About Us
Our History
Early Anglican Presence
The Anglican Church has a long history of association with the district. In his diaries, Bishop Hale notes that the East Rockingham primary school was constructed in 1865 and had one school room and one room or the teacher’s quarters.
Growth and Leadership
All Saints Medina was the original parish and formed in 1954 when the Cockburn Sound Parish was divided into Rockingham and Medina (which later becoming the Kwinana Parish). The Parish served the new town.
The first services were held in a house on Medina Avenue, and then in the first church built by parishioners also on Medina Avenue. This church is now the Salvation Army premises.
As the centre of gravity of the local community gradually moved south and east, a new church site was chosen on the corner of Chisham Avenue and Bickner Way, Parmelia in 1983. The new church and rectory was built in 1983 and the Medina property sold to the Salvation Army. After 40 years of worship in August 2023, All Saints Kwinana moved to Grace Chapel at the Peter Carnley Anglican School Wellard and is now known as the Anglican Parish of Kwinana. The Parmelia Church property was sold in October 2024 and is now the Christ Redemption Assembly Universal.
THEN: Medina Church 1958
THEN: Parmelia Church 1983
NOW: Grace Chapel
In the early 1950’s Rev Stevenson was the Rector. From 1958 onwards, All Saints served its growing community with Rev William Elphick (1958), Rev George Kingston (1959–1963), Rev A. Scott (1963–64), Rev Ronald Langshaw (1964–70), Rev John Bowyer (1970–75), Rev David Prescott (1975–86), Rev Richard Smith (late 1987-1995), Rev Helen-Jane Corr (1996-2001), Rev Keith Wheeler (2002-2012), Rev Linda Flewker-Barker (2013-2018).
For the next period of time the Parish has been served by locums starting with Rev Terry Pickersgill (2019- 2020), Rev Allan Forsyth (2020-2021), Rev Joe Sullivan (2021-2022), Rev Peter Brain (2022-2023), Rev Andrew McNeill (2023-2024), Rev Mark Walker, Rev Keith Wheeler, Rev Jacqui Chesley-Ingle (current).
Mission and Community Life
The Parish expresses its mission succinctly “to share the love of God with and for all people by word and deed”. This reflects a strong commitment to outreach, inclusion, and community support through prayer, pastoral care, practical assistance, and sacramental ministry.
Today
The Anglican Parish Kwinana has regular Sunday and Wednesday services in the Grace Chapel at the Peter Carnley Anglican Community School in Wellard and warmly welcomes people of all ages, with ministries focused on worship, pastoral care, community outreach, and sacramental ministry.
The Parish is active in community outreach and spiritual formation, holding baptisms, weddings, funerals and regular pastoral care initiatives.