It is with full hearts that we share Moore College Faculty member and Director of the Priscilla and Aquila Centre, Jane Tooher, will be leaving the College at the end of this year.
Jane, who is much loved, has been on College Faculty since August 2009 and she will be dearly missed by everyone at the College. Jane is the founding Director of the Priscilla and Aquila Centre, the key architect and lecturer in the women’s ministry stream of the Advanced Diploma and a thought leader both within the College and further afield in the area of complementarian models of Christian ministry.
Jane says,
It has been a great joy, privilege, and blessing to be involved in the work of the Lord at Moore College since August 2009 with students, staff, and Faculty.
I have also deeply appreciated the partnership of other brothers and sisters in the broader Christian community. Especially those who have prayed for me, and who have shared timely words of wisdom and also of encouragement. Also, those in the Diocese and beyond who have prayed for the College and have financially supported the ministry at Moore.
After much prayer and conversation with wise friends, I have decided to finish serving on the Faculty in December 2024. I am open to considering different ministry opportunities for 2025 and beyond. I don’t know what my future holds, but I know our great and good God has me in his hands (Proverbs 16:9).
Jane is faithfully choosing to obey a missional instinct to go and to be useful in whatever field the Lord leads her to. This very instinct to go and serve has been such an important part of Jane’s contribution to the College and one of the many reasons why we will miss her so profoundly.
Mark Thompson, Principal of the College, currently on study leave, adds his voice to the chorus of support Jane has at Moore:
Jane Tooher has been an astonishingly kind gift of God to us at Moore College. She combines the gifts of a teacher and a pastor in a truly remarkable way. She is faithful, thoughtful, insightful, generous and kind. I value Jane’s contribution very highly and have learned a great deal from her. This next move is not at all unexpected. Her heart has always been in parish ministry, which is part of what has made her such an invaluable member of the College Faculty. None of us want to see her go, but we commit to supporting her in all the Lord gives her to do. I am deeply grateful for all Jane has done, but just as much for her fellowship and friendship over many years.
Please join us at the College in praying that the Lord would guide and strengthen Jane in this season. That he might open doors and prepare just the right ministry opportunities and partners for her to move on to. Pray for us too, that the Lord would lead us to be excited with Jane about what he will do through her next, even as we grieve losing her daily fellowship at the College.
Rev. Dr Simon Gillham
Acting Principal
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