On the 29th of this month, St Michael’s will be celebrating its annual ‘Mission Partner Sunday’. It’s an exciting day! We deeply value and are continually excited by mission, but this day provides a particular opportunity to have all our services shaped by our heart and heat for mission. About this time last year, I […]

It’s funny but as I have got older, my mind is somehow telling me – you are not old, you can still play football, you can still drive and park as awesome as you always have! I suspect some might be thinking that the gap between my reality and true reality is bigger than I […]

What a privilege it is to be among you, saints of God, here in Wollongong and Corrimal. Thank you for your warm welcome. I look forward to meeting you and shepherding you over the months and years to come. I came to Wollongong with only half of my family – Veronica, Sophie and myself. I […]

At St Michael’s, our vision is to see more disciples of Jesus shining as lights in our city. One of the key strategies we employ to achieve this is to equip generations of believers for ministry. Equipping our members looks like: • Initiative in leadership and use of gifts by members;• Training disciple-makers to speak […]

Why do we sing at church? You can probably think of a few reasons: to give praise to God, to encourage each other, to let God’s word dwell in us. Colossians includes admonishing one another! Did you ever think of that as one of the reasons we sing at church?  Let the word of Christ […]

God encourages: ‘Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up’ (Galatians 6:9). ‘Goodness’ is the character of our God. Coming to Him, He remakes us in His image. A distinctive feature of disciples is that we ‘shine as lights’ by our goodness. […]

“There is no element, no part of this world, which—so to speak—being touched with the knowledge of the present misery, is not attentive to the hope of resurrection.” J. Calvin The Ache of Separation   A few years ago, as I flew across continents to finally reach Australia, leaving my home 16,000km behind me, I found […]

Introducing our new Assistant Minister It’s with great joy that we can announce God has answered our prayers and raised up a new member of our ministry team! Kingsley Box is joining us as congregational pastor of 10am & 5pm, as well as responsibility for the Equip and serving aspects of church life. Kingsley is […]

With school and uni on break, and an abundance of public holidays lined up, why not find some time to put the kettle on and curl up with an article which will refresh your heart and mind! Our staff have compiled a list of articles which have lifted our eyes to Jesus – we pray […]

We have just celebrated ‘Hope for the Illawarra’. In a few weeks we celebrate ‘Hope for the world’. Across the Easter weekend we experience afresh the hope and joy of Christ’s love and victory. It’s the greatest story ever told. An ‘unfinished’ story. There are four historically reliably accounts of Jesus’ life: Matthew, Mark, Luke […]

Dear sisters and brothers of St Michael’s, My name is Benji, short for Benjamin, and I’m super happy to introduce myself as your new Community Pastor. While we may not have met personally yet, I’d like to share a bit about my journey and what brings me to your community. My Journey to the Illawarra […]

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In Luke 19, Jesus looks over the city he’s about to enter. He set his face for Jerusalem, knowing that it meant suffering, rejection and crucifixion (Luke 9:22, 51). Jesus looked at this city… and wept. He weeps because they don’t know what will bring them peace. He weeps because destruction is coming. He weeps because they […]

What is a community chaplain? I’ve been working as an Anglicare Community Chaplain in Bellambi for two weeks now. The main question that people ask me is: “What exactly is a community chaplain?” This is a great question! Unlike hospital or school chaplaincy, community chaplaincy is a little harder to define, due to its broad […]

Dear Church Family, This year I am volunteering to work as the new Church Life Coordinator at St Michael’s. I’ll be working one day a week (every second Friday) and scattered hours over the other week. My role is to help encourage rich relationships within our church community. Jesus said, “I no longer call you […]

Jesus Club at St Michael’s is a group for adults with an intellectual disability. Leaders and members enjoy growing in friendship together, and the delight it is to grow in knowledge and love of Jesus. There were lots of encouragements at Jesus Club during 2024. We saw our members grow in number and maturity. Growing […]

Minister’s Letter, January 2025 At church on Sunday, we announced the sad news that Liam and Meaghan will soon be finishing up on our St Michael’s staff pastoral team.  Liam has been with us as an Assistant Minister for the last 14 years! We could not be more thankful to God for the impact Liam […]

2024 at St Michael’s was seasoned with ‘dependent discipleship’. Grounded in God’s goodness, we sought to see more disciples of Jesus, shining as lights in our city. ‘Dependent discipleship’ means seeking to imitate Him (discipleship), entirely in His strength. Dependence means deferring to His voice in Scripture, relying on His wisdom, not our insights. We looked together […]