[5] Shipp founded Walkabout Ministries as an accessible, culturally sensitive church that embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
[8] Shipp obtained a Diploma of Theology at Nungalinya College in Darwin in 1994 then was ordained deacon the same year and given permission to officiate in the Diocese of the Northern Territory in 1995.
[1] The ordination service combined traditional Anglican and Aboriginal symbolism; her husband and son held the bowl of burning gum leaves outside the church for people to pass through the cleansing smoke, an Aboriginal flag was placed along the side of the sanctuary, Jangarra dancers with clicking sticks danced in the clergy procession, Shipp wore a cassock with Australian animals decorating the hem, after the Anglican ordination her hair and face were smeared by two dancers with white ochre symbolising purity and spirituality and during communion her cousin played the didgeridoo.
[1][10] Edwards and Frapell stated that "Her ordination added strength to the hopes that a self-determinist Aboriginal ministry would flourish in the diocese".
[8] Shipp envisioned Walkabout Ministries as an accessible, culturally sensitive church that embraced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and was willing to meet them where they were.
[17] Through Walkabout Ministries Shipp runs regular Elders Outreach Groups, Women's Camps, Christian rallies and reconciliation activities.