Western Sydney Regional Council
The Western Sydney Regional Council exists to serve the parishes of the western region.
Its responsibilities are drawn from a number of Ordinances of Synod, the key ones of which are listed below.
Some of these functions are:
- Assisting parishes with small loans for property related purposes.
- Processing parish boundary changes
- Processing parish amalgamations
- Processing creation of new ecclesiastical districts (parishes)
- Sponsoring the annual Western Regional Conference for ministry staff
Ordinances
Meetings and Membership
WSRC meets between 4-8 times a year as the agenda requires. Most meetings take place over Zoom
WSRC membership consists of the Regional Bishop plus elected people from each Mission Area in the region – one clergy person and one lay person from each Area.
Mission Areas in the western region are:
- Blacktown
- Blue Mountains
- Hawkesbury
- Hill
- Parramatta
- Penrith