The pictures shows the group of final year Medical Students from Scotland on a placement in Victoria pictured with the parish organist Dr Robert Ried. They are having a real taste of the variety of lifestyles available in the State of Victoria. This is one of the smallest churches in the Diocese of Ballarat and was moved to Wallinduc from the Goldfields. It is the only church that I know that still uses the harmonium for every service. Dr Ried likes to give the congregation their monies-worth so they have 5 hymns per service, each with a minimum of 6 verses!Kevin writes from the perspective of being an Englishmen in an Anglican rural diocese in Australia. Links to his other Blogs are in the side-panel.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The pictures shows the group of final year Medical Students from Scotland on a placement in Victoria pictured with the parish organist Dr Robert Ried. They are having a real taste of the variety of lifestyles available in the State of Victoria. This is one of the smallest churches in the Diocese of Ballarat and was moved to Wallinduc from the Goldfields. It is the only church that I know that still uses the harmonium for every service. Dr Ried likes to give the congregation their monies-worth so they have 5 hymns per service, each with a minimum of 6 verses!
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