clergy Appointment and Licencing
Statute and a Clergy Discipline Statute at Synod 2020. They are inter-related and it will only be feasible
to consider them all together.

Following the Diocesan consultation process, motion 16.06 brings a Code of Conduct Faithfulness in
Service to us for consideration and approval. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to
Child Sexual Abuse drew attention to the absence of a Code of Conduct in the Diocese of Perth.

Last year I spoke of the Professional Standards Review which I had instigated and invited
Sr Angela Ryan csb to undertake for me. This review included processes, policies and procedures for
responding to and managing complaints made and/or information received under the Professional
Standards Statute 2015 (“PSS”) with an emphasis on the following matters:

a Pastoral care and communication;

b to ensure that the overriding purpose of the PSS (as specified in section 4.1 thereof) have been
complied with;
c whether the church should consider and approve a code of conduct for observance by a Church
worker or a Church volunteer under section 8.1 of the PSS; and
d to provide the Archbishop with any recommendations.

One of Sr Angela’s recommendations was that the Diocese adopt a Code of Conduct. The aspirational
nature of Faithfulness in Service as the Diocesan Code of Conduct has been problematic at various
times when matters have arisen that call into question the conduct of clergy and church workers.
Professional disciplines such as psychology, law, medicine, education, public service and the like, all
now have their own codes of conduct particular to their field.

In her report to me Sr Angela wrote: ‘An aspirational code of conduct is fine for most people most of
the time but there are times when we can all fall short of our ideals. The code is a reminder of what is
expected of behaviour and also allows for serious breaches of the code to be followed through by
those responsible. The current Statute covers how to deal with misconduct but not what constitutes
appropriate behaviour’.

The deeper questions that this raises for us are about the kind of leadership that is needed for this
season of our life and how we are discerning and following in that way?

Other business before us will ask us to prayerfully and carefully consider matters which are very much
on the national stage; homelessness and its impact on individuals, families and community; the
ongoing and seemingly never-ending issue of justice for refugees; climate change, and the
Royal Commission into Aged Care to name some.

The business of this Session of Synod also highlights the local and community of parish ministry, the
concerns we have for ministry with children and young people and the matter of mission locally and
further afield. For most of the clergy and lay leaders of the Diocese this is the coal face of ministry.

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Redress
Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the
widow. Isaiah 1:17a

In January this year Western Australia joined the National Redress Scheme making it possible for
people in this State who experienced child sexual abuse in Institutions to seek Redress through the
Commonwealth Government scheme. The Diocese was ready to be a member of the scheme when it
came online in Western Australia and received the first submissions in January. This is addressed in
the Professional Standards Unit report.

Some of the changes I have mentioned about staffing and roles are part of the budget considerations
needed for us to allow for redress payments either through this National scheme or as a result of civil
litigation.

This Season in Mission

Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will
come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. Revelation 3:20

Mission is core business for Christians. Many of you came to one or more of the 41 separate listening
sessions which I held across the Diocese last year, in which people were invited to tell some of their
stories and experience of life at the grass roots in parishes, chaplaincies, communities, schools and
agencies.

I asked three questions:

1 What is happening at your place?
2 What are you being called for at this moment in your parish/school/agency/chaplaincy/community
here and in the broader community?
3 What is your hope for the Diocese and the broader community in this new season?

I called this time a ‘new season’ in our life together as members of Christ’s body in this Diocese of
Perth. Some stark contrasts came to light. On the one hand, there are an incredible number of local
outreach and mission enterprises in local communities across the Diocese. Listing them was eye-
opening for all of us. On the other hand, some described themselves and their places of gathering as
old, tired and useless.

One year on from that process has meant more time to be travelling around and being with you at
‘your place’. There are some incredibly imaginative and lively ways in which we are present to serve
in the light and the love of Christ in neighbourhoods, towns, suburbs and regions from Moora to
Esperance and Cottesloe to Kalgoorlie. And there are places in which somewhere along the way we
got stuck and can’t work out how to take a new and different direction, especially in parishes.
From where I sit, I can tell you that having a week in which six letters arrive to say that clergy are
retiring or resigning is a challenge.

