LICENSING SERVICE for REV. MICHAEL RIDGE
Service to be conducted by Bishop Murray Harvey at Lower Macleay Anglican Church, 15 McIntyre Street, South West Rocks. We welcome you to attend. Refreshments will be served following the service.
Easter Day at Hat Head
Sing praises to Jesus who rose from the dead! We’ll sing, tell the story, pray and celebrate - suitable for all the family.
Easter Day at South West Rocks
A family-friendly service celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ; there’ll be worship, activity packs for the kids, the Lord’s Supper, and afterwards, a joyful morning tea!
Good Friday experience
Suitable for all ages, this will be more an experience than a traditional service; we’ll focus on the Bible’s account of what happened that terrible, wonderful day, and why it matters; there’ll be things to see, hear, do and feel. Followed by morning tea (with hot cross buns of course).
Hat Head Village Church moves to Sunday!
The Hat Head weekly service has met on Saturday evenings for many years, and for lots of good reasons - but times change, and now we’re ready to move to Sunday evening (well, late afternoon!). Not a morning person? Me either! Join us to sing praises to the Lord, read a passage from the Bible and discuss it together, offer our needs to God in prayer, and on the first Sunday of the month we’ll share the Lord’s supper informally together.
Lent Prayer Group
This year in the lead up to Easter, our focus is on prayer; we’ll read the Bible too, but it’s too easy to read and talk about prayer, but not actually do much! We meet in the Rectory next to the church at South West Rocks; and we’re praying for the members of our church, that we’ll grow to be more like Jesus. For our families members, friends and neighbours to discover the kindness of Jesus. For the other local churches, that God will do amazing things through their work in the community. For the Lower Macleay, that God’s Holy Spirit will call the people of this whole area to be friends with their wonderful, kind, loving, perfect Creator. Call Katie on 0428 724 072 if you’d like to come along.
Mid-Week Traditional Service
A little group gathers at Holy Trinity, South West Rocks, to enjoy a traditional rural style Anglican Prayer Book service, with robes, candles, hymns, and the Lord’s Supper. We dip into the Bible, and in such a small group there’s time to ask questions and make comments. And of course we pray together for the world, our community, and the church.
Sunday Morning service
Our regular Sunday service, at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, South West Rocks. We follow an updated order of service, sing a mix of traditional, current and children’s songs, and celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. We look closely at a passage from the Bible, and strive to put it into practice, because God is unchanging - what mattered to Him when He created the world is what matters to Him today - and that’s all about relationships.
Service at Hat Head Village Church
Our regular service - we sing, pray, read the Bible and discuss it together. Often we celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. You can attend this service on Zoom as well CLICK HERE TO JOIN You may need to enter this password: 807986
World Day of Prayer
This year the Uniting Church, South West Rocks is hosting the annual World Day of Prayer. People from all denominations get together to hear a guest speaker reflect on an agreed passage from the Bible - this year it’s Ephesians 1:15-19 - and to learn about and pray for a particular country - Taiwan in 2023. Click here to find out more about the World Day of Prayer.
Lent Prayer Group
This year in the lead up to Easter, our focus is on prayer; we’ll read the Bible too, but it’s too easy to read and talk about prayer, but not actually do much! We meet in the Rectory next to the church at South West Rocks; and we’re praying for the members of our church, that we’ll grow to be more like Jesus. For our families members, friends and neighbours to discover the kindness of Jesus. For the other local churches, that God will do amazing things through their work in the community. For the Lower Macleay, that God’s Holy Spirit will call the people of this whole area to be friends with their wonderful, kind, loving, perfect Creator. Call Katie on 0428 724 072 if you’d like to come along.
Mariner Nursing Home service
A few of us gather with folk who live in the Mariner Aged Care facility in Gregory Street South West Rocks; we sing lovely old hymns, read the Bible together, and celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. There are friends there who have been part of our church family for more than half a century; others we’re just getting to know!
Sunday Morning service
Our regular Sunday service, at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, South West Rocks. We follow an updated order of service, sing a mix of traditional, current and children’s songs, and celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. We look closely at a passage from the Bible, and strive to put it into practice, because God is unchanging - what mattered to Him when He created the world is what matters to Him today - and that’s all about relationships.
Service at Hat Head Village Church
Our regular service - we sing, pray, read the Bible and discuss it together. Often we celebrate the Lord’s Supper together. You can attend this service on Zoom as well CLICK HERE TO JOIN You may need to enter this password: 807986
Ash Wednesday Service
An intimate, traditional style Prayer-Book service of prayer, hymns and message. At the end you can opt to have an ash cross drawn on your forehead. The ash cross says that you know you haven’t lived fully in harmony with God and God’s values. It says that you repent - you are sorry and you have chosen to live in harmony with God from now on. And it say that you trust God’s promise, that all His anger against your sin was fully poured out on Jesus when he died on the cross. Now you are free to be friends with God forever!