Prayers for pastoral ministry

Posted on May 5, 2010 
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Serving in the bush — especially if you the bishop — can involve a great deal of travel. Bishop David Mulready of North West Australia writes:

“On May 7, we leave Geraldton again and fly to Perth in order to fly to Broome, Kununurra and Wyndham for our annual visit. Whilst at Broome, I will drive 600km with Tim Mildenhall to visit Michael and Faye working in the Looma Community, then Derby to visit Pastor Timothy Iga. After a few days in Broome, we’ll fly 1200km to Kununurra to visit the ministry team and Congregations in Kununurra and Wyndham.

On May 14 I will Induct Gary Alexander as the Minister-in-Charge of the East Kimberley Parish and Ordain Andrew Hadfield who is working amongst Indigenous people in Oombulgurri, Wyndham and Kununurra. We fly home via Perth on May 17.

Late June and most of July will be huge with the three week visit of Bishop Joseph and Ann Abura from our link Diocese of Karamoja in Uganda.

On top of that, Maureen and I will be on the road for four weeks visiting Parishes in the Pilbara and Gascoyne, driving 4,000+kms.

That gives you a small taste of what we’ll be doing in the weeks ahead.”

Please keep David and Maureen and those they serve in your prayers.

(More from the DNWA website. Photo with thanks to Outback Magazine.)