Leadership Team
Bob George - RectorSince his ordination in 1975, Bob has served in four dioceses around Australia with a considerable amount of his ministry undertaken through the Bush Church Aid Society and a number of chaplaincies. His ministry in Alice Springs includes a chaplaincy to the staff of Anglicare NT. At the Diocesan level, he is the Archdeacon of Central Australia, an honorary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral in Darwin, a member of Diocesan Council and an Examining Chaplain. He is married to Rigmor and they have two adult children and two grandchildren. Bob’s hobbies include reading, bushwalking and following sport. |
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Gill Wright - Parish Community WorkerOriginally from England, Gill has lived in Australia for almost 25 years, the last three of which have been in Alice Springs. Her role as Parish Community Worker for 10 hours per week, involving coordination of pastoral care and outreach, is in addition to her position as Quality and Safety Manager at the Alice Springs Hospital. |
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Ken Langford-Smith - Rector’s WardenKen is in his eighth year as the Principal of Yipirinya School in Alice Springs, a school for Indigenous children which offers two way education, bilingual and bicultural. Yipirinya means ‘caterpillar’ and the School takes its name and ethos from the Caterpillar Dreamtime of the Arrernte people of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). |
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Eileen Boocock - People’s WardenOriginally from England, Eileen has lived in Alice Springs for more than thirty years. She has now retired from a career in the health sector and enjoys involvement in a wide range of community organisations. Eileen has participated in the wider life of the Diocese for many years by serving as a Council, Board and Advisory Group member. |
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Allan Weeks OAM - Acting People’s WardenAllan has been a member of the parish for some six years, spending most of the year in Alice Springs and the hot summer months back on their leased farm at Alexandra in Victoria. Together with Pat his wife, they have developed a local business in Alice Springs reproducing for sale images of Central Australian wild flowers. Allan is the photographer and Pat is the botanical artist. |
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Management of the ParishWorship and ministry of the parish is managed by Parish Council which is elected annually and meets monthly. |