Kristen Dillon
Archbishop Philip has confirmed, subject to clearances, that our 2021 Theological Student in Residence Kristen Dillon will be ordained to the diaconate in St Pauls Cathedral Melbourne on Saturday 5 February 2022 and licensed to serve as the Assistant Curate here at East Ivanhoe from Sunday 6 February 2022. As you are aware Kristen is also a candidate for ministry with Anglican Defence Force Chaplaincy and it is our expectation that Kristen will serve with us until early 2024.
Kristen is overjoyed to be returning to serve with us in a full-time capacity and said, “I look forward to serving our Lord Jesus Christ with you all next year and am full of thanksgiving for Him placing me in such a supportive place in which I pray I can be a blessing to others, will increase my faith and love, and will prepare me for His future purpose.”ten is overjoyed to be returning to serve with us in a full-time capacity and said, “I look forward to serving our Lord Jesus Christ with you all next year and am full of thanksgiving for Him placing me in such a supportive place in which I pray I can be a blessing to others, will increase my faith and love, and will prepare me for His future purpose.”
Kathryn Lynch
We are grateful to Bishop Genieve and the diocese for funding the appointment of Ms Kathryn Lynch as our HeartEdge Mission worker. You may recall meeting Kathryn at St Georges in early 2020, in that time before COVID19.
I suspect that you would like to know more about Kathryn, who has supplied us with a short bio.
Kathryn grew up on a beef cattle property in North-Western NSW and spent the first half of her career as a Certified Practising Accountant with small and large businesses and institutions, and for a time worked with Aboriginal communities in the Clarence, Richmond and Tweed River areas. When she left public accountancy she moved into financial counselling, gambling counselling and micro-finance to use her accounting and finance skills with those in the community experiencing financial distress.
Kathryn was a volunteer lay preacher and lay presider with the Uniting Church, leading rural and regional congregations in the Far North Coast of NSW in worship each Sunday for nearly twenty years. Since moving to Sydney in 2015, Kathryn has worked as a University Chaplain at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she encourages students to grow in their faith, be part of a worshipping community and engage in social justice.
She is now a Lay Minister with the Uniting Church, and worships at St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Macquarie Street, Sydney… and also from to time at Christchurch St Laurence Anglican Church, near Sydney’s Central Station.
Kathryn visited St George’s East Ivanhoe in January 2020, just before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and enjoyed getting to meet the congregation over two Sundays (regretfully arriving when morning tea was on hold over the summer school holidays!). She is looking forward to borders being opened so she can see you face-to-face again.
She is excited that about the HeartEdge model of Commerce, Compassion, Culture and Congregational renewal. Her passion is to see local congregations be financially sustainable; bless their local community by compassionately and actively meeting social needs; be creative through music, art and performance; and engaging all in inclusive liturgy, worship and common life.
Kathryn loves singing in choirs, jazz music, bushwalking, and board-gaming. She is a skilled needleworker and quilter; an avid reader and podcast listener; and these days spends time watching Netflix and connecting with people on Zoom.
