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Proclaiming in Kangaroo Island
with The Henleys
On a little island off the coast of Adelaide,
there is a small community working to
make a difference through the gospel. In
a place whose livelihood depends largely
on tourism, it is having a significant
impact on people.
BCA Field
Staff the Revd
Brad and Dr Joh
Henley, who
serve with the
Island’s Kingscote
Anglican Church,
are starting a
new ministry
Recently the Henleys were interviewed
on the Island by the local newspaper ‘The
Islander’. Here is some of what they had to
say about life on Kangaroo Island…
How have you settled in here?
Everyone has been very warm and
welcoming and
it hasn’t taken
long to become
part of this
community.
People are
very generous
and they pull
together to make
called ‘Mainly
Music.’ The idea
A wonderful portrait of the Henley family in Kangaroo
Island
things happen
as volunteers for
is for parents
CFS and SES, or
and carers to bring along their children for
a thirty minute session of music, rhyme,
movement, listening and more. Adults
must participate in it, for that encourages
the children to join in. This is followed by
a morning tea, which gives children the
opportunity to enjoy the company of one
another and the adults to do the same.
The programme has now officially started
and invitations have gone out to families
in the area. This is only just the beginning
however. Brad says, “We’re excited for
many reasons. One reason is because it is
a team ministry that enables all ages of
parishioners to contribute in significant
ways to help in serving young families and
proclaiming Christ in word and deed.”
the way our local Churches come together.
What do you love most about KI?
It would have to be the people and it’s
wonderful to be invited to take part in
community events and feel that we fit in
already.
Your favourite spot on KI?
Stokes Bay because I first visited the
island when I was eight years old. My
brothers and I and our cousins went there
with our parents. We were poking around
the rocks looking for crabs and wondering
why the adults had brought us here when
one of us saw the sign to the beach. We
went through the rocks to this untouched
beach and I felt like I was the first person
on earth to go there.
10 SPRING 2013