Parish of Manuka South Canberra
Clergy & Staff
RECTOR OF MANUKA (Parish Priest)
The Reverend Ben Edwards
BA(Hons); LLB(Hons); BTh; PhD; GDLP;
Cert Legal Business; CMusA; AMusA
Ben has been rector of Manuka since late 2018. Ordained in 2004, he has held appointments in urban, regional and rural parishes and educational institutions. He has also been a diocesan historian, area dean, cathedral canon, member of council of Burgmann College of the Australian National University and a Visiting Fellow in the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies within the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge (2009-10) while resident at Westcott House, Cambridge.
Ben’s PhD is in socio-religious history and he has a university medal in Law. Liturgical worship lies at the heart of his ministry and spirituality. His great passion in ministry is to synthesise the riches of the Church’s heritage with the creativity and insights of today, and for building community through hospitality.
THE VENABLE JOHN GIBSON
THE VENERABLE JOHN GIBSON
ThL; Dip R.E.
John was a parishioner here at St Paul’s when he entered St Johns Theological College in 1965. His roots go back to Northern Ireland where he was born in 1942 at Ballymoney, County Antrim. He married Narelle at St John the Baptist Church, Canberra in 1970 and they have two married sons, two delightful daughters in law and five grandchildren.
On retirement from fulltime ministry John and his wife Narelle returned to Canberra in 2007 and to St Paul’s, where he continues to serve as an hon Associate Priest which has been interspersed with locums in the parishes of Kaleen/Giralang, St John’s Wagga Wagga, Deakin and three times at St Paul’s.
THE REVEREND ELAINE FARMER
The Reverend Elaine Farmer
BTh; MTh
Elaine was ordained in 1993, among the earliest women ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Australia. She has served in several parishes, taught homiletics and ministry formation, and been Associate Editor of St Mark’s Review, Australia’s oldest theological journal. She also served on the Council of St Andrew’s College, Sydney University, and is a Fellow of that College.
A book of her sermons, (Australasian Theological Forum 2006) was translated into Bahasa Indonesia by the Jesuits and given episcopal and . She was also a contributor to, a book on preaching and worship also published by the Australasian Theological Forum.
ASSOCIATE CLERGY
The Reverend Canon John Campbell Teach Cert; M.Ed; Assoc. Th (Hons); Grad Dip Christian Ed; ATCL; LTCL; FTCL.
John was made deacon in Tasmania in 1985 and priested there in 1986. As one of ten children, after the death of his mother in 1954, John lived in an Anglican Boys Home in Tasmania for eight years. It was there thathe came to know Christ.
He consciously determined to serve him as an educator and clergyman. John taught for 42 years mostly in independent schools, 28 years of which were as a Headmaster or Chaplain. John also taught Speech and Drama privately for many years and served also as an Adjudicator and Examiner from time to time as needed.
He is a widower with four children and six grandchildren. As a clergyman, he has held appointments with the Bush Brotherhood of St Barnabas in Nth Queensland and in the Diocese of Bathurst.
He has served as Warden of St David’s Close and as an Associate Priest in this Parish. He is an honorary canon of St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn.
ASSOCIATE CLERGY
THE REVEREND CANON PAUL BLACK ThDip; DipMin.
THE REVEREND SANDIE KAINE JP BTh; LLM
THE REVEREND JASON WRIGHT BTh; MMDS
THE REVEREND GAYL MILLS OAM DipMedLabTech; Grad Cert Diaconal St; Grad Dip Pastoral Counselling; BTh
THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN STEAD BEd BTh
THE REVEREND DR JANE FOULCHER BA(Hons) Grad Dip Div PhD
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Matthew Stuckings: Director of Music matthew.stuckings@gmail.com
Organists: Christopher Erskine, Mary Anne Neilsen, James Porteous
Junior Choir Director: Kate Edwards juniorchoir@stpaulsmanuka.org.au
Prep Choir Director: Alison Waddell
CHILDREN & YOUTH WORK
Sunday School: Belinda Leslie
belinda@stpaulsmanuka.org.au
Youth: Appointment pending
ADMINISTRATION
Parish Office Team: office@stpaulsmanuka.org.au
Parish Executive Officer: Gwen Munshya
CHURCH WARDENS
Parish Wardens: Bruce Glendinning, Greg Mills, Fiona Cochaud
Email: wardens@stpaulsmanuka.org.au
St David’s Red Hill Wardens: Lorraine Litster, Duncan Anderson, Robert Goodrick
Email: stdavids@stpaulsmanuka.org.au
Treasurer – Duncan Anderson
Email: treasurer@stpaulsmanuka.org.au