The newly developing suburbs of Clyde and Clyde North will have a new church from Sunday 5 February this year.
Proclaim Anglican Church has been established as a project of Berwick Anglican Church with a goal of providing Anglican Christian services for communities in the developing residential suburbs to the south of Berwick.
Reverend Reece Kelly will be the Pastor of the new church and is looking forward to welcoming local residents to this new church which will initially meet at the Eliston Community Centre located at 20 Eliston Avenue, Clyde each Sunday for services commencing at 9am.
Foundation Pastor Rev Reece Kelly was formally Associate Pastor at Berwick Anglican Church. Rev Kelly was born in Echuca where he attended primary and secondary schools prior to enrolling at La Trobe University in Bendigo to study education.
After three years at university, Rev Kelly considered that Bible teaching rather than general teaching was the direction he wished to take.
Accordingly, Rev Kelly commenced studies at the Melbourne School of Theology and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Ministry in 2016.
In the following year he took the position of Youth Minister at Berwick Anglican Church and began further studies culminating in a Graduate Diploma in Divinity from Ridley College in 2018.
Rev Kelly became Assistant Minister at Berwick in 2019 and Associate Minister in 2021 during which time he acted as locum during a transition to the new Vicar at Berwick Rev Vijay Henderson.
Announcing the establishment of the new church Rev Kelly commented “The growth of Clyde and Clyde North over the last five years is astounding.
“It is staggering that with the growth taking place here, there is not one place of worship.
We are planting an Anglican church in hopes of becoming a permanent and visible community presence for the people of Clyde and Clyde North.”
The suburbs of Clyde and Clyde North have grown substantially over the past six years from a combined population of 10,300 to the current figure of just on 50,000.
The original small township of Clyde was a small hamlet, and Clyde North a farming area, but these days they are a thriving community made up of thousands of new dwellings.
Proclaim Anglican Church aims to be a Gospel centred, Word focused community that is on mission in Clyde and Clyde North.
The Proclaim Anglican Church at Clyde/Clyde North will provide a Christian family church catering for all ages, with programs for all.
This new district is made up of many young families and it is anticipated that the new church will be a focus for young people, their parents, and older residents looking for a vibrant Bible- teaching place of worship.
The first service will be conducted at the Eliston Community Centre in Eliston Avenue, Clyde on 5 February at 9.00am.
All are invited to attend and will be made very welcome – any enquiries may be directed to Rev Reece Kelly at – reece.kelly.p@gmail.com
