Meet the Parish . . .

How to find us Clergy Vicar - Bishop Gerald Beaumont Assistant Priest - Rev'd Joy Letts Hon. Associate Priest - Rev'd Helen Creed Hon. Associate Priest - Rev'd Dr. Brian Porter Parish Office Director of Music Stewardship BCA Co-ordinator
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How to find us . . .

We are located at:
552 Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.

Our Mailing address is:
552 Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124 Australia.

Clergy . . .

Vicar - Rt. Reverend Gerald Edward Beaumont

Rt. Rev'd Gerald Beaumont

Bishop Gerald Beaumont was instituted as Incumbent on 19th February 2004.

Contact St John's Telephone: 03 9882 4851
E-mail: vicar@stjohnscamberwell.org.au

To read more about Bp. Gerald and Dr. Lyn Beaumont click here

Assistant Priest - The Rev'd Joy Letts

Joy Letts
Telephone at St John's: 9882 4851
Telephone Home: 9818 2874
Email: joy.letts@stjohnscamberwell.org.au

Formerly Vicar of the Parish of the Holy Name, Vermont South, and St Mark’s East Brighton, Joy was ordained Priest with the group of first women priests in Melbourne in 1992. Joy served her curacies at St John’s Toorak and St Peter’s BoxHill. She has impressive formal qualifications with Degrees in Theology, Social Work and Education.

She has worked as a teacher and administrator in both the private and state education system in Melbourne and London; she has extensive front-line experience as a Social Worker and Clinical Counsellor, working in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse; grief and bereavement counselling, and family counselling. Joy has held a number of ministry positions since ordination, including Chaplain Coordinator with Anglican Aged Care, Associate Priest at St Paul's Canterbury, School Chaplain at Lowther Hall; Acting Vicar at St Augustine’s Mentone. She has served on several Boards such as CCES, LifeWorks, Shelford GGS, Diocesan Education and Aids Committee, Anglicare Council.

Joy accepted the Archbishop's appointment to our Parish of St John’s Camberwell, which was made on the nomination of the Vicar and the Church Wardens.

Hon. Associate Priest - The Rev'd Helen Creed

Helen Creed
Email: creedh@camgirls.vic.edu.au

Helen is currently Chaplain to Camberwell Girls' Grammar School, a role she began in 2004. She was originally trained as an English teacher. Helen was ordained a deacon in February 2002 and a Priest later that year. She is married to Roger, a member of the Choir, who is a teacher at Caulfield Grammar.

Hon. Associate Priest - The Rev'd Dr. Brian Porter

Brian Porter
Telephone: 9882 8740

Brian recently retired as Senior Chaplain of Melbourne Grammar School. He is married to Muriel and they have two children: Patrick (31) recently completed a Doctorate of Philosophy at Magdalen College Oxford on the First World War. He is a Lecturer at King's College, Univ of London. Emily (29) is a Melbourne barrister.

Brian was born in Melbourne, educated at Caulfield Grammar School, and at Monash, New England and Cambridge Universities. He was recently made a Doctor of Theology for a study of Archbishop Frank Woods 1957-1977.

He has been associated with St John's since 1992, but has always been a school chaplain assisting in a wide variety of parishes in Sydney, Cambridge, Canberra and Melbourne. He is book review editor for The Melbourne Anglican, and has just completed writing a book on Archbishop Sir Frank Woods to be published for the centenary celebration of Frank Woods in April 2007 at Trinity College.

He calls himself theologically a high church liberal. He rejoices in the Anglican synthesis of scripture, tradition and reason. He most admires Bishops Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury) and Richard Holloway (recently retired primate of the Church in Scotland).

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Parish Office . . .

Office Hours: 10.00am to 3.00pm, Tuesday to Friday.
Telephone:03 9882 4851
Facsimile:03 9882 0086
Email: office@stjohnscamberwell.org.au

Dawn Sullivan - Parish Administrator

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Director of Music . . .

Director of Music: Jennifer Chou
Telephone: 03 9882 4851 E-mail: musicdirector@stjohnscamberwell.org.au

Stewardship . . .

An envelope giving program operates in the parish for regular offertory to the work of God.

For more information talk to the Vicar's Warden
Neil Nyholm Telephone: 9546 1922

Bush Church Aid Society . . .

B.C.A. is a missionary organisation of the Anglican Church of Australia. It has been operating in outback Australia for over 80 years. The mission areas embrace mining towns and cattle stations in outback Australia with over 24 centres being staffed by Clergy and lay people.

The parishoners of St John's Camberwell are keen financial supporters of B.C.A. An offertory box system operates in the Parish with boxes being collected every May and November. If you would like to become a supporter of B.C.A., contact Geoff McCombe or the parish office on 9882 4851.

Bush Church Aid Society

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