And, while the numbers of both enquirers and those in the training and formation programme have
increased, the making of deacons and priests is what I would call a kind of ‘slow cooking’ in God’s grace
and through the power of the Holy Spirit. In other words, our ordained leaders take time to develop
their gifts, skills and abilities under God.

Leadership does not, of course, belong only to the ordained, and I give thanks for many, many fine lay
leaders who continue in their ministries across the Diocese.

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Mission is our core business. Finding out what God is doing and joining in takes careful and prayerful
discernment, equipping, planning and the ability to turn plans into action.

In his 2010 book A New Kind of Christianity, Brian D McLaren, identified four global matters calling out
to people of faith as we seek to follow Jesus. He defined these as: The Prosperity Crisis; The Equity
Crisis; The Security Crisis or the Crisis of Peace; and The Spirituality Crisis.

In the July Messenger I wrote ‘over the coming months there will be an opportunity for Anglicans
across the Diocese to contribute to our next and new Mission Plan. We will be working together to
identify what it is that we value most in our faith and mission, and how we can best embody those
values as a Diocesan community to shape our life together in Christ. We want to take forward our plans
and get caught up in the great commission to make disciples, a commission entrusted to us all by Jesus’.

We know this, but people have become a bit cynical about Mission Plans. Perhaps because we are
downhearted and weary of work without reward, or have tried mission before and it didn’t work then,
or we know better how to do it that those who are sprouting about mission plans and the like, or we
think mission is someone else’s responsibility. The group of Mission Ambassadors understand this
temptation and acknowledge how easy it can be to close our hearts and minds in the light of past
disappointments, half-baked ideas or plans which look too demanding. We have spoken of trusting
God afresh for ourselves and for us together.

The Mission Planning process has been facilitated by Ms Donna Shepherd. As well as her day job,
Donna is a member and Synod rep of the Parish of Cottesloe. Over the months a group of what we are
calling Mission Plan Ambassadors have been on a journey together, engaging with people in between
times with the questions and ideas bit by bit.

Tomorrow members of Synod will spend some time considering where this is up to so far. This is the
one time of the year that people from every part of the Diocesan community are together thereby
ensuring that the collaboration and consultation that we value so highly can be part of this journey.
For some this will be the third or fourth exposure to the process and plan, for others it will be the first
experience.

The Purpose of the draft Mission Plan 2020+ is described in this way: Guide the living out of mission
across parishes, schools, agencies and chaplaincies in the Anglican Diocese of Perth to support the
mission they are engaged in and be a source of inspiration for the mission in which they long to be
involved.

The Vision is described in this way: We will be known for our love. The mindsets that have been
identified as more than desirable for us as we proclaim Christ are: confidence, courageous,
compassionate.

Aware of our own need for transformation we want to be bold to confess where we have failed and
our need for God’s grace. The Mission Planning group have identified eight values to hold us to
account. They ask us to get on with what Jesus is all about:

1 We believe God’s love transforms

2 We long to be known by our love
3 We long to be a people of prayer
4 We long to be trustworthy
5 We seek to be humble
6 We seek to listen
7 We long to be as inclusive as Jesus
8 We seek to serve

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This planning process has challenged me as Archbishop to identify the directions in which the
Holy Spirit is prompting my leadership and oversight.

So far, I have identified a few next steps, which include discerning the future and shape of worshipping
communities; leadership development across the Diocese; the beginning of an appropriate Diocesan
Reconciliation Action Plan; and strengthening our engagement with the wider community.

Come, Holy Spirit!

Give us new confidence in your grace,
new words for the mission we share,
new strength to go where you send us,
new spring in our step, as we set out
to spread our faith in changing times,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Wider Church

Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s
sight, and 5 like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy
priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2 :4-5

Synod 2020 will meet in the wake of a General Synod and a Lambeth Conference. Next year’s General
Synod will have a slightly different shape from those in recent years. The legislative business will focus
on Safe Ministry and Child Protection matters while another session is being planned to enable
members to consider the Doctrine Commission’s essays in the book Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage and
the Anglican Church of Australia: Essays from the Doctrine Commission.

