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‘YESTERDAY & TODAY & BEYOND - The church in the heart of Liverpool’
Ministers in charge of the Liverpool District
The Rev. Samuel Marsden 1810-1816
The Rev. John Youll 1816-1819
Rectors of St Luke’s Liverpool
The Rev. Robert Cartwright 1819-1836
The Rev. R. Taylor 1837-1838
The Rev. J. Duffus 1840-1845
The Rev. James Gunther (Temporary) 1845
The Rev. F. W. Addams (Temporary) 1846
The Rev. James Walker 1846-1854
The Rev. Charles F. D. Priddle 1855-1895
The Rev. Joseph Shearman 1895-1910
The Rev. H. J. Noble 1910-1919
The Rev. E. Cowper Robinson 1919-1935
The Rev. R. Harley Jones 1935-1941
The Rev. Fredrick H. Meyer 1941-1951
The Rev. Gordon H. Smee 1950-1952
The Rev. Leonard J. Harris 1952-1956
The Rev. John Ross 1956-1981
The Rev. Jim Ramsay 1982-2000
The Rev. Stuart Pearson 2000-present
St Luke’s Liverpool Trust Ordinance Notice (published 25/10/2021)
In 1976, the sale of church land to build Westfields Liverpool raised funds that were used by the Anglican Church Property Trust Diocese of Sydney (the “Property Trust”) to establish what is called “St Luke’s Liverpool Ordinance 1976”. Income generated from investments made from this fund is distributed to support various ministry activities. The distribution of funds from the Liverpool Ordinance is reviewed every 5 years, and is currently due for review again. This notice is to advise all parishioners of St Luke's that Parish Council will propose to the Property Trust the following distribution of funds from the next term of the Liverpool Ordinance to be as follows:
LIVERPOOL TRUST ORDINANCE 2016 AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 2021
St Luke’s proposes that the St Luke’s Liverpool Ordinance 1976 be amended to authorise the distribution of income derived from the property held subject to the trusts set out in the Principal Ordinance on and from 1 January 2022 as follows: “Income derived from the investments on and from 1 January 2022 and before 1 January 2032 shall be unchanged (apart from the addition of the clause “and any charges, taxes or levies paid on that income”) from that which applied in the 2016 Ordinance.
63% to St Luke’s for the restoration, maintenance and repair of, and effecting improvements to, the church, its grounds and adjacent buildings, and its residential property situated on land that is held on trust for the parish; the repayment of moneys borrowed and applied towards those purposes and the payment of interest on such borrowings; and any charges, taxes or levies paid on that income;
20% to St Luke’s for the maintenance of the ministry (excluding the rector’s stipend) and the relief of need and distress; and
17% to the South Western Regional Council.”
If you have any questions relating to the history, operation or distribution of funds from the Liverpool Ordinance, please feel free to email our Rector’s Warden through admin@stlukesliverpool.org.au.