Our plans (April 2008):
Hi, I'm Mike Russell, (mike@stgeorgesmagill.org) the minister of St. Barnabas church at Firle. We've got some exciting changes coming up in the next couple of months, and I'd love to tell you about them and invite you to join us.
We are planning the launch of a new style church on the 1st of June. The intention under God is as follows:
We'll have a number of Swahili songs, led by our Burundian families, as well as some in English. There will be translations of the Swahili songs written down, so we know what we are singing.
The Swahili will be led by some of the 20 Burundian friends who are joining our congregation in May - I expect this will make quite a difference to the feel of church!
We will also have a kids talk each week, before the kids go out to Sunday school.
Though there will be some change, we won't give away what is central - the reading and teaching of God's word, the bible; the trust in Jesus who died as a sacrifice in our place to take away our sins; the meeting regularly, encouraging each other to love and good deeds, while waiting for his return.
Hope to see you Sundays at 10am starting June the 1st, 2008.
We meet at 86 Gage St. Firle.
The Mission Church was opened in June 1914 on the site
of the present church building. At that stage the church
had no porch, vestry or other amenity. The mission hall was
a wood and iron structure lined with asbestos. Under the
architect's supervision, members helped with construction.
In those days, community life and church life were much more
closely intertwined. Over the years, the church reached out
to the community by supporting tennis and basketball teams
and by arranging social events such as dances, film and card
evenings, fetes and picnics.
More than 500 people witnessed the dedication of the new
church by Archbishop Reed in May 1957. The tower block,
sited to align with the centre of Devitt Ave, still remains
a feature of the present church. The tower's bell, also
a significant feature of the church was cast in Loughborough,
England. It reached Port Adelaide on the SS Cornwall in
April 1960. Its inscription reads:
To the Glory of God"
Erected in loving memory of
David and Katie Smith
By their daughters, Olive and Floris"
The bell weighs 216kg has a 69cm diameter and sounds middle
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