The 1930 Lambeth Conference was held at the height of the Great Depression. The bishops present
considered more than 70 individual matters concerning the bible and theology; marriage, race, peace,
unity among Anglicans, and the ministry of men and women. These topics have a strangely familiar
ring, although our 21st century context is different.

The Lambeth Conference meets at the end of July under the heading God’s Church for God’s World.
The design group is well underway under the direction of Archbishop Thabo Makgoba from South
Africa. It has been very disappointing to hear that some of the Australian bishops who have aligned
under the banner of GAFCON will not attend Lambeth. Some of the bishops who have come to this
decision have been at the forefront of the GAFCON movement on the grounds of being biblically
orthodox. At the recent meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council it was very distressing to hear
one bishop speak of the isolation those in his Province experienced if they chose not to join with this
group.

The bishops of this Diocese will be attending Lambeth 2020. The church is not a community of our
own choosing, but the outworking of our heavenly Father’s saving love for the world. Archbishop
Desmond Tutu once famously replied when asked what Anglicans do, with the words ‘we meet’. One
of the glories of our communion as Anglicans is our ability to prayerfully wrestle together to discern
the power and grace of the Holy Spirit in the service of Christ and his kingdom. We do this in a reasoned
manner in the light of scripture and tradition, so that in each new generation the eternal truth of
Christ’s sacrificial love may be known by and through our witness and community. It is difficult to see
how choosing not to meet with those with whom we disagree strengthens us in or for the mission and
the communion we share.

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The Primate has referred to the Appellate Tribunal the legislation passed by the Synod of the Diocese
of Wangaratta to approve a form of service for use, according to conscience, to bless couples married
in a civil service. The Tribunal opinion being sought is on the question of whether the regulation
adopted by Wangaratta is constitutional, and whether it conforms with the relevant canons concerning
services. I understand similar legislation is proposed for presentation at the Synod of the Diocese of
Newcastle meeting at the end of the month. This information is available at
https://anglican.org.au/governance/tribunals/appellate-tribunal-current-matters/.

The General Synod Public Affairs Commission (PAC), headed by Dr Carolyn Tan, has prepared a
submission on the exposure drafts of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 and associated bills. The
issue of Freedom of Religion has gained much attention in the public square of the wider Australian
community in recent months. There will be more consideration and public attention on this issue over
time. Our schools and agencies are very aware of the potential significance of this legislation for their
communities. At another level, it seems unlikely at the moment that it will have a substantial impact
on parishes. The PAC submission is available at https://anglican.org.au/wp-
content/uploads/2019/10/191001-PAC-Religious-Discrimination-submission.pdf.

Conclusion
Morning Prayer for Monday in A Prayer Book for Australia ends with this benediction:

God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but a spirit of power and of love and of self-
discipline. May we rekindle the gift of God within us. see 2 Timothy 1:6-7

The reports and motions that we will address together in this Synod clearly speak to the spirit and the
way of our life together in Christ. As leaders in the Anglican Church in this Diocese, lay and ordained,
the way of love lived in and through the power of God’s grace in the risen Lord is a signpost for the
rest of our church. People are looking to us as one of the witnesses of Jesus’ love for them. Our values
are important, and our words and actions have power.

The Greek word for power, dunamis, is the base of words we use every day, like dynamic and dynamo
and dynamism.

May we through the work of this Synod rekindle the love of God in the power of the Holy Spirit within
us and also for those within our communities, both at the centre and at the edges, so that in Christ we
may travel together The Way.

