Clergy and Staff

Rector

The Rev'd Paul Black came to the parish from Melbourne in January 08. St John's College, Morpeth (in the Diocese of Newcastle) is where he did his theological training. He was ordained deacon and priest by the Bishop of Rockhampton in 1986 and 1987.

He can relate to spiritual writer Kenneth Leech when he says, "A central feature of the radical Anglican Catholic approach to ministry was its closeness to people, its strong commitment to the local area, its refusal to separate personal from political issues, and its rootedness in prayer and sacrament. This approach has inspired and nurtured many thousands of people." - page 247 "The Sky is Red: Discerning the signs of the times".

Rev'd Paul gives thanks for the many people and faith communities that have nurtured and challenged him on the journey of life.

Email: rector@stjohnscanberra.org

Mobile: 0416 159 814

Website: http://www.pblack.id.au

Associate Priest

The Rev'd Margaret Campbell has lived in Canberra since the 1970s, and came to St Johns as deacon in Jan 2008. She did her theological training at St Mark's National Theological College, Canberra and was ordained priest in November 2008.

Margaret takes heart from knowing that meeting Jesus takes a moment, and learning to be his disciple takes a lifetime.

Email: margaret.campbell@stjohnscanberra.org

Mobile: 0417 423 472

Curate

The Rev'd Susan Bridge joined the parish as Curate in February 2010 after being ordained Deacon in 2009. While completing her theology degree at St Mark's National Theological College, Canberra, she moved from Sydney to live in the student community at St John's, where her fond affection for the parish was formed.

Email: susan.bridge@stjohnscanberra.org

Mobile: 0414 274 343

Honorary Priests

The Rev'd Ken Batterham: BA UNE 1969; BD MCD 1989 Tel 0405 585 900 (m), 02 6288 2264. Email: revdken@netspeed.com.au. Married: Elizabeth.

The Rev'd Peter Brown: ThDip Morpeth 1968 Tel 6255 7912

The Rev'd Peter Grundy: Peter and Kerrie Grundy have lived at Campbell, within the parish, since 1979. Their children, Toby and Alice, were brought up in the worship community at St John's and were confirmed there. Toby is now a college teacher in Canberra, while Alice works in the publishing industry in Sydney. Kerrie is Deputy Principal of Canberra College.

St John's has always been most important for the Grundys, both before Peter's ordination in 1999 and ever since. Friendship amongst the faithful sustains Peter's ministry both at St John's and at St Andrew's Wamboin where Peter is also regularly involved. Tel 02 6248 7913. Email peter.grundy@anu.edu.au

The Rev'd David Hill: David is the son of Archdeacon Fred Hill who was the Rector of St John’s in the 1960s and early 70s and his wife, Mary. In 1976 he joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Chaplain and retired from the Navy as a Senior Chaplain. During these years he served in Navy training establishments and at sea, including the 1991 Gulf War.

David returned to the Diocese in 1995 and was appointed the Rector of the Parish of Moruya and then Rector of the Young District Anglican Ministry. He retired from full time ministry and moved to Canberra in 2007 and was appointed honorary priest at St John’s. David is married to Barbara. They have four children and four grandchildren. His interests are reading, walking and motor bike riding.

Telephone: 02 6259 0873 Email d.m.hill@bigpond.net.au

The Rev'd Canon Geoffrey Sibly, ThDip Morpeth ACT 1957 Tel 02 6249 1170. Email: agsibly@grapevine.com.au Married: Anne

The Rev'd Vicky Cullen Vicky Cullen was ordained deacon in 1988 and priest in 1992. During 1988 she was a student at St John’s and served as curate for 3 years from Feb 1989. She is now retired and serving as an honorary priest again at St John's. She has served in about 6 parishes and been Priest-in Charge at Gungahlin for 3 years and Rector at Gunning for 9 years. She has been a spiritual director for more than 20 years and run a number of retreats. She trained at the Australian Catholic University and last year did further training in Melbourne as a supervisor of spiritual directors. She is recently widowed and has 2 adult daughters and a 3 year old grandson and a new granddaughter in Canberra.

She studied languages and education at Melbourne and Monash Universities and did post graduate work in education and counselling (University of Canberra) and Theology (ACU). She has taught liturgy and spiritual direction at St Marks (CSU). Before ordination she taught geography and languages in schools, most recently at Merici College. She lectured in education at Melbourne, Monash and Canberra Universities.

Her interests are swimming, reading, liturgy, languages, people and the Australian environment. She loves teaching adults, providing spiritual direction and running Wild Honey Spirituality Centre.

Phone: 02 6255 3191 Email: vicky.cullen@bigpond.com

OTHER STAFF

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