News
Christmas Services (2024)
Christmas service times for 2024 are:
Sunday 22nd December – Christmas Carol Service – 5.00pm in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Wednesday 25th December – Christmas Day Service (English) – 9.30am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Wednesday 25th December – Christmas Day Service (Korean) – 11.00am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
All are very welcome, and we hope to see you there!
2024 Easter Services
Sunday 24th March – Palm Sunday service– 9.30am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Thursday 28th March — Maundy Thursday Service and Shared Meal — 7.00pm in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Sunday 31st March – Easter Sunday Service combined with the Hanbit congregation – 11.00am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill ** Please note the change from the usual Sunday service time. **
Everyone is welcome, and hope to see you there!
Christmas message from Uniting Church in Australia President Rev Sharon Hollis
In her message, Rev Hollis reflects that in a season of celebration, the mood seems far from celebratory. Many in Australia are struggling to buy food to eat. Violence and suffering continue around the world. In the land of Jesus' birth we see suffering that is beyond fathoming. What does it mean to say the Prince of Peace is born?
"The story of Jesus birth is not one that occurs in a fairy tale world of stillness and calm," says Rev Hollis.
"Rather Jesus comes as a vulnerable baby into a precarious world, born into empire, shadowed by violence."
"His birth is the announcement by God that God wills the end of violence and suffering. Jesus is God’s way of standing in solidarity with us, arriving into all our brokenness and beauty. A herald of God’s joy, hope and peace."
Christmas Services (2023)
Christmas service times for 2023 are:
Sunday 24th December – usual Sunday morning service – 9.30am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Sunday 24th December – Christmas Eve Carol Service – 7.00pm in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Monday 25th December – Christmas Day Service – 9.30am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
All are very welcome, and we hope to see you there!
Pentecost Sunday service - 11.00am Sunday 28 May
Sunday 28th May is Pentecost, and St Andrews will be combining with the Hanbit Korean church to celebrate this foundational event in the life of the Church universal.
The Service will be at 11.00am in the blue stone church (**note the change from the usual service time**).
Everyone is very welcome to attend!
2023 Easter Services
Easter service times for 2023 are:
Sunday 2nd April – Palm Sunday service– 9.30am in the St Andrews Church, Box Hill
Thursday 6th April - Maundy Thursday Service and Shared Meal - 6.00pm in the St Andrews Church, Box Hill
Friday 7th April - Good Friday Service – 9.30am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Sunday 9th April – Easter Sunday Service combined with the Hanbit congregation – 11.00am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill ** Please note the change from the usual Sunday service time. **
All are welcome and hope to see you there!
2022 Christmas message from Rev Sharon Hollis, President of the Uniting Church in Australia
Rev Sharon Hollis, President of the Uniting Church in Australia, has shared her 2022 Christmas message in the short video below. It is well worth watching!
Christmas Services (2022)
Christmas service times for 2022 are:
Sunday 25 December – Christmas Day Service – 9.30am in the St Andrew's Church, Box Hill
Note that, unfortunately, there will be no Christmas Eve Carol Service this year. Hopefully, this will be back in 2023.
All are very welcome to any of our services. Hope to see you soon!