Our locum vicar is the Rev'd David Moore.
His contact details are:
Email: vicar.southdarebin@gmail.com
Mobile: 0467 312 558
The Rev'd Philippa Wetherell
The Rev'd Philippa was born in Brisbane and was a member of the Society of the Sacred Advent, an Anglican religious community, for 26 years. She was a teacher of speech and drama and English in the Queensland schools of the Society.
The Rev'd Philippa studied theology at the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne, graduating in 1990, and then spent eight years teaching in Papua New Guinea, the last four as a partner in mission with the Anglican Board of Mission at Newton Theological College in Popondetta.
From 2002-2009 she ministered on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia in the Diocese of Willochra and was ordained priest there in 2003. The Rev'd Philippa has a passion for mission in developing countries, for the cause of refugees, for the Brotherhood of St Laurence and social justice and for theatre, opera and classical music.
The Rev'd Philippa was born in Brisbane and was a member of the Society of the Sacred Advent, an Anglican religious community, for 26 years. She was a teacher of speech and drama and English in the Queensland schools of the Society.
The Rev'd Philippa studied theology at the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne, graduating in 1990, and then spent eight years teaching in Papua New Guinea, the last four as a partner in mission with the Anglican Board of Mission at Newton Theological College in Popondetta.
From 2002-2009 she ministered on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia in the Diocese of Willochra and was ordained priest there in 2003. The Rev'd Philippa has a passion for mission in developing countries, for the cause of refugees, for the Brotherhood of St Laurence and social justice and for theatre, opera and classical music.
Lay Reader: Rowan Callick
Rowan Callick grew up in England, graduating with a BA Honours in Theology and Sociology from Exeter University. In 1987 he moved to Australia, working for almost 20 years for The Australian Financial Review, finally as Asia Pacific Editor. He was China Correspondent for the AFR, based in Hong Kong, from 1996-2000. From 1990-1992 he was a senior writer with Time magazine. He joined The Australian at the start of 2006, as China Correspondent. After three years in Beijing, he became The Australian's Asia-Pacific Editor in 2009.
Rowan was appointed in 2013 a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and has published two books: Comrades & Capitalists: Hong Kong Since the Handover in 1998 by the University of NSW Press, and Party Time: Who Runs China and How in February 2013 by Black Inc in Australia, then internationally in September 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan. He won the Graham Perkin Award for Journalist of the Year for 1995, and two Walkley Awards, for Asia-Pacific coverage, for 1997 and 2007.
He is a member of the board of the Foundation for Development Cooperation, and an examining chaplain in the archdiocese of Melbourne. He chaired the archdiocese's 2012-2013 review of Anglican Media.