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Record of Service: Rev Juleen Villis (Deacon)

September 30th, 2020 · No Comments · Deacon profiles, Record of service

I was born in 1954, the eldest of 6 children and I lived in Murrayville in the Victorian Mallee for the first 15 years of my life. Looking back on my childhood, I always had a deep yearning for meaning, but at that time had no way of knowing or expressing what that was as […]

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Deaconess Myra Gebhardt (NSW)

January 24th, 2019 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Myra went to college in 1951-1961, and served in the Menindee Nursing Service from 1961-1963, and Forestville Mission, Beacon Hill from 1963-1965 (with Rev Bush). She undertook voluntary work in Coonamble, Lismore, Queanbeyan, and also Cootamundra in 1982. She spent three years at Campbelltown Uniting Church pre-school for abused children. She worked a further 11 […]

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