What is the Highbury St Fund?
When the Prospect Uniting Church in Highbury Street closed just before the new millennium, the remaining members of the congregation decided that the money from the sale of the property would go into ministry rather than other buildings. The people of this suburban congregation had become aware of new migrant ethnic churches which were developing nearby, and also in many other communities in Adelaide. A small group considered this for some time and decided they wanted to support the established and emerging leaders of these communities in the area of continuing (usually theological) education and in-service training. The Highbury Street Fund (HSF) is the result of this legacy and will continue to make an impact in the Christian community in South Australia. The HSF began operating from January 2002.
Since that time other ways for Christians of diverse ethnic backgrounds to be church have emerged in South Australia. These include new autonomous or denominationally-linked faith communities, and also groups and individuals joining existing Uniting Church congregations. In addition to this, those participating in church life now include temporary residents, e.g. international students, and sometimes their accompanying spouses or other family members.
Aim of the Fund
The main goal of the HSF is therefore to support leadership development across this variety of expressions of church via appropriate education and training.
Money is generally distributed twice each year from the interest gained from the capital fund. (Some funds may occasionally be distributed at other times). The money is managed in the Common Fund of the Presbytery and Synod of the Uniting Church in South Australia. Funds are allocated by the Highbury Street Fund (HSF) Committee.
Applications for funds are due on May 15 and October 31 each year. An interview may take place. Applicants will be informed of the result of their application within one month of these dates.
What type of education is covered by the fund?
• Short formal courses and intensives in Theological and Bible Colleges in South Australia (For longer term study an application could be made for the R.H.White Scholarship. Contact Uniting College of Leadership & Theology on 8416 8400 for more information – add UCL&T website link here?
• Short programmes and intensive courses in similar colleges interstate
• Leadership development courses
• Continuing education programmes offered by the mainline denominations
• In-service, lay education or other education centres recognised by the HSF Committee.
• Conferences
• Bringing in an interstate or overseas facilitator to lead a conference in Adelaide
Who can apply?
• People of diverse ethnic background with leadership roles within the Uniting Church and other Protestant churches and faith communities in South Australia.
• People of any age who have been identified as having leadership potential and whose HSF application is endorsed by their congregation.
What is funded?
• Fees and direct study expenses
• In some cases partial and in other cases full funding
• In some cases travel expenses
• Applicants are encouraged to submit a fully itemised budget of the proposed study which may include some funding provided by the applicant’s own faith community
• Funds are not normally provided for programmes already undertaken
Who is on the Highbury Street Fund Committee?
• A member of the Mission Resourcing Network of the Uniting Church Presbytery and Synod of South Australia
• A representative from the former Highbury Street congregation
• A Minister of the Word in the UCA-SA
• Four leaders representing the diverse faith communities
HIGHBURY STREET FUND
POSSIBLE TRAINING VENUES
Contact individual colleges for information about courses, subjects,
fees and timetables.
Adelaide College of Divinity
A consortium of local theological colleges:
Uniting College of Leadership and Theology (UCA)
St Barnabas’ Theological College (Anglican)
Catholic Theological College of SA (Roman Catholic)
34 Lipsett Terrace
Brooklyn Park, SA 5032
Phone: 8416 8400
www.ehlt.flinders.edu.au/theology
Bible College of SA
176 Wattle Street
Malvern SA 5061
Phone: 8291 8188
www.biblecollege.sa.edu.au
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide, SA 5001
Sturt Road
Bedford Park, SA 5042
Phone: 8201 3074
www.flinders.edu.au
Tabor College Australia
181 Goodwood road
Millswood, SA 5034
Phone: 8373 8777
www.tabor.edu.au
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