north east regional extra | June 16 - 22, 2021
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June 16 - 22, 2021
Listening ear, caring heart By SIMONE KERWIN
HAVING grown up as the son of an Anglican priest, it took Howard Beard some time away from the church before he was called back - and eventually became a pastor himself. Now leader of the parish which takes in Zion Wangaratta and Holy Trinity Benalla Lutheran churches, Rev Howard said it was after marrying and starting a family with wife Janet that he renewed his connection. “When it came time to get my children baptised, I walked into the church and I never walked out,” he said. Finding that the Gospel messages rang true and resonated with him, Rev Howard spent four years with the Cornerstone community in Renmark, South Australia before gravitating to the Lutheran church and becoming a pastor in 2000. Through his ministry, the Beards spent four years in north-west Melbourne (Melton/Sunbury/St Albans), then moved to South Australia, with four years in Port Augusta and six and a half years in the Cummins-Tumby Bay area before relocating to Victoria again.
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◆ READY TO SERVE: Rev Howard Beard has taken on the role of pastor for the Zion Wangaratta and Holy Trinity Benalla parishes. PHOTO: Kieren Tilly
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