Upcoming Events
During these COVID days, things can change quickly.
Please check latest announcements here.
Please check latest announcements here.
COVID UPDATE
October 29
The Church site will be CLOSED to the general public
until late-November
and worship services will resume in December outdoors only.
Some limited activities (with strict COVID controls)
will recommence from early-November.
We will be holding a BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE (for people who are missing someone at Christmas) on Thursday 16th December at 7pm.
This will be a pre-registered in-person service only.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
ADVENT 1 – Sunday November 28 Blessing of Wreaths and Candles service
We will share in a special blessing online.
ADVENT 2 - DECEMBER 5
8am Zoom service (60 mins)
9.30-10.10 Zoom (40 mins)
10.30-11am Short (20 min) Onsite Piazza or Garden/Courtyard Communion
(small groups staggered start – pre-registered people)
11-12pm Chinese outdoor service ( pre-registered please )
2pm WeChat Chinese online service
COMMUNITY CAROLS - Saturday DECEMBER 11
2 x 40 min Carol Services Outside (up to 80 people in each)
5.30pm and 7pm
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/205443706657
Link to Event Flyer in English
Link to Event Flyer in Chinese
ADVENT 3 - Sunday DECEMBER 12
8am Zoom service (60 mins)
9.30-10.10 Zoom (40 mins)
10.30-11am Short (20 min) Onsite Piazza or Garden/Courtyard Communion
(small groups staggered start – pre-registered people)
Thursday DECEMBER 16 – Blue Christmas
7pm - led by Rev Bronwyn Murphy
In person, Pre-registered only
ADVENT 4 - Sunday DECEMBER 19 – Aussie Carols
CHRISTMAS EVE - Friday DECEMBER 24
Family Service
Watchnight Communion
CHRISTMAS DAY - Saturday DECEMBER 25
8am Christmas Morning
9.30am Christmas Morning
BOXING DAY - Sunday DECEMBER 26 – pre-recorded only (available on website or via link)
We are currently engaging consultants to ensure our indoor air quality is as safe as possible for everyone.
In the meantime, many of our groups are meeting online and outdoors.
Please note:
While we want to welcome you with open arms,
we are mindful of the number of 'high risk' people who are in our community.
We want to be a place where the safety of the most vulnerable is a priority.
Please DO NOT visit unannounced.
Please DO call each other on the telephone or on zoom.
If you are interested in who we are or what we do, please drop in on our zoom sessions
or contact the office or one of the ministry team who can organise to meet you.
A Prayer for those struggling with isolation and disconnection
and for those who continue to be anxious about mingling with others:
Gathering One, teach us to pray...
When phones are silence and batteries are flat,
We hold before you those we love.
We hold before you those we grieve.
We hold before you homes and gardens and memories.
We hold before you forgotten hope.
In our distress, we long for your hand, your voice, your guidance.
Lay your mercy as a coverlet over all -
those who name you
and those who are not acquainted with your grief.
Remember the pain of loss and weeping.
Restore our souls to fulfil the calling of today
and grant eternal rest and banqueting
to all in time.
Monday Evening Book Group - 7.30pm on zoom
We will be reading Rachel Held Evans' book about the Bible, "INSPIRED".
If the Bible isn’t a science book, instruction manual, or position paper, then what is it? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans invites readers on a journey of rediscovery as she explores the magic of the Bible, engaging the old, familiar stories in new ways that honour the past and enlighten the present.
Drawing upon recent scholarship and literary analysis, Evans creatively retells our favourite Bible stories, explaining their contexts and possible interpretations, and then connects these ancient stories to our present-day ones. Using her well-honed literary instincts and experience in both evangelical and mainline Protestant traditions, Evans discovers a way of understanding that avoids noncommittal liberalism on one hand and strident literalism on the other.
Readers are invited to fall in love with Scripture all over again without checking their intellect--or their imaginations--at the door.
If the Bible isn’t a science book, instruction manual, or position paper, then what is it? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans invites readers on a journey of rediscovery as she explores the magic of the Bible, engaging the old, familiar stories in new ways that honour the past and enlighten the present.
Drawing upon recent scholarship and literary analysis, Evans creatively retells our favourite Bible stories, explaining their contexts and possible interpretations, and then connects these ancient stories to our present-day ones. Using her well-honed literary instincts and experience in both evangelical and mainline Protestant traditions, Evans discovers a way of understanding that avoids noncommittal liberalism on one hand and strident literalism on the other.
Readers are invited to fall in love with Scripture all over again without checking their intellect--or their imaginations--at the door.
Worship - our services
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Special Planned Dates
July
NAIDOC Week
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Friday 23 - Sunday 25 July
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September
Online and At Home Series - I've been meaning to ask...
Links to our past online services can be found in the table on our Resources page... most are on our Youtube or Vimeo channels
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We enjoyed devotions at home and meditated on art and poetry. |
Members of the congregation were encouraged to have 'I've been meaning to ask' conversations to build community. |
October
Creation Month
October is full of special treats AT HOME
in celebration of Creator and Creation
Please see our Resources page for Orders of Service
and recordings of the online services (highlights) |
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