Please see our Easter Services here http://www.apfb.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Easter-Services-2023.pdf
Christmas
Christmas comes but once a year… To many people in our society, it is just that – one day when we all try to get together with family members, loved ones, friends… or maybe two days, if you count Boxing
Gaudete Sunday – Advent 3
The third week of Advent is “Gaudete” Sunday. (Gaudete means “rejoice” in latin. It is a command.) This is a day when we are called to rejoice! The liturgical colour of rejoicing is pink, so we use a pink candle in the Advent wreath, to signify
Repentance
Last Sunday in my sermon, I light-heartedly mentioned that the old names for the four weeks of Advent were: Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell. Although it would seem very confronting to try to deal with these themes in the weeks leading up to Christmas, it is
On God’s Commands
“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.” Advent
The Feast of Christ the King
Did you know…? There are currently 29 sovereign monarchies in the world. If you had asked me, I would not have thought there were that many. One of them, of course, is the United Kingdom, and our church – The Anglican Church of Australia, has its origins
Remembrance Day
Today is remembrance Day. It is a very significant one – the centenary of Armistice Day. World War 1 ended on this day, 100 years ago. It has been called the Great War, yet I cannot think of it as great. In that war
God’s Justice
Albert Einstein once said: “The world we have created is a product of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” The challenge to change our thinking comes swiftly and frequently in our Scriptures. Today’s readings can lead us down
Job
If it hadn’t been St. Francis’ Day today, this would have been our Old Testament reading: ”There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God
Michaelmas
It is Michaelmas. The Feats of Michael and All Angels. This is a little of what Wickipedia has to say about it: Michaelmas(/’mɪkəlməs/; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of