Southern Ranges Ministry District

This Ministry District consists of the parishes of All Saints Mount Barker, Saint Oswald’s Cranbrook, Saint Werburgh’s Chapel, Saint Peter’s Pindellup, Saint Mildred’s Tenterden and Anglicans in Kendenup who meet for the Eucharist once a month in the Community Church building. 

The Ministry District was inaugurated in 2006/7 but each centre has its own history mostly going back to the late 1800s.  The buildings date from the early 1900s. 

The Parish Priest is Father Roger Wood who came to the parish in October 2007 from the diocese of Ballarat. 

The congregations of All Saints, Saint Oswald and Saint Werburgh have Church Wardens and a Secretary.  The Ministry District Church wardens are currently Glenyse Robertson (9851 2772) and John Gillam (9826 8044) and the Council Secretary is Kerry Rodgers (9851 1925) Contact for Saint Werburgh’s may be made to Jenny Egerton-Warburton (9851 1162)

The service times are:
All Saints 1^st and 3^rd and 5^th Sundays 10.00 a.m. 2^nd and 4^th Sundays 8.00 a.m.
Saint Oswald’s 1^st and 3^rd Sundays 8.00 a.m. 2^nd and 4^th and 5^th Sundays 10.00 a.m.
Saint Werburgh’s 4^th Sunday 10.30 a.m.
Saint Mildred’s 5^th Sunday 8.00 a.m.
Saint Peter’s 5^th Sunday 10.30 a.m.

Recently the Ministry District had a Stewardship Programme and from that the following logo was adopted.

The logo represents both the Stirling Ranges and the Porongurup’s the two of the main farming enterprises – sheep and wine – and the orchid represents the wildflowers.  The centre of all things is Christ shown in the cross with a rising sun over the Stirling Ranges that may also be symbolic of the resurrection. 

 About five times a year a Ministry Newsletter is published.  There is a Weekly Pew News on which a vision statement is printed:  We aim to: Know Christ and make him known.