Our worship centres around the celebration of the Lord’s Supper (Eucharist, Holy Communion)

It is fairly traditional Anglican in style based on A Prayer Book for Australia 1995

The prayer book provides us with a Liturgy which is a set form of words followed Sunday by Sunday. There are alternatives provided which are used from time to time.

Churches in our diocese vary as to the degree of freedom used in the way they worship.

The themes of our worship are based on the Church Year, an annual cycle of seasons and days commemorating the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This cycle is slightly different to the secular cycle in that it begins with the season of Advent which starts four weeks before Christmas. The first half of the year relates to various events of the revelation of Christ and finishes with Trinity Sunday.

The second half of the year, Sundays after Pentecost explore the teaching of Jesus in the Gospels as well as relevant New and Old Testament (for the Jewish people Tanakh) writings.

These Sunday readings are taken from a lectionary which relates the readings to the theme of the Sunday in the church year.

We are now nearing the end of our journey through Advent and Christmas is fast approaching.

Sunday 1st December, the first Sunday of Advent, was the beginning of a new church year. (See page 2 of our November Newsletter)

The Season of Advent focuses on four weeks of preparation for our celebration of Christmas, the birth of Christ.  Advent is a season of anticipation and preparation, providing Christians with a time to direct hearts and minds “to Jesus’ ‘first coming’, as the child of Bethlehem, His ‘second coming’ at the end of the age, and His many comings in the events of everyday life.  As we journey to the Feast and  Celebration of Christmas the four weeks of Advent focus on four themes of HOPE, PEACE, JOY and LOVE (from page 4 of the November Newsletter)

Pentecost 19th May 2024

The Congregation gathered at Pentecost. (A clearer picture than the slider)