Leadership

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Leadership

We value the ministry of all of our members.

All the members of Ross River Anglican Church are ministers! The Scriptures see us as all being gifted for serving Christ, each other and our world as we build his church together.

Oversight and leadership of the church is provided by ministers ordained in the Anglican Church and other appointed leaders. The Senior Minister is Revd Tim Adkins who is assisted by Revd Haydn Swinbourn. Among their tasks is the training and equipping members for their frontline ministry in the world and their church..

Tim Adkins - Minister

Tim was ordained in the Diocese of North Queensland, having been ordained as a Deacon in the Diocese of Sydney. His theological training was at Moore College.

Tim grew up in a Christian home in the beautiful Blue Mountains, where he learned to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour. After University, he worked for a few years in corporate communication, then spent a year

working for his church (Christ Church Anglican Church in Gladesville). It was here that he was impacted by the model of systematic preaching from the scriptures. He worked for Christ Church as a Trainee before attending

Hadyn Swinbourn - Associate Minister

Haydn is the Coordinating Chaplain for 3rd Brigade, based at Lavarack barracks. He has served in army chaplaincy in Darwin, Canberra and Sydney.

Haydn was ordained as an Anglican minister in the Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn, serving as a curate at Narooma, working with Rick Lewers at St Matthews, Waniassa, and then as Rector of Yass. He started full time Army Chaplaincy in 2002.

Haydn trained for the ministry at St Mark’s, Canberra and holds a Bachelor of Theology and a Master of Ministry. He learned to be discriminating towards good coffee while

Moore College. Afterwards, he worked on the team at St James Carlton (now St George North Anglican Church) for five years before coming to Townsville as Chaplain of the Cathedral School.

Tim is married to Kathryn who among other talents, is not too rusty on the piano. They have three terrific children in Junior and Middle Schools at Cathedral. Tim’s hobbies once included losing golf balls. Now, they are his family, and on the odd occasion, sailing an old Hobie Cat.

studying. He also used to enjoy painting (not houses - little bits of board).

Haydn married Heather in 1980 and they have three children; Kaitlyn who now works for a Public Affairs company in Canberra, Phillipa who started a teaching degree in 2007 after a year of training in childcare, and Caleb who is in year 9 and among other things plays the drums.

The best thing about ministry is belonging to a bunch of folks who are learning together how to best use our gifts from God and learning to be better disciples.

Service

10.00am Sunday

The Cathedral School Middle School.

154 Ross River Road Townsville.

Best access via Thompson St. (Show me)

07 4728 5211 (office)