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James Collins

The following verse attributed to King Alfred has played an important part in my life:

To see Thee is the End and the Beginning
Thou carriest me and thou goest before
Thou art the Journey and the journey's End.

I believe that God is love, and that where there is love there is God. God has been present with me, sustaining me throughout my life as an ever present Presence. Sometimes God is revealed in quietness and peace, sometimes through hardship and disquiet; but most often through the love of those who care.

As God is the God of love, and life, and of being, we are called to participate in and share God's love, life, and being, so that others may love, live, and be who and what God intends them to be (that is, to grow into the fullness of life which God has for all). This call to participate in and share God's love, life, and being may, at times, involve a struggle to work for justice and peace, and involves an active engagement with our community/society.

This Kingdom of God way of living is beautifully expressed in the words of Micah chapter 6 verse 8:

He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?

It is wonderful to be part of a Diocese which is seriously seeking to engage in this mission to, for, and with our community/society.

Enabler of the parishes of New Norfolk, Break O'Day and Hamilton. Part-time Priest in Charge of the Parish of Moonah

Contact

5 Yardley Street
NORTH HOBART TAS 7000

phone home 6231 6020 mobile 0428 31 6020

hjcollins@bigpond.com

Spouse Helen

Born 31 October 1959

Ordained
  • deacon 1987, Perth
  • priest 1988, Perth
Qualifications
  • Dip Teach, Claremont TC, 1981
  • Grad Dip RE, Cath Past Inst WA, 1983
  • Grad Dip RE Stud's, WACAE, 1983
  • BEd, WACAE, 1984
  • BTheol, Murdoch Uni, 1987
  • Post Grad Dip Arts (Rel Stud's), Edith Cowan Uni, 1993
  • MA (Rel Stud's), Edith Cowan Uni, 1995
Ministry career
  • Assistant Curate Gosnells 1987-1988
  • Assistant Curate Scarborough 1988-1990
  • Rector Morawa/Perenjori 1990-1991
  • Assistant Curate Mosman Park 1991
  • Locum Tenens Mosman Park 1991-1992
  • Chaplain Curtin University 1993-1994
  • Rector City Beach 1994-1998
  • Manager LGSFDCS 1998-2000
  • Enabler to Channel/Cygnet 2001-2007
  • Enabler parishes of Channel/Cygnet, New Norfolk, and Break O'Day from September 2001
  • Enabler to Hamilton from August 2003
  • Priest in Charge Moonah March 2007