Posts from July 2024

Posts from July 2024

Farewell and Thanks to Swee Ann

On Sunday 30 June we farewelled Rev Swee Ann Koh after almost 3 ½ years as Minister of the Word in a ‘Cutting of the Ties’ service led by Rev Ray McCluskey, Presbytery Minister for the Yarra Yarra Presbytery. During the service See Ann gave a reflection of his 33 years of ministry and following the formalities, tributes were made from people across all the areas in which he has served and been involved.  Afternoon tea followed while members of…

Being invisible – Reflection by Rev David Dong Won Kim

During my seminary training in America, I had a series of conversations for an internship with local churches, but I failed all of them. Many thoughts raced through my mind – perhaps because I am Asian? Maybe because of my broken English? When I returned to the field education director, he said he couldn’t find any more churches for me. The following semester, the director asked me to speak with a church in a remote area because no one else…