Tintinara, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1966
Denomination: Uniting
Address: Wendt Terrace, Tintinara, South Australia, 5266
Previous Denomination: Congregational
Architect: Eric von Schramek
Traditional Owners: Ngarkat people
Last Updated: 15/12/2024
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History and Architecture:
The Church was built by and for the Parkin Mission for the Congregational Church in 1966 replacing its former building which was purchased and used by the CWA.
Early in the 20th Century the Congregationalists and the Methodists agreed that in towns along the Dukes highway between Tailem Bend and Bordertown would be serviced by the Congregational Church [under the Congregational Union's Parkin Mission] The Methodists withdrew from Tintinara and its church was permanently closed.
Parkin Congregational Mission was endowed to establish and support Congregational Churches in settlements is rural areas by the Hon. William Parkin MLC who died in the 1880's.
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God Dedicated on 7th August 1966".
Clergy:
This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 - | Rev David Milne | C | ||
| 1906 - 1909 | Rev Andrew Williams | C | ||
| 1909 - | Rev J. G. Shackley | M | ||
| 1910 - 1911 | Rev Fred L. Rooney | M | 1877 | 1941 |
| 1911 - | Rev John D. Langsford | M | 1850 | 1915 |
| 1912 - | Rev J. G. Shackley | M | ||
| 1912 - 1913 | Rev J. P.H. Tilbrook | Part time | 1878 | 1956 |
| 1912 - 1914 | Rev Arthur D. McCutcheon | M | 1890 | 1955 |
| 1914 - | Rev Isaac Rooney | Part time | 1843 | 1932 |
| 1914 - | Rev Louis Morton Humphery - more details | M | 1894 | 1970 |
| 1915 - | Rev M. L. White | M | ||
| 1915 - 1917 | Rev Thomas Owen | M | 1872 | 1940 |
| 1917 - 1918 | Mr I. Longmore | M | ||
| 1919 - | Mr J. Oats | M | ||
| 1919 - 1921 | Rev Alfred Dyer | M | 1890 | 1937 |
| 1906 - 1909 | Rev Aubrey Stevens | C | ||
| 1910 - 1912 | Rev J. E. Creswell | C | ||
| 1913 - | Rev J. Chapman | C | ||
| 1916 - | Rev W. L. Collier | C | ||
| 1917 - | Rev G. Cleaveley | C | ||
| 1920 - | Rev H. R. Haworth | C | ||
| 1922 - 1928 | Rev William Jarrett | C | ||
| 1928 - 1931 | Rev H. T. Wood | C | ||
| 1931 - 1933 | Rector Lyddon Cook | C | ||
| 1933 - 1941 | Rev G. A. Cooper | C | ||
| 1942 - 1945 | Rev H. V. Wooley | C | ||
| 1945 - 1947 | Rev R. Mitchell | C | ||
| 1947 - 1950 | Rev Alcock | C | ||
| 1951 - 1954 | Rev H. Parrott | C | ||
| 1955 - 1960 | Rev J. Edward Shepperd | C | ||
| 1960 - | Rev Jonathan Barker | Student | ||
| 1961 - 1965 | Rev Rex Matthews | C | ||
| 1965 - 1966 | Rev Malcolm Lamont | C | ||
| 1965 - 1969 | Rev Ross Smith | C | ||
| 1969 - 1972 | Rev Eric Chadwick | C | ||
| 1973 - 1974 | Rev Stan Haynes | C Part time | ||
| 1975 - 1978 | Rev A. C. Blake | U | ||
| 1978 - 1982 | Rev Brian W.M. Smith | U | ||
| 1983 - 1986 | Rev John Blanksby | U | ||
| 2010 - | Rev Karen Filmer | U |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Contributions:
1. 2021 Rev Brian W.M. Smith.
Source:
1. SA Uniting Church Historical Society. A Church in the Desert a History by T.B. Mills 1986.
2. Reminiscences: Eric von Schramek and his churches, Compiled by Helen Gordon, FOLA Inc. (Friends of Lutheran Archives), 2007.