When Rev John Dihm explains to people what Patrol Ministry is all about, he has a simple answer. “It’s a ministry of friendship more than anything else,” he says simply. John is a Frontier Services Patrol Minister in South Australia. His patch, the Parkin Patrol, covers 500,000sq km. Based out of Hawker, the Patrol includes …
June 4, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Centralian Advocate – ‘Dodge journey raises funds’
DODGE JOURNEY RAISES FUNDS. Centralian Advocate, 25 May 2012. ALICE Springs Frontier Services this week joined the rest of the country to launch its Cover the Country campaign to raise money needed to continue to care for Australians in remote areas. Frontier Services Business Manager NT Phil Burgess says every $20 donated will help Frontier Services provide a wide range of services, including children’s services, health care and aged …
June 4, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
ABC Rural – ‘Reverend John Flynn still supporting rural communities’
REVEREND JOHN FLYNN STILL SUPPORTING RURAL COMMUNITIES. ABC Rural and Resources News for Western and North West Queensland, Friday May 25th 2012. One hundred years ago, Reverend John Flynn founded the Australian Inland Mission which provided support for communities in rural Australia. A century on, Frontier Services continues Flynn’s work and this week launched …
June 4, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Vision Radio Network – ‘Frontier Services launches $20 campaign’
FRONTIER SERVICES LAUNCHES $20 CAMPAIGN. Vision Radio Network, May 2012. Frontier Services has launched its Cover the Country campaign to raise the money it needs to continue to care for the people of remote Australia for the next 100 years. Frontier Services grew out of the work of Australian visionary Rev John Flynn – …
June 1, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Volunteers become life-long friends in the outback
Tina and Max Zalakos can tell you first hand that living in the outback can be tough. Not because they experience it every day, but because for two months they were the helping hand for a family living in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, providing the extra support they needed while recovering from a …
June 1, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Alice Springs Centenary Celebrations
Patrol Minister Colin Gordon leads the AIM Centenary Celebrations riding a camel through the Alice Springs Mall to Adelaide House, one of the many events held in April.
May 29, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Radium Hill pays tribute to its outback nurses
Sr Dulcie Gibson and Connie Savage in 1957-8The nurses who worked at the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) hospital in Radium Hill more than 50 years ago were celebrated as “unsung heroes” at a special Centenary display this month. A collection of historical photos and records went on display at the beginning of May at the …
May 25, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Communities suffer with Fly In, Fly Out
The increasing reliance on Fly In, Fly Out workers is making it significantly harder to deliver the essential services needed in remote communities, Frontier Services told a Federal Inquiry today. The enormous salaries on offer to FIFO workers in the mining sector has made it incredibly difficult to recruit professional counsellors, nurses and family support …
May 24, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
A baptism in the bush
Six families, 15 children, 100 guests and one Patrol Minister gathered in the heart of outback Queensland for the Nebine Bush Christening. Frontier Services Patrol Minister Rev John Case baptised all of the children on the tennis courts of the Nebine Community Centre as friends and family watched on. The Nebine Centre, 190km west of …
May 24, 2012 In Uncategorised By Frontier Services
Bush Telegraph – ‘100 Years of Frontier Services’
100 YEARS OF FRONTIER SERVICES. Bush Telegraph, 17 May 2012. One hundred years ago, Reverend John Flynn came up with a plan that changed the course of Australia’s social and medical history. He presented a unique proposal to the Presbyterian Church to set up community and health care in outback Australia. The church gave it …