Reflections

I’ve been having a bit of a go at live streaming our Sunday morning service. This is a big new scary adventure and I will be trying to stomp on the cyber-bugs for a long time into the future. For some reason that I will never know, we had the text of what I was...Continue reading→

Sundays Mass on the 3rd of May will be live streamed from All Saints Penshurst at 10:30am. https://www.facebook.com/AnglicanHamilton

Most of you know that I grew up on a wheat / sheep farm in the Wimmera. With mixed feelings I remember droving sheep with my father and brother. We had to take the sheep to a farm where there was a facility to drench them. The time it took to get there seemed endless....Continue reading→

In the film “The Quest for the Holy Grail” an excited throng bring a woman to their village leader claiming that she is a witch and that she ought to be burnt. Her ‘trial’ goes like this.“How do you know she is a witch?” “She looks like one!”“They dressed me up like this” comes the...Continue reading→

-- Sunday Mornings mass will be live streamed from Christ Church Hamilton on the 26th of April at 10:30am Fr. David Oulton droulton72@gmail.com

It used to be a doorbell, a handshake,  a cuppa, a chocolate biscuit and a conversation. Reading the nuances, asking the right question at the right time and knowing when to bask in the silence. This was how I connected. But I do things differently in April 2020. My time is spent pushing buttons on...Continue reading→

Easter 3  26th of April. Matthew 28:8 Suddenly Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. The clutching of the feet is interesting. For one thing it tells us the posture of the disciples.They must have been pretty much prostate on the ground which...Continue reading→

Someone of ‘mature of years’ kindly phoned the other day. They reflected that the millennial generation will speak of ‘pre’ and ‘post Covid19’. They will be able to recollect what life was like before the pandemic, what it was like during and what life is like after.At the moment we haven’t emerged out the other...Continue reading→

I’ll call her Kerry. Kerry lived a while back and in a parish many kilometres from here. Kerry had terminal cancer and she was a terrifyingly close in age to me. Kerry didn’t come to church much, but she was always receptive to a visit. The hospitality was generous and the conversation was gregarious. There...Continue reading→

Sunday's Mass on the 19th of April, will be streamed at 10:30am from St. Mary's Dunkeld. https://www.facebook.com/AnglicanHamilton

Princess Matilda is articulate, swift of mind, exquisitely manicured and media savvy. But Matilda has a problem. A vicious pestilence has broken out in her tiny kingdom of 17,000 souls. At the moment the afflicted are small in number, but she is shoulder to cheek with neighbours on every side and this pestilence will not...Continue reading→

The Easter Sundays mass will be streamed from one of the parish churches at 10:30am every Sunday morning. Please click on this link. https://www.facebook.com/AnglicanHamilton

A service for Good Friday will be streamed on Friday 10th of April at 3:00pm https://www.facebook.com/AnglicanHamilton

A service for Holy Thursday will be streamed on Thursday 9th of April at 7:30pm https://www.facebook.com/AnglicanHamilton

Advance notice of AGM.  To be held after a combined parish service at Christ Church Hamilton at 10.30am followed by a bring and share lunch. Electoral enrolment forms will be available in June.  Every member of the parish who wishes to vote must complete an electoral enrolment form.  Nomination forms for the positions to be...Continue reading→

On Sunday 28th April 2019 the Right Reverend +Garry Weatherill, Bishop of Ballarat, visited our Parish for Confirmation. Five young people were confirmed. We congratulate Charlotte Tonissen Michaela Tonissen Warrick Tonissen Ava Murrihy and Harriet McMullen on their confirmation of their Christian Faith. A large congregation (over 100) attend this celebration and enjoyed the lunch...Continue reading→

On Sunday 28th April Bishop +Garry Weatherill visited the Parish for Confirmation. At the conclusion of the liturgy he announced that The Reverend David Oulton will be the next Rector of Hamilton. Fr David is currently the Rector of St John’s Ballarat North where he has served for the last 12 years. In announcing this...Continue reading→

11th Bishop of Riverina On Saturday 23rd February the Synod of Riverina Diocese elected  our Rector, Fr Donald Kirk, to be their next Bishop. As a parish we share some sorrow at Fr Donald leaving after such a short time here but, at the same time, congratulate him on his election and wish him well...Continue reading→

On Friday 26th and Saturday 27th October the annual gathering of the Synod of the Diocese took place at the Cathedral and Diocesan Centre, 49 Lydiard Street South, Ballarat. Bishop Garry presided and the Clergy of the Diocese and Lay Representatives of every Parish in the Diocese attended. There were three significant issues that the...Continue reading→

Sunday 29th July 2018 Following the 10.30am Sung Parish Eucharist over 50 people attended the Annual General Meeting in the Canon Julien Centre. The meeting lasted for just under 30 minutes. The reports and financial statements were presented and accepted by all present. Overall it was a harmonious gathering and the parishioners are pleased at...Continue reading→