Henty Lockhart Presbyterian Church

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======= Information about us =======

==== Vision, Mission, Values ====

To find more information about our Vision, please download our 
{{wiki:vision.pdf|Vision}} document.

Our Vision was created in 2019 and every year we have vision Sunday where we reminder ourselves of our vission and think about how we will implement our vision in the coming year. 

==== Our History ====

In 1916 the Henty Parish became a fully sanctioned charge. But prior to this ministry in the Henty area continued to operate. The first service in Henty was held on the 20th May 1894 in the paint room of the blacksmith's shop. Later services were held in the Public School until the Union church was built in 1915.

Our first inducted minister was Rev John Walker. As the parish grew, fellowship groups were formed at Mundawadra, Ryan and Yerong Creek. In 1935 the Foundation stone was laid for the new church building (our current building in Henty) and the building completed in 1936.

Ministers who have served in the Henty Parish are as follows:

  * 1916 - 1919   -  Rev John Walker
  * 1920 - 1926   -  Rev George Edwards
  * 1926 - 1931   -  Rev Edward Smyth
  * 1932 - 1937   -  Rev Robert Woodger
  * 1938 - 1940   -  Rev Robert Somerville
  * 1940 - 1947   -  Rev Robert Campbell
  * 1948 - 1952   -  Rev Arthur Bailey
  * 1953 - 1958   -  Rev Douglas Ritchie
  * 1959 - 1964   -  Rev J.W. Miller
  * 1965 - 1970   -  Rev Robert Taggert
  * 1971 - 1974   -  Rev Milton Gee
  * 1975 - 1978   -  Rev David Sloane
  * 1979 - 1982   -  Rev David Burke
  * 1983 - 1984   -  Rev Dr Lewis Robins
  * 1985 - 1989   -  Rev David Thurston
  * 1991 - 1994   -  Rev Robert Finster
  * 1996 - 2003   -  Rev Peter Greiner
  * 2004 - 2008   -  Rev Mike O'Connor
  * 2008 - 2009   -  Mr Danny Ford
  * 2010 - 2012   -  Mr Bob Thurlow
  * 2013 - 2014   -  Mr Andrew Carmichael
  * 2015 - Present   -  Rev Craig Nicholas 
       
==== Our Current Minister: Rev Craig Nicholas ====

Craig was ordained in March 2014 and started at Henty/Lockhart on the 1st May 2015.

Prior to coming to Henty, Craig was an Assistant to the Minister at the [[http://www.beecroftpresbyterian.org.au|Beecroft Presbyterian Church ]] from 2012 to 2014. Previous to this Craig was the student minister at Beecroft Presbyterian while he trained at the Presbyterian Theological Centre, Burwood (now known as [[http://www.christcollege.edu.au/|Christ Collage]]). Craig completed a Master of Divinity, a Graduate Diploma of Divinity and a Master of Arts of Theology which included a 15,000 word thesis on chapter 14 of the book of Zechariah. He has also recently completed a graduate certificate in divinity as preparation for a forthcoming Masters in Theology.

Prior to Bible Collage, Craig attended Newcastle University where he completed a Bachelor of Mathematics and a Masters of Statistics. Craig worked for 8 years as a statistician at [[http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/hneph/Pages/HNE-Population-Health.aspx|Hunter New England Population Health]] and also did a year at the [[http://www.bhi.nsw.gov.au/|Bureau of Health Information]] in Sydney, crunching the data on public hospital performance. 

Craig is married to Amie. Craig enjoys all sports and is passionate about seeing the Gospel of Jesus impact lives and communities.   

Craig and Amie's arrival made the local paper. You can read more about that [[http://www.easternriverinachronicle.com.au/story/3054154/hentys-new-minister-has-arrived/|here]].





==== Centenary Celebrations - 2016 ====

In 2016, we celebrated 100 years of being a fully sanctioned charge and 80 years of our current building in which we currently meet.

On the weekend of the  1st, 2nd and 3rd April 2016 we had a full weekend, starting with the 60th Debutant Ball on Friday night, a wonderful celebratory dinner on Saturday Night (with former minister Rev David Burke guest speaker) and a wonderful thanksgiving service on Sunday. 

The [[http://www.easternriverinachronicle.com.au/story/3744288/debutantes-set-to-shine-at-henty-ball/?cs=633|Local paper]] run an article on our celebrations. 

For our centenary we created the following items which are still available for sale:

(1) Centenary Tea-Towels which are available for purchase for $15 each. The design can be found here

(2) Our updated history book of the parish which is available for $20. A picture of the book can be found here.