Presbytery of Gippsland

The Presbytery of Gippsland covers approximately one fifth of Victoria and extends from Koo Wee Rup in the west through to Mallacoota in the east, from Philip Island and Bass Coast in the south to the Victorian High Country in the north.

The Presbytery of Gippsland endorsed a ministry strategy called the Fig Tree Project, based on the parable in the thirteenth chapter of the gospel of Luke, in May 2019. Ministry agents were called to the Presbytery into teams with pastoral responsibility for one or more congregations. Each ministry team group was given the name of a bird.

The Presbytery has also supported bushfire-affected areas with chaplaincy and in partnership with Frontier Services and the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania. Until July 2024, Gippsland had a Bushfire Relief Chaplain; and will continue providing ministry to settled communities in Omeo-Swifts Creek and the High-Country Remote Area Ministry in East Gippsland.

Within the Presbytery there are a few Co-operating Parishes: Neerim South Co-operating Parish, Croajingolong Co-operating Parish (Anglican/Uniting), and the Co-operating Churches of Churchill Boolarra Yinnar (UCA, Anglican) There are several other congregations that have a covenanted agreement or arrangement to share in, offer to, or receive ministry or hospitality from other denominations.

The Presbytery includes within its borders the Lake Tyers Camp and Caravan Park in the east (near Lakes Entrance) and hosts an annual school aged camp in September each year.

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Our team

Presbytery Chairperson: Rev Fee Morrison Email | Phone: 0418 661 103

Presbytery Secretary: Debbie Bye. Email | Phone: 0408 499 046

Missional Support Resource Minister: Debbie Bye. Email | Phone: 0408 499 046

Pastoral Resource Minister: Rev Vic Heyward Email | Phone: 0425 734 353

Mission Strategy & Ed Resource Minister and PeLM: Rev Chris Rowney Email | Phone: 0407 881 260

Office phone: 0408 499 046

Mail: PO Box 88, Stratford, Vic, 3862