Parish News

Hope in a Suitcase Presentation At the September Mothers’ Union meeting on Tuesday we had a guest presentation from Marcia Fife from Gold Coast Hope in a Suitcase. It was fabulous to have Marcia and her colleague Sue attend the meeting to receive the items collected...

Mothers’ Union Provincial Conference The Mothers’ Union Provincial Conference was held this week at Caboolture, with Manly represented by Bev, Robyn, Kay, Isobel, Lynn and Ailsa. The conference was opened on Tuesday morning by Bishop Sarah, who introduced the theme...

Hope in a Suitcase Manly Wynnum Mothers’ Union is collecting items to donate to Hope in a Suitcase, a non-profit organisation providing children entering foster care or out-of-home care with suitcases filled with new essential and comfort items. These suitcases of new...

5th Sunday Combined Service There was much love shared at St Peter’s Wynnum last Sunday morning as we joined with St Peter’s congregation for a wonderful breakfast followed by Eucharist filled with joy and colour. The combined service is held every 5th Sunday and the...

LinC Church Services Network (Bayside) by Marilyne Jacob  My introduction to LINC Bayside happened in November last year when I asked retiring Board Member Helen Collins what was LinC? She was delighted I asked and invited me along to a meeting the following Saturday....

Enjoying the Winter Sun Prior to our 10am service each week, we meet for a quick cuppa and chat on the verandah of Lota House. Come along and join us from 9.30am. Here we are enjoying the lovely warm winter sun. Combined Service Father Sam received encouraging...

Mary Sumner - A Vision That Still Inspires Us On the 9 August each year, Mothers’ Union members around the world remember their founder, Mary Sumner. But who was Mary Sumner? Mary Sumner was a well educated woman who had travelled widely as a young person from her...

Happy Birthday Beryl In honour of Beryl’s recent 98th birthday and over 73 years of Mothers’ Union membership, we would like to share a little about Beryl’s amazing life. Beryl was born on 6th August 1928 in Toowoomba. Her parents and siblings lived on a dairy farm...

Hymns & Pimms Manly Wynnum Mothers’ Union had a lovely morning on Tuesday singing our favourite hymns (see the Playlist below) while wetting our whistles with a cool glass of Pimms (or non-alcoholic fruit punch). Although missing our music maestro, Bev, who’s...

Parish Council From the nominators, a process has not commenced yet to find a Priest for the Parish and that is at the direction of the Diocese. We are continuing to engage with the Diocese to look at options for the future ministry of the Parish. Fr Allan is...

A Little Bit About Rev Allan Reverend Allan writes: When I was asked to write this article to tell parishioners a little bit about myself, I thought I better not go down the “eulogy” route. You know what I mean, “I was born in Brisbane on … etc.” I have always...

Bargains & Blessings The Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay, based in Birkdale and Wellington Point, earlier in the year opened their Bargains & Blessings op shop based in the hall at St James, 17 Station Street, Wellington Point. The well set out and well...