“God is answering prayer all across Central Queensland!” Jen Hercott, the register of the Central Queensland Anglican diocese which includes Gladstone and Rockhampton and stretches west to Longreach and the NT border. “Five vacancies filled, one long-term locum and five new clergies joining our clergy family in just six months!”
Hercott, who has been ministering at All Saints North Rockhampton as field staff for the Bush Church Aid Society and as the diocesan registrar, gave The Other Cheek the details.
St Paul’s Cathedral: Rt Rev’d Ross Nicholson as Dean. (July 2024)
Emerald & Blackwater: Rev’d David Piper as Priest in Charge (Jan 2025)
Gladstone and Clinton Rev’d David and Rev’s Zoë Browne as joint Priest in Charge (Jan 2025)
Boyne River: Rev’d Brett Bovey as Priest in Charge (Feb 2025)
All Saint North Rockhampton: Rev’d Sam Gough as Locum in Charge.(Feb 2025)
But there’s plenty of opportunities left! Including some iconic outback towns.
Vacancies:
St Luke’s Wandal,
St Andrew’s Gracemere,
All Saints Clermont,
St Francis’s Moranbah,
St Andrew’s Longreach,
St Paul’s Winton,
St Mary’s Mount Morgan.
Just as with the Bathurst diocese, the work of finding good ministers to serve regional Australia continues. And we’,’ve just talked Anglican…