The Most Reverend Kay Goldsworthy AO

Archbishop

11 October 2019

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 APPENDIX 1
APPOINTMENTS AND MOVES
1 October 2018 – 30 September 2019
CLERGY APPOINTMENTS
The Reverend Jeff Astfalck Assistant Priest, Subiaco and Wembley 01.12.18
The Reverend Canon Joanne Baynes Chaplain, Hollywood Private Hospital 01.07.19
The Reverend Margaret Beach Rector, Mt Hawthorn 01.10.19
The Reverend Andrew Burr Priest-in-Charge, Ellenbrook 01.07.19
The Reverend Helen Jane Corr Chaplain, All Saints’ College 01.01.19
The Reverend David Entwistle Chaplain (Deacon), Swan Valley ACS 25.02.19
The Reverend Brad Galvin Senior Chaplain, John Septimus Roe ACS 01.01.19
The Reverend Jill Gleeson Priest-in-Charge, Beechboro 10.02.19
The Reverend Brett Gibson Assistant Priest, Mosman Park 01.12.18
The Reverend Jill Gleeson Chaplain, Amana Living 01.02.19
Priest-in-Charge, Beechboro 10.02.19
The Reverend Jeni Goring Senior Chaplain, Amana Living 16.11.18
The Reverend Lorna Green Rector, Carine-Duncraig 02.06.19
The Reverend Brett Guthrie Priest-in-Charge, Esperance 01.07.19
Chaplain, Esperance ACS 01.07.19 – 31.12.19
The Reverend Peter Hotchkin Deacon, Yanchep 25.02.19
The Reverend Jacob Legarda Archbishop’s Chaplain 01.02.19
The Reverend Frida Lemi Assistant Priest, North Beach 01.12.18
The Reverend John Maddocks Priest-in-Charge, Belmont and Carlisle-Rivervale 01.01.19
The Reverend Matthew Madul Priest-in-Charge, East Victoria Park-Bentley 01.09.19
The Reverend Graeme Middlewick Priest-in-Charge, Lockridge-Eden Hill 01.02.19
The Reverend Eleanor O’Donnell Senior Chaplain, Hale School 01.01.19
The Reverend Dr Evan Pederick Rector, Swan 01.02.19
The Very Reverend Richard Pengelley Chaplain, St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School 24.06.19
The Reverend Linda Pilton Chaplain (Deacon), Peter Moyes ACS 25.02.19
The Reverend Melanie Simms Rector, Bicton-Attadale 01.04.19
The Reverend John Taylor Chaplain, St James’ Anglican School 01.01.19 – 31.12.20
The Reverend Canon Angela Webb Archdeacon of Perth, Archbishop’s Registrar and
Supervised Theological Field Education Co-ordinator 01.02.19
The Reverend Timon Yanga Associate Priest, Balga-Mirrabooka 01.05.19 – 30.04.20
The Reverend Oliver Yengi Assistant Priest, Mundaring 01.12.18

Change of status
The Reverend Lynne Eastoe Rector, Murdoch-Winthrop 01.04.19
The Reverend Robert Graue Rector, Lakelands 01.03.19
The Reverend Evan McFarlane Rector, Shenton Park 14.07.19

OTHER CLERGY APPOINTMENTS

The Reverend Marie Aitken Archbishop’s Examining Chaplains 25.10.18
The Reverend Galal Bashir Area Dean, Sudanese Communities 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Peter Boyland Area Dean, Claremont Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Stephen Conway Area Dean, Perth Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Nick Freeland Area Dean, Victoria Park Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Stephen Gibbs Co-ordinator, Archbishop’s Group of Spiritual Directors 01.05.19
The Reverend Bruce Hyde Area Dean, Melville Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Right Reverend Jeremy James tssf Chaplain to MU 01.06.19
The Reverend Patrick King Area Dean, Cockburn Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Peggy Ludlow Area Dean, Avon Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Debbie May Area Dean, Cockburn Deanery 28.11.18 – 30.06.19
The Reverend Richard Minol Area Dean, Armadale Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Jean-Pierre Schroeder Chaplain, Reserve Air Force 09.07.19
The Very Reverend Dr John Shepherd AM Dean Emeritus 01.12.18
The Reverend Des Smit Area Dean, Joondalup Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Dr Elizabeth Smith Area Dean, Goldfields Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Venerable Lionel Snell Archdeacon Emeritus 01.02.19
The Reverend John Ward Area Dean, Swan Deanery 01.07.19 – 30.06.22
The Reverend Wayne Warfield Chaplain, WA Police 05.08.19

Australia Day Honours

The Reverend Canon Dennis Claughton AM
The Reverend Peter Humphris OAM

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ORDINATIONS
The Reverend Jeff Astfalck Priest 01.12.18
The Reverend Brett Gibson Priest 01.12.18
The Reverend Frida Lemi Priest 01.12.18
The Reverend Oliver Yengi Priest 01.12.18
Mr Paul Bartley Deacon 25.02.19
Mr David Entwistle Deacon 25.02.19
Mr Peter Hotchkin Deacon 25.02.19
Mrs Linda Pilton Deacon 25.02.19

