” Demonstrating the Presence of Christ in the Market Place”
The Box Hill Chaplaincy Project is a small charity that provides a Chaplain 2 days a week to employees, employers, visitors and anyone else associated with the Box Hill Shopping Centre with free care and counselling. Sometimes this ministry extends far beyond Box Hill and includes those who are financially disadvantaged, and people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.
The Box Hill Chaplaincy Project commenced in 1988 as an off shoot of the Box Hill Inter-Church Council. One of the initiators was Rev. Fr. Hal Ranger from St Francis Xavier Catholic Church – a remarkable man who was also an officer of the then City of Box Hill. Shortly after, the churches wound up the inter-church council leaving the Chaplaincy as the only ecumenical body in the area.
The Chaplaincy is an incorporated organization, and consists of individuals drawn from the Baptist, Catholic, Christian Disciples, Lutheran and Uniting Churches.
As well as supporting the Chaplain the committee holds four breakfasts per year, in March, May, September and November.
These feature interesting speakers and members of the public are welcome to attend.
Box Hill churches support the Chaplaincy by annual subscriptions but most of its income derives from Mission Enterprises Blackburn Limited.
Contact (ACNC information):
John Barrie Paul, Treasurer
paulmeb@gmail.com;0398771971
67 Salisbury Ave, Blackburn VIC, 3130, Australia
ACNC
Supporting Churches: Baptist, Catholic, Christian Disciples, Lutheran and Uniting churches.
UCA
St Andrew’s Box Hill
Rev Paul Ryu and Rev Joseph Kim
Ph: (03) 9890 1515
Email: standrewsboxhill@gmail.com
Postal Address: St Andrews Uniting Church, 909 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Victoria 3128
http://www.boxhill.unitingchurch.org.au
Wesley UC Box Hill
https://wesleyboxhill.unitingchurch.org.au
BAPTIST
Box Hill Baptist Church
3-5 Ellingworth Parade, Box Hill
03 9890 1275
LUTHERAN
St Paul’s Box Hill
https://www.stpaulsboxhill.org.au
Ph: (03) 9899 0623
Email: office@stpaulsboxhill.org.au
CATHOLIC
St Francis Xavier & St Clare
Catholic Parish of Greater Box Hill
https://www.cam1.org.au/boxhill/
1087 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128
Ph (03) 9401 6371
Email – boxhill@cam.org.au
CHRISTIAN DISCIPLES
15 Ellingworth Parade, Box Hill VIC 3128
Phone: 0449 717 753
Contact person: Morrisson Wang, morrissonwang@hotmail.com
Postal: 2/59 Watts Street, Box Hill North 3129, Victoria