Arawang is an Anglican Church family in Kambah, Tuggeranong in southern Canberra.
Our Parish covers the suburbs of Kambah, Chapman, Stirling and Rivett, but we welcome people from throughout Canberra and the surrounds.
Gus has been the Rector of Arawang since 2019. He is married to Christy and together they have four beautiful and lively kids. Gus studied teaching in Armidale, NSW.
While at uni he met Christy and also became convinced that Jesus really lived, died and rose again, and that the reasons to have faith in him made sense and were too compelling to ignore. He taught in Armidale and Scotland before heading to SMBC.
Since then, he has served as an Anglican minister in the Armidale Diocese and our nation’s capital. He is passionate about seeing people come to trust Jesus Christ and to grow in Him as people. He is currently studying at Covenant Theological Seminary in the USA where is researching pastoral ministry health.
Peter has been a vocational deacon since 2004. Since then, he has served the Lord Jesus for over a decade as a chaplain in Australia’s Parliament House, at the same time caring for a congregation at Duntroon. He has been with the Arawang Parish since December 2016.
As a civil engineer, Peter spent almost 30 years in the Australian Army in engineering appointments and on the General Staff. He then supported a post-graduate research centre of the University of New South Wales and later led World Vision’s ministry in the ACT and southern NSW.
After completing theological studies then a Master’s degree in creative writing he was ordained to support the Anglican Bishop to the Defence Force as his chaplain.
My name is Kate Prior and I am married to Pete and we have 4 children. We started attending Arawang Anglican in 2024. I enjoy helping to coordinate the Arawang Kids, that runs each Sunday during term time.
I am grateful for the connection with Arawang Anglican and my role as Community Chaplain at St Luke’s ELC (Chapman and Deakin sites) which is owned by the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. The St Luke’s community support the Arawang Emergency Relief by provide panty items which are collected at the ELC.
We also have Senior parishioners from Arawang Anglican that offer their time in an Intergenerational Connection at St Luke’s - Chapman with the preschool children. The Seniors, spend an hour a week in the preschool room engaging with the children and staff, reading books, participating in activities and lendng a listening ear. My roles as Chaplain to St Luke’s is to share Jesus’ love with the children, staff and families and to support the St Luke’s community.
Luke has been part of Arawang for the past three years, where he serves in children’s ministry and occasionally preaches and leads communion. He is passionate about training disciples who make disciples, trusting that God advances his gospel through ordinary lives surrendered to Jesus.
Luke grew up in Darwin and moved to Canberra to study French Horn at ANU. During university, a formative experience of discipleship led him into vocational Christian ministry. For the past 20 years he has worked with the Navigators and now leads their work in Canberra and is the National Missions Director. He is an ordained Anglican priest and is Anglican Chaplain to ANU.
Luke and his wife Kate have three children and are grateful to call Arawang home. He enjoys mountain biking and Terrence Malick films.
Ethan has recently started in a new role doing children’s ministry and digital/admin work. Ethan and his family have been attending Arawang Anglican since 2017. He has been attending church his whole life, however it wasn’t until he started high school in 2020, that he truly understood what it meant to be a Christian and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.
He graduated from Trinity Christian School in 2025 and is planning on taking a gap year this year before commencing a teaching degree in 2027.
He is passionate about working with young people, especially in shaping their lives and faith. This year he wants to help the children grow in their love and knowledge of Jesus Christ and bring more people to our church.