LOCUM TENENS
The Reverend Canon Dale Appleby
The Reverend Julie Barrett-Lennard
The Reverend Canon Joanne Baynes
The Reverend Margaret Beach
The Reverend Jan Boyle
The Right Reverend Dr Peter Brain
The Reverend Jim Crawley
The Reverend Rob Day
The Reverend Jim Crawley
The Reverend Canon Terry Curtis
The Reverend Stuart Fenner
The Reverend Dr Alan Forsyth
The Reverend Devan Foster
The Reverend Theresa Harvey
The Reverend Bill Hawley
The Reverend Glendon Lane
The Venerable David Ingleson
The Reverend Matthew Madul
The Reverend Norma Metcalf
The Reverend Sidney Middlemost
The Reverend Bob Milne
The Reverend Sidney Middlemost
The Reverend Tony Murray-Feist
The Reverend David Prescott
The Reverend Terry Pickersgill
The Reverend Jon Reinertsen
The Reverend Dr David Seccombe
The Reverend Melanie Simms
The Reverend Lisa Spargo
The Reverend Canon Tom Sutton
The Reverend John Symons
The Venerable Jack Thomson
The Reverend Mark Walker
The Reverend Steve Warren
The Reverend Michael Wood
Bassendean 01.05.19 - 31.10.19
Murdoch-Winthrop 04.07.19 - 31.07.19
Hollywood Private Hospital 03.02.19 - 30.06.19
Dianella 03.02.19 - 31.08.19
Morley-Noranda 01.07.19 - 31.12.19
West Perth 13.06.19 - 31.07.19
Carine-Duncraig 01.02.19 - 09.06.19
Balga-Mirrabooka 01.11.18 - 31.12.18
Willagee-Kardinya 28.01.19 - 31.07.19
Carine-Duncraig 25.11.18 - 31.01.19
St Mary's Anglican Girls' School 01.01.19 - 23.06.19
Hollywood Private Hospital 22.07.19 - 28.08.19
Dianella 01.09.19 - 29.02.20
Balga-Mirrabooka 17.02.19 - 28.02.20
Rockingham-Safety Bay 01.11.18 – 28.02.20
Locum Tenens – Dean 01.04.19 - 04.05.19
Locum Tenens – Dean 17.06.19 - 31.12.19
Hollywood Private Hospital 21.10.18 - 31.07.19
Swanbourne-Mt Claremont 19.11.18 - 28.02.19
Mt Hawthorn 01.04.19 – 30.09.19
East Victoria Park-Bentley 26.03.19 - 30.09.19
Wyalkatchem-Koorda with Dowerin 01.10.18 - 30.09.19
Midland 01.11.18 - 30.04.19
Amana Living 01.03.19 - 29.02.20
Casuarina Prison 05.11.18 - 31.12.19
Midland 01.05.19 - 31.10.19
Canning 17.02.19 - 28.07.19
Nedlands 01.02.19 - 01.02.20
Kwinana 10.03.19 - 30.09.19
Como-Manning 01.03.19 - 30.09.19
Lockridge-Eden Hill 01.10.18 - 31.01.19
East Victoria Park-Bentley 01.02.19 - 03.03.19
Ellenbrook 04.03.19 - 30.09.19
Lakelands 22.07.19 - 22.09.19
Bicton-Attadale 01.03.19 - 31.08.19
Riverton 05.01.19 - 31.01.20
Mosman Park 01.02.19 - 30.09.19
Armadale 01.07.19 - 31.12.19
Woodlands-Wembley Downs 01.03.19 - 30.09.19
Canning 01.07.19 - 31.12.19
The Goldfields 14.07.19 - 11.08.19
Anglicare WA 03.02.19 - 23.03.19

