Dear Sharon,
The Local congregation - there were 6 at the Service on the Sunday when we celebrated the completion of the painting of the ceiling, windows and all the doors- were thrilled. ! (  population 100),  it is used by all denominations-  (I found a  Missal and an Anglican Prayer Book in a cupboard :) 
So that means any Clergy could pop in and hold a Service of Worship for any of their Parishioners.. 
I love it that you have the opportunity to hold a form of Town Hall meetings once again for your Semiquincentennial.   Hallelujah again! 
It is a time Active Trust. 
With my love to you all,
Isobel 




On 14 Jun 2026, at 11:27 am, Sharon Fisher <saf1220@gmail.com> wrote:

What a fine transformation your team gave the church at Tibooburra. What was the response of the local congregation?

Thanks for your care and resilience!

Grace and peace,
Sharon

On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 2:28 AM Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:


Dear Diann, 
How lovely to hear in person (Almost )! 
Please continue to stand tall in your wonderful country - what a difference your Congregation is making Sunday by  Sunday, week by month.  Please excuse the earlier attempt to reply with silly typos! 🤨
Dear Shelley, 
Thank you for your kind words😊⭐️
Oh yes, I’ll pass on your love to Rebecca. 
Wth peace and joy to you both, and all. 
Isobel  



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On 13 Jun 2026, at 11:59 am, Diann McCabe <diann.mccabe@gmail.com> wrote:

What a wonderful community, Isobel. Great to see you in the midst of this work. Thank you, Diann

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 12, 2026, at 8:07 PM, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:



Dear Mary, 
What a lovely thing to say, thank you. 😊🌠 
It’s interesting to note that I did not know any female  90 yr olds as a role model for me to observe from my 60’s onwards  ( 30 yrs ago) 
Since then women and men have been living longer which is marvellous👋 so I’ve had the chance to witness some late 80’s,  early 90’s,  women in particular. 
My Uncle lived to  2 mths off a hundred about 12 yrs ago  (at which Jim officiated  at his  Funeral). Change is so quietly constant,  it seems. 
Thank you dear Sunny and Beret for expressing  your enjoyment of the video. I can see you  all in my mind and spirit .  Those Order/EI/ ICA years  are well remembered- despite the seriously rough  times for my children. 
Dear Mari, 
Thank you for  all your questions and thoughts, I’ll be thinking about them deeply before I respond 🙏
Here it is ridiculously warm 
for winter. Sadly the climate is very skew whiff,  and we are still wrecking it .
I have  another video relating to my passion over the Aboriginal community here. 
By & by I’ll send it over.
 It’s more a family story. 
With my love, 
Isobel xoxo 


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On 12 Jun 2026, at 10:26 pm, mary hampton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:


thank you Isobel.

So good to hear from you.

I love having older role models.

Mary Hampton

On Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 06:17:05 PM CDT, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:




Dear friends all over North America,
I thought you may like to see something a bit different . There is so much hatred etc going on, here is the outback far western part of the State of New South Wales.
My daughter Cathy & I were part of the volunteer team last  month. Frontier Services is the ‘outback ‘ arm of my Church ,the Uniting Church  in Australia. I am many years now a retired Minister of the Church (  as was Jim).
Thank you for the recent chat about Worship in Church , I found it so lovely to read !
Special thanks to Dianne, Sherwood, Wanda and Nancy !
The Church I now attend is bending  the trend of most of the wider Church.
Lots of children, couples, gender diverse, gender identity young ones. It’s a joy to be there on Sunday, both morning and evening😊🌠
The Ministers are a team: Wife & Husband- it’s very heartening as now at 90, I’ve seen so much in the institutional Church !
I can walk just a 3 min walk too.
With my love to you  all, from down here ,
Isobel


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