On 9th February 2012, Rev Bruce Gallacher was inducted into the Kimberly Patrol. The Kimberly Patrol covers all the Kimberly, including Kununurra, where the Bruce and Kaye will be based.
David Buxton from Frontier Services national office, officiating at the induction
Rosemary Young, National Director, Frontier Services participating in the induction service
Rev Bruce Gallacher wearing his newly presented Frontier Services stole
The altar with the symbols including sandalwood trees, wave rock and touring atlas for
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On Saturday 18 Frebruary, Richard Dhangalanga was commissioned as a Pastor at Warruwi, Goulbourn Island.
With much sadness the Northern Synod and the Northern Regional Council of Congress notes the passing of Rev Walter (Wali) Fejo in Adelaide on Monday 9 January 2012.
Copies of the booklet Indigenous Languages in Education are available from AuSIL (Australian Society for Indigenous Languages) as hard copies or may be downloaded free of charge from the website.
Standing Committee met face-to-face on 9th December 2011 in Darwin. A number of issues relevant to the Synod were considered at the meeting.
The afternoon of Saturday 26th November 2011 was special for the Northern Synod, NRCC and the community of Gapuwiyak. On that day Timothy Wanamayku Wunungmurra was Ordained as a Minister of the Word.
On 25 October, staff, students and friends farewelled Rev Tim Bose. Has spent seven years in the Northern Synod – as a minister, teacher and resource worker.
Daphne Read (President of Somerville Community Services Inc) and Ms Margaret Somerville visited Admiralty House in Kirribilli in Sydney at a Reception hosted by the Governor General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC on Tuesday, 27 September to launch the new edition of They Crossed A Continent .
The UCA President, Rev Alistair Macrae, has launched an Appeal to support a ministry of pastoral care and spiritual support for detainees and staff at Christmas Island Detention Centre.
A new resource that provides activity ideas for carers of Indigenous people with dementia was launched on Wednesday, 10 August in the remote community of Wugularr, 120 km southeast of Katherine.