Anglican Board of Mission – Australia
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Anglican Board of Mission - Mission Day
Mission Day is planned for Tuesday, 17th June 2008 at the Cathedral Church of Ss Peter and Paul, Port Pirie. The guest speaker will be Tricia Graham, the National Auxiliary President, and the day will have morning tea served from 10:00am onwards with a Eucharist at midday and a pooled lunch to share. Please wear your name tag and bring used stamps and also bring any friends who may be interested in the work of ABM. This is always a good day and I would encourage as many people as possible to come to support the important work done both in Australia and overseas by ABM.

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The Diocese of Willochra is involved in mission with partner Anglican Churches in the Pacific and Asia. We support the mission of the Church through the Anglican Board of Mission – Australia, the official organization of the General Synod of Australia. (See www.abmission.org)
Partners in Mission through ABM-A

Congregations in Parishes and Ministry Districts are encouraged to support a particular project with ABM-A each year. It may be one involving indigenous people in Australia or an overseas project involving church support and development. An example of an indigenous project in Australia is financial support for Wontulp Bi-buyu College in Cairns which provides leadership education and theological study for indigenous people. An overseas project might be one providing water and sanitation for village people in the Philippines. ABM-A offers dozens of projects from which congregations choose one or two they would like to support. In this way they become a partner in mission with others in the Church.

Bishop Garry Weatherill with Bishop Joe Kopapa from the Diocese of Popondota, PNG who visited the Diocese of Willochra in March 2007.
People in the Diocese of Willochra take great delight in hearing directly about the mission of the Church overseas. When ABM-A brings overseas visitors to our Diocese they are given a warm welcome and an opportunity to meet many people. The awareness about mission through ABM-A is such that the Diocese of Willochra gives generously.

Other Mission Support

People in the Diocese are also generous in their support of  the Bush Church Aid Society, working in remote and rural areas in Australia. BCA  provides support for ministry in the remote mining towns of the Diocese – Coober Pedy, Roxby Downs and Leigh creek and their outlying mission areas.
The Church Missionary Society also receives good support from many congregations. Present Willochran missionaries overseas are Frances Cook in Chile, Owen and Mary Lewis in Nepal and Grant and Janna Lock in Afghanistan. The Diocese also supports the national Home Mission Fund and is itself a recipient of NHMS funding.