PERMISSION TO OFFICIATE
The Reverend Canon Joanne Baynes 18.02.19
The Reverend Graham Boyle 26.05.19
The Reverend Andrew Burr 19.10.18
The Reverend John Clapton 22.04.19
The Reverend Tony Drayton 13.08.19
The Reverend Stuart Fenner 05.06.19
The Reverend Dean Griffiths 05.02.19
The Reverend Rose Guok 16.08.19
The Reverend Graeme Manolas 01.03.19
The Reverend Andrew McNeill 21.05.19
The Reverend David Mitchell 19.09.19

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The Reverend Cliff Parish 29.04.19
The Reverend Richard Pengelley 04.05.19 – 23.06.19
The Reverend Sebastiana Pienaar 16.01.19
The Reverend Lisa Spargo 01.01.19
The Reverend Kay Wee Sim 12.12.18
The Reverend Wayne Warfield 05.08.19
The Reverend David Williams 06.01.19 – 05.04.19

CLERGY RETIREMENTS
The Reverend David Atkinson 31.12.18
The Reverend Graham Boyle 25.05.19
The Reverend John Clapton 21.04.19
The Reverend Wendy Gilbert 14.09.19
The Reverend Dr Georgie Hawley 24.02.19
The Reverend Paul Howells 26.08.19
The Reverend Ross Kilpatrick 22.10.19
The Reverend Graeme Manolas 18.10.18
The Reverend Canon Joe Newbold 12.07.19
The Reverend Cliff Parish 30.06.19
The Reverend Stephen Warren 31.10.18
The Reverend Kay Wee Sim 31.11.18

CLERGY RESIGNATIONS
The Reverend Cheryl Absalom Chaplain, John Septimus Roe ACS 31.12.18
The Reverend Lisa Ahuja Chaplain, Perth College 04.10.19
The Reverend David Atkinson Priest-in-Charge, East Victoria Park-Bentley 31.12.18
The Reverend Canon Joanne Baynes Priest-in-Charge, Kensington 17.02.19
The Reverend Graham Boyle Assistant Priest, Armadale 25.05.19
The Reverend John Clapton Priest-in-Charge, Balcatta-Hamersley 21.04.19
The Reverend Helen Jane Corr Rector, Carine-Duncraig 05.10.18
The Reverend Stuart Fenner Rector, Beaconsfield 05.06.19
The Reverend Linda Flewker-Barker Rector, Kwinana 11.03.19
The Reverend Brad Galvin Chaplain, St Mark’s ACS 31.12.18
The Reverend Brett Guthrie Curate-in-Charge, Merredin 19.06.19
The Reverend Paul Howells Rector, Quinns-Butler 26.08.19
The Reverend Graeme Manolas Ecumenical Chaplain and Co-ordinator of Pastoral Care,
Hollywood Private Hospital 18.10.18
The Reverend Canon Joe Newbold Assistant Priest, Mt Pleasant 15.07.19
The Reverend Cliff Parish Assistant Priest, Willetton 30.06.19
The Reverend Dr Evan Pederick Rector, Canning 31.01.19
The Very Reverend Richard Pengelley Dean, St George’s Cathedral 03.05.19
The Reverend Sebastiana Pienaar Curate-in-Charge, Riverton 10.01.19
The Reverend Lisa Spargo Children and Youth Missioner (Faith, Formation and Transition) 31.12.18
The Reverend Canon Angela Webb Rector, Mosman Park 21.01.19

OTHER CLERGY RESIGNATIONS

The Reverend Cheryl Absalom Mandurah, Diocese of Bunbury 08.05.19
The Reverend Sally Buckley Denmark-Walpole, Diocese of Bunbury 01.08.19
The Reverend Dougall Ethell Relinquished PTO 23.01.19
The Reverend Linda Flewker-Barker Area Dean, Cockburn Deanery 28.11.18
The Reverend Peter Gibbons Relinquished PTO 28.11.18
The Reverend Lorna Green Chair, Social Responsibilities Commission (remains a member) 06.02.19
Area Dean, Armadale Deanery 03.05.19
The Reverend Robert Graue RAN Reserve 20.02.19
The Reverend Brett Guthrie Area Dean, Eastern Deanery 19.06.19
The Reverend Lyn Harwood Aged Care Co-ordinator, Victoria Park Deanery 31.10.18
The Reverend Ross Kilpatrick Chaplain, MU 28.04.19
The Reverend Martha Kongor Area Dean, Sudanese Communities 30.06.19
The Reverend Debbie May Area Dean, Cockburn Deanery 30.06.19
The Right Reverend David Murray Co-ordinator, Archbishop’s Group of Spiritual Directors 14.03.19
The Reverend Canon Joe Newbold Chaplain, WA Police 12.07.19
The Reverend Dr Evan Pederick Area Dean, Victoria Park Deanery 31.12.18
The Reverend Neil Walthew Area Dean, Joondalup Deanery 30.06.19

