Parish Of Tarcutta
St Paul's Turvey Park has a partnership arrangement with the Parish of Tarcutta. This involves the sharing of staff and other resources and is a practical expression of our desire to support ministry in rural Australia.
The Tarcutta parish has 4 centres. These are: St Mark's Tarcutta, St Alban's Westbrook, St Peter's Mundarlo and Union Church Humula. St Mark’s Tarcutta has services at 10 AM each Sunday. St Alban's Westbrook meets on the fourth Sunday of the month at 2 PM. St Peter's Mundarlo and Union Church Humula have occasional services.
Tarcutta is a small farming community relying mainly on sheep, cattle and crops, and the interstate truck drivers who use the town as a change-over point in the trade between Sydney and Melbourne. Tarcutta is halfway between these two cities. It is about 50 kilometres and 45 minutes from Wagga Wagga.
Multicultural Ministries
St Paul's is blessed to have many people from many backgrounds attending our congregation. We are very thankful to God for his amazing work in this area.
In 2006 our multicultural ministry expanded. We had an African Inland Mission Minister join the staff team and an African Anglican Deacon join the church and initiate and lead the Dinka (Sudanese) service.
The Christian Resource Centre
Another venture is the establishment of the Resource Centre. It has a library with books on many topics from Theology to sewing to Australian History. It also has computers and sewing machines. It has information on correspondence Theology Courses. People can access the Centre Mon - Fri Mornings.
General Support
St Paul's is also offering support to a number of refugees in a number of ways. For example: as part of the Sunday Schools, we are supporting children develop their literacy and numeracy skills so they can flourish at school.