Corner of Church St and Market St Wollongong 8am, 9:30am, 11am, 5pm & 7pm each Sunday
Explore Why? Why are we here? Why are we born? Why do we live, laugh, look out into the world and ask, why? Why do we die? Why is there pain and death, sickness and suffering? Why do I care? Why do I cry out at the injustice and ask, why? Our modern, scientific…
Keep ReadingNext week is ‘Ministry Training Week’ at St Michael’s. Have you decided which training sessions you’ll join? Register online now if you haven’t already. Each training session will be worthwhile in different ways. But let me make a shameless plug for the session I will lead on Tuesday October 16th from 5pm. It’s called ‘Speaking…
Keep ReadingThe day I wrote this letter, I was praying with fellow church members and missionaries at the CMS Summer School in Katoomba. Some of our missionaries serve in a location where the government can make it difficult for people who are Christians. In one situation, employers now use a questionnaire, which includes a question that…
Keep ReadingSandy recently preached at Kurrajong Anglican’s recent day camp. Broadly speaking, it’s the area of what the world calls ‘conflict resolution’ and what Christians call loving one another! Sandy considers these some of the most important talks he’s ever given (and some of the hardest to put consistently into practice). Here are the links to each of…
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For quite some time, in different forums people from St Michael’s have been discussing options for an “Easy English” church (EEC). At its meeting in March, our Parish Council: welcomed our Senior Minister’s notification that from Sunday 30th April he intends to commence an extra morning service of public worship, such that Sunday services would then usually…
In February, our Mission of the Month giving is directed to Anglicare Community Services. Some of will know that 2016 saw the merger of the old Anglicare with ARV (Anglican Retirement Villages). This was to create greater scale to navigate an increasingly complex welfare and aged care world. Donations to Anglicare express the love of…
Keep ReadingLeading Australia social researcher, Mark McCrindle* has identified his top 5 trends for 2017. No. 1 was the rise of the local, as our cities grow. For example, he says that increasingly, “residents live, work and interact in a part of their city rather than the traditional commuter approach […] The year ahead will see…
Keep ReadingOur Mission of the Month allocations for 2017 cover both local and international, direct missionary & teaching work and aid & development, ministry training & Bible literacy: January Church Missionary Society (CMS) February Anglicare March Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (for ECU @ UOW) April …
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Annual Thanksgiving Day 2018
2nd Aug 2018 Announcements, Community, Ministers' letters, Missions, News & Prayer, Social comment
For many years at the Cathedral, we’ve run an Annual Thanksgiving Day (ATD) appeal in the lead up to St Michael’s Day. (29thSeptember on the church calendar, reminding us to take the existence of angels seriously!) We direct every single cent raised to Christian ministry and aid projects outsideSt Michael’s. One growth group urged us…