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LAY APPOINTMENTS
Ms Helen Aguiar Principal, Perth College 01.01.19
Mr Joe Calleja Interview Chief Executive Officer, St Bartholomew’s House 23.03.19
Mr Ian Carter AM Chair, Social Responsibilities Commission 07.02.19
Mr Iain Clark Interim Principal, Esperance ACS 06.07.19
Mr Mark Glasson Chief Executive Officer, Anglicare WA 18.03.19
Ms Fiona Johnston Principal, St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls 01.01.19
The Honourable Wayne Martin AC QC Chair, Parkerville Children and Youth Care 20.02.19
Mr Jarrod McKenna Diocesan Mission Advisor 01.09.19
Mr Hamish Milne Archbishop’s Examining Chaplains 31.10.18
Mrs Judith Tudball Principal, St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School 01.01.19

Australia Day Honours

Mr John Atkins AO
Mr John Barrington AM

LAY RESIGNATIONS
Mr John Berger Chief Executive Officer, St Bartholomew’s House 22.03.19
Mr Ian Carter AM Chief Executive Officer, Anglicare WA 15.03.19
Mr Kerr Fulton-Peebles Principal, Esperance ACS 05.07.19
Mr Keith Lindbeck Chair and member, St George’s Anglican Grammar School 31.12.18

CHURCHES/BUILDINGS/AGENCIES
Anniversaries
Hale House 25th Anniversary 13.10.19
St Mary’s Close 25th Anniversary 28.11.18
St Nicolas, Carine-Duncraig 30th Anniversary 01.01.19
John Wollaston ACS 30th Anniversary 13.08.19
Le Fanu Court 50th Anniversary 25.05.19
Riley House 50th Anniversary 09.10.18
Parish of North Beach 60th Anniversary 18.11.18
St Barnabas, Kalamunda 120th Anniversary 16.09.19
Parish of Highgate 130th Anniversary 23.06.19

Openings
Opening of Hale School Junior School 02.11.18
Opening and Blessing of St James’ Anglican School Senior School building 03.05.19
Opening and Dedication of St Gregory’s Chapel, Peter Moyes ACS 26.07.19
Consecration of Mar Thoma Church 17.08.19

Deconsecration/Secularisation
St Simon and St Jude, Wundowie 28.10.18
St Cecilia’s, Mindarie 30.06.19

RIP
The Right Reverend Alf Holland 08.10.18
Ms Elsie Colgan Partner of The Reverend Rod Brandreth 16.10.18
The Reverend Robert Hanson 19.10.18
The Right Reverend Ken Mason AM 22.12.18
Mrs Sue Crombie Parish of Moora 01.01.19
Mr Brian Healy Father of The Reverend Rob Healy 17.01.19
The Reverend John Williams 19.01.19
The Reverend Graeme Varvell 19.01.19
The Honourable Geoffrey Miller QC 08.02.19
Mrs Meryon Goode 22.02.19
The Reverend Fred Buchanan 27.02.19
The Right Reverend Bruce Rosier AM 28.02.19
Dr Donald Leinster-Mackay 28.02.19
Dr Geoff Dixon Husband of Dr Cynthia Dixon 19.03.19
Mr Jean Vanier Founder of L’Arche 07.05.19
The Reverend Rod Brandreth 29.05.19
The Reverend Dr Sylvia Hallam 03.06.19
Mrs Mary Wardman 17.06.19
Professor John Tonkin 16.08.19
The Right Reverend Dr Tony Nichols 24.08.19
The Reverend Canon Doug Davies 11.09.19

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