<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks for this bit, Isobel. What was that like, the Sydney Religious House??<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
into a celebration<br>
is not easy. Come </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">and let us talk</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">“. </span></p><p class="p1"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 19pt;">The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 21, 2023, at 10:06 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" dir="auto" class=""><div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" dir="auto" class=""><div class="WordSection1"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear everyone, </div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I would like to add a few lines about dearest Ann Duffy.</div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Duffy, Oakley and Robins families were all part of the Ecumenical ministry team in Broken Hill. The Duffys were Presbyterian</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" dir="auto" class=""><div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" dir="auto" class=""><div class="WordSection1"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> ( like Jim and I )The Robins and Oakleys were Methodist. ( Later in 1977, we all become members of the new Uniting Church in Australia. A long and complex story how our Church was formed…) </div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Broken Hill is way out west in the State of New South Wales. It is 715 miles, or 1151km from Sydney ! In those days it was primarily a mining town. </div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Don Clark and I taught the first RS1 there, as far as I remember…. It went well, others can add/correct, please.</div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ann and Rob and their family were part of the first Sydney Religious House in Australia. This Religious House was actually the Paddington Manse, the Church house in which Jim and family lived . </div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ann was a primary School Teacher, and yes, was an early ‘ Permeator’. Ann was also a person who always carefully weighed up the consequences and did not act without due consideration as to the effects of the decision she was making. I personally appreciated the way she challenged issues analytically. I remember most of all Ann’s laugh, given as a sincere deep laugh, almost a low chuckle. </div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The early days were quite hard as we adjusted to missional family living. While the Duffys were living in this House, we invited some children from Mowanjum, a former Presbyterian Aboriginal Mission, to come and live with us. These children and our own bunches all attended the local Primary School where Ann taught some of them. This required us to expand our living space, so we ended up with our children and some adults living in two Church houses on the same block of land. Steve Rhea may remember some of this, or Jeanette Stanfield. ! </div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Later, Ann and Rob were Area Priors of Area Edmonton before they moved to Chicago Centrum when Rob was assigned to the Panchayat. From there, they were assigned to Hong Kong where Ann and Rob worked across South East Asia before returning to the Sydney House. Eventually they returned to congregational ministry when Rob was appointed minister at Canowindra Uniting Church in western New South Wales. </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Grace and peace be yours,</div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Isobel </div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Isobel and Jim Bishop<br class=""><a href="mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au" class="">isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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