Author: SBC

  On Wednesday February 13th, SBC hosted its annual Commencement service. Held in St Peter’s Cathedral, the service is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our students in the previous year, whilst looking forward to the year ahead. It was a splendid night indeed! Below are the list of graduates and prizewinners: … Continue reading "Commencement Service 2019"...

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In this video we interview Doug Rowston, longstanding lecturer in New Testament for SBC. We discuss his studies, teaching, ministry and writing career, as well as lessons that he’s learned from these....

  Earth @ Peace is a landmark conference that will connect global dialogue on how we can address the ethical imperative of our time: A Just and Ecologically Sustainable Peace This conference is being held  in Melbourne at Pilgrim Theological College from 23 – 24 April, 2019. For more details, check out this brochure and … Continue reading "Earth @ Peace: A Landmark Conference"...

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  Recently Doug Rowston, one of St Barnabas College’s longstanding faculty members, released Things that Jesus Did, a follow up book to Things that Jesus Said Things that Jesus Did: Miracles of the Kingdom and Signs of Eternal Life, is a rather short text (weighing in at 178 pages), structured as a series of short … Continue reading "Things That Jesus Did: By Doug Rowston"...

  St Barnabas College invites all staff, students, council members, adjunct lecturers, volunteers and their respective families to attend its annual end of year dinner. This will be a great opportunity to unwind together over a meal in a light-hearted setting. So come along and celebrate the end of the academic year with family, friends. … Continue reading "End of Year Dinner"...

  The next upcoming joint postgraduate seminar is being hosted here at SBC on October 29th, with presentations from The Rev’d Ruth Mathieson, The Rev’d Mark Thomas and The Rev’d Dr Don Owers. This is an event you will not want to miss!...

  Continuing our series of interviews with various members of the SBC community, this week I have interviewed our Academic Administrator and Adjunct New Testament Studies Lecturer, Damian Szepessy, discussing his role at the college and his PhD Studies with us.   Thanks for agreeing to this interview, Damian – I recognise that we have … Continue reading "Interview with the Academic Administrator"...

After the silence: Reflections on Poetry, Art and Spirituality Join us for us for After the silence: Reflections on Poetry, Art and Spirituality – joint discussions with visiting artist Fiona Harris, and published poets Dawn Colsey, Steve Daughtry, Liam Grant, Rory Harris, Peach Klimkiewicz and Ann Nadge. All welcome at St Columba’s Anglican Church, Corner of … Continue reading "Columba Crossroads – After the silence"...

  Continuing our series of interviews with various members of the SBC community, this week I have interviewed our Acting Director of Learning and Teaching and Adjunct Systematic Theology Lecturer, Cathy Thomson, discussing her role at the college and her interests (both in terms of theological research and personal leisure) Thanks for agreeing to this … Continue reading "Interview with the Director of Learning and Teaching"...

What St Barnabas College and Vanessa Daughtry, clinical counsellor at Heartgardener, present a short course consisting of four sessions during the month of June, covering: Recognising early indicators of compassion fatigue and burnout Managing the stress of working with people (recognising how stress aids and encumbers) Recognising and managing beliefs that feed excessive professional responsibility … Continue reading "Skills for Resilience in Christian Ministry"...

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  As a college that strives towards the goal of being an encouraging community, over the next few weeks in our News posts we will be releasing a series of interviews with various members of the SBC community. All of these individuals, with their varied roles and capacities, help keep the college running on a … Continue reading "Interview with a Library Volunteer"...

2018 Has Begun! With Summer now a distant memory and the seasons changing to Autumn, the 2018 Academic year is now fully underway, and we here at St Barnabas College have been busy over the past few months. Ending 2017 On the 15th December last year, the St Barnabas College community and dignitaries gathered together … Continue reading "2018 Has Begun!"...

  Coming up on Tuesday the 20th of February, we have St Barnabas College’s orientation day. We are operating in two sessions: A 9am – 12:30pm morning session for students A 1:30pm – 4:30pm afternoon session for staff/lecturers It is very important that both staff and students (both continuing and commencing their studies) consider attending … Continue reading "Orientation Day"...

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Interest-Only Study at St Barnabas College Have you ever wished you could “sit in” on a university course in Theology? Biblical Studies? Church History? Well, now you can, through enrolling at St Barnabas College as an “interest-only” student. Each subject is taught in a three hour block. There is no assessment if you are interest-only, … Continue reading "Interest-Only Study"...

  Please join us for our annual St Barnabas College Commencement Service, celebrating our graduating students and prize winners, with an address from the Archbishop to launch the 2018 academic year. This is always a special occasion in the life of the College as we honour our students and give thanks to God for being … Continue reading "Commencement Service 2018"...

  On the afternoon of Sunday 3rd December an enthusiastic crowd of people gathered together in North Adelaide in great anticipation and celebration an important event; the joint launch of Flourishing In Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology by both St Peter’s College and St Barnabas College (it also, coincidentally, happened to be held on the … Continue reading "Book Launch Report"...

  I am writing to inform you that the Council of St Barnabas Council has accepted the resignation of The Principal, The Rev’d Canon Dr Matthew Anstey. After a period of discernment, Matthew has decided to pursue new opportunities that offer a greater focus on academic research and writing. As part of this, Matthew will … Continue reading "Announcement from the Archbishop"...

  You are invited to celebrate the launch of Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology, edited by Matthew Anstey, Gillies Ambler, Theo McCall and Mathew White This will be hosted on Sunday the 3rd December at 2:30pm at St Barnabas College, 18 King William Road, North Adelaide, and will conclude at 4:00pm. Light refreshments … Continue reading "Flourishing in Faith – Book Launch"...

  St Barnabas College invites all staff, students, adjunct lecturers and their respective families* to attend its annual end of year dinner, organised by the Student Social Committee and staff. This will be a great opportunity to unwind together over a meal in a light-hearted setting. So come along and celebrate the end of the … Continue reading "End of Year College Dinner"...

  Dr Barton Public Lecture and Seminar After the highly successful ANZATS conference, St Barnabas College had the pleasure of having Dr Stephen Barton, one of the keynote speakers of the event, present two public addresses for us. On Thursday the 13th July, at St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church in Norwood, Dr Barton gave a public … Continue reading "Public Lecture and Seminar Writeup"...

In association with the Australian Girard Seminar, St Barnabas College is pleased to present Dr James Alison, a leading René Girard Scholar, Author and Theologian. Dr Alison has received high praise from theologians such as Rowan Williams and Stanley Hauerwas for his theological depth and penetrating insight:   “The very best theological books leave you … Continue reading "Dr James Alison Adelaide Events"...

  St Barnabas College has joined with the Playford Ministries, Anglican Diocese of Adelaide and Anglicare, to present a series of five pastoral and spiritual care seminars. St Barnabas College supports and promotes lay learning pathways within the community. The current series of seminars is hosted by a variety of presenters over five different days throughout … Continue reading "Pastoral and Spiritual Care Seminars"...

  Hello SBC community Just a reminder that this Friday, the 14th of July (tomorrow), we have the privilege of presenting international scholar and keynote speaker from the ANZATS conference, Dr Stephen Barton, for a postgraduate seminar. Dr Barton will be presenting a paper entitled: ‘Food Rules, Sex Rules, and the Prohibition of Idolatry: What’s … Continue reading "Reminder – Dr Stephen Barton Postgraduate Seminar"...