National Day of Mourning

On Sunday we will be observing the National Day of Mourning for the Bushfire victims as part of our normal Sunday church meeting. It is an opportunity to 'honour those who have lost their lives, support those who have suffered and recognise the work of our emergency services.' There will be an opportunity to write in the national Bushfire Message Book and we will be ringing the bells for two minutes at 11am like churches across the nation. Our prayers will be particularly focussed on the issues to do with the bushfire situation. Chris.

Music TIme starts on Monday (28th)

Our Music Time groups starts up again this Monday at 10.30am. If you have a preschool child and want to do something really valuable with them please come along. Your first visit is free.Check out our website for more information.

Christmas Services

Our Christmas Services are:

9:30am Sunday 23rd Dec - Carols and Lessons with Chris Thanopoulos and Chris Braga.

11pm Christmas Eve (Monday 24th Dec) - traditional carols and the Christmas message about Jesus.

9:30am Christmas Day (Tuesday 25th Dec) - our all-in-together Christmas celebration.

Dulwich Hill Street Fair - Sun, Dec 2

After church on Sunday you might like to head up to Dulwich Hill for their street fair. Marrickville Road and Seaview Street will be closed and all kinds of things happening. Click on the photo for more information or check out the information at the Marrickville Council website.

Cities collect people from all nations

All around the world, people from many different ethnic backgrounds find homes in big cities. The same is true of Sydney as we welcome people from many different nations. For the Christian church it means that the task of world mission is both beyond our shores and in our cities. I made up a pie chart of the ancestry of people living near my church (from the 2001 Census Data).


It is quite amazing to see the huge diversity of people. Even in an area which has many Anglo-Celtic people (30%) there is the need for mission to people from many different backgrounds. The challenge for our church is to be able to engage in cross-cultural mission as we take the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations.

Whatever your religious or ethnic background the message of Jesus being Saviour and Lord is the most important thing you will ever hear - “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. " John 3:16

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has a good article on ethnic and religious diversity in Australia.

Face of Tomorrow tries to give a picture of what people will look like in the future in the cities which are experiencing global ethnic integration. Click here for their photo of the future face of Sydney.