Wilson, David J.

Full NameWILSON, Rev David Joseph, B.A. Last edited by: Andrew Smith

Date of Birth20 March 1928 Last edited by: Andrew Smith

Date of Death20 February 1994 Last edited by: Andrew Smith

Biography

born 20 March 1928 Flag Swamp, North Otago
- brother of Rev TC WILSON
married 13 December 1958 Florence Cecilia +, b. 28 February 1929
died 20 February 1994

Theological Hall, Dunedin 1954-1956
Granted a scholarship to Austin Theological Seminary in Texas, to study Religious Education and Pastoral Counselling.

Ordained St Stephens, Invercargill 29 October 1959
St Lukes, Waiwhetu, Wellington 11 November 1965 — resigned 17 September 1967 due to his wife's health.

For the rest of his ministry David developed new and caring forms of community
outreach.

Corstorphine-Concord Union, Dunedin 7 July 1971 — resigned 31 December 1977
Chaplain to Unemployed Youth, First Church, Dunedin 22 July 1979 — retired 31 March 1984

As a Chaplain to unemployed youth he showed his ability to work alongside the disadvantaged, arranging work schemes and offering support.
From 1984 to 1994 he went on to develop a unique ministry on St Martins Island in Otago Harbour. As Warden he brought together his farm skills, his love of people, and his infinite patience with the broken in mind and body, also his love of nature and a deep spirituality, expressed in his wood-carving and his earthly liturgies.
Shortly before his death he made a tour of religious communities in Europe and returned with a renewed vision of St Martins Island as a spiritual centre.
[From Memorial Minute] Last edited by: Andrew Smith

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