A gift Australia is thirsting for....wise words from Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AM, who was today named Senior Australian of the Year.

Congratulations to Indigenous elder, artist and educator Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AM for being named the 2021 Senior Australian of the Year. Apart from her artwork, and work in education, she is perhaps best known for her reflections on dadirri – “inner, deep listening and quiet, still a... ... See more

Take a Stand #ChangetheHeart

Gathering to #ChangeTheHeart
With Common Grace
We acknowledge the First Peoples of the land on which we meet, whose sovereignty has never been ceded, and pay our respects to their elders past and present. ... See more

https://anglicanipilly.org.au/2021/01/24/ok-boomer/ Ok Boomer - a sermon offered by The Rev’d Ann Edwards 24 January 2021

Ok Boomer 24 January 202124 January 2021 by Ann Edwards St Andrew’s Anglican Church | Indooroopilly‘OK BOOMER’: A sermon offered by The Reverend Ann EdwardsThird Sunday after Epiphany (January 23 and 24) Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 62:5-121 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 Today’s gospel tells the s... ... See more

Join us for services in person this weekend. Numbers are increased to the pre-lockdown limits, so there is plenty of space.
6pm Saturday evening- Said Eucharist
7:30am Sunday Morning- Said Eucharist
9:30am Sunday Morning- Sung Eucharist

You can help us to have all of our record kept electronically and ease congestion at the entrance by registering ahead to attend by following the links here on our website.

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St Andrew’s is the home of a community of faith who seek to follow the way of Jesus in loving one another, practising generous hospitality, seeking peace and pursuing justice. We worship in the contemporary catholic style of the Anglican tradition, caring for and supporting one another to grow spi... ... See more

Monday 25 January @6pm

You are invited to “CHANGE THE HEART”; a service of acknowledgement, lament and prayer in the lead-up to January 26th, a day of mourning for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters. We come together with our ears and hearts open to listen and learn from Indigenous leaders: to gather to pray in unison to #ChangeTheHeart, in response to the call from one of our most senior Aboriginal Christian Leaders, Aunty Jean Phillips, and supported by Brooke Prentis and the Common Grace movement. This ecumenical service will be simulcast online across the nation, with people gathering all over these lands now called Australia. We will be hosting one of these live-stream gatherings at St Andrew’s.
For more details and to pre-register go to https://anglicanipilly.org.au/special-events/ ... See more

You are invited by one of our most senior Aboriginal Christian Leaders, Aunty Jean Phillips, to gather together to pray in unison to #ChangeTheHeart on the e...

"Dreaming our own dreams"
Sermon for Sunday 17 January 2021 offered by The Rev'd Sue Grimmett.

"Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread." 1 Samuel 3:1

Surely this verse could feel like it is speaking to our time. Across the world it may feel to many that they are God-forsaken. And yet, in this reading from 1 Samuel we read in verse 3, “the lamp of God had not yet gone out.”

The young Samuel may be slumbering in this story through the persistent call, but God is very much awake and attentive. The light shines still.

Last week we celebrated the Baptism of Jesus and were reminded of our own baptism. It is a timely reminder, when it is easy to think of the orders of ministry pertaining only to the ordained life, that the first order of ministry is the order of the baptised. The radical claim of Christianity is that God walked amongst us and called the whole motley crew of humanity to follow and be bearers of Christ and co-creators with God. We are the assurance that the lamp of God has not yet gone out. This is both humbling and confronting.

There are many people who have lost the sense that the light of God still shines. Many who are alone or anxious, many who are victims of injustice or worn down by systems that oppress. We gather as a community of faith on Sunday after Sunday to be fed and strengthened by word and sacrament so that we may go out bearing the light in places of darkness. But sometimes it may feel that the visions have stopped and we have ceased to hear the call of God. Maybe like Samuel we are sleepy and have missed the divinity still shining all around us. Perhaps the troubles of this world seem immense and we wonder what we can do. And yet the call of our baptism is always to arise and take the next step. Samuel responds to this voice that awakens him with the words, “Here I am!” May we have ears to hear, eyes to see, and the courage to say the same.

Grace and peace,
Sue + ... See more

Our Christian Meditation group meets again tonight at 7:00pm in the church and also online via Zoom. We will be observing spatial distancing and masks are required.
New members are always welcome as together we share a practiced of being present in the silence with God and one another.
Contact Sue for further information;
suzanne.grimmett@anglicanchurchsq.org.au ... See more

Not sure about the Covid guidelines for church?
Here is a brief outline of the changes as they affect worship and other activities in our church;

Please preregister for services to ensure a place as capacity numbers have changed back to one person per 4 square metres.

Face masks must be worn in indoor spaces at places of worship (children under 12 years of age and people affected by a medical condition or disability are exempt). This includes for meditation.

Face masks need to be worn while singing.

The person leading the service may remove their face mask for the purposes of communicating during the service (this may include a service leader, preacher, reader or those leading the congregation in singing).

Face masks do not need to be worn by people in indoor workplaces (e.g. in the parish office), unless physically distancing cannot be maintained.

People must be seated to consume food and drink.

Thank you for your help as we seek to care for the health of one another and of those most vulnerable in our community. ... See more