WELCOME TO ST JOHN’S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, BRISBANE
St John’s Cathedral is home to a community which seeks to bring the best of Anglican tradition into dialogue with the issues and needs of our day.
We strive for open-minded conversation, seek to practice inclusion, and reflect on how we might see our beliefs put into action. We want this to be a place where people are encouraged to seek God and progress their own spiritual journeys.
The Cathedral itself, a renowned Brisbane landmark, serves as a magnet, where diverse people gather to worship, celebrate, seek solace, converse and learn.
Peace,
Peter Catt +
Dean of Brisbane
SERVICE NOTES
Here you will find quick links to two weeks of Service Notes for each of our four Sunday services.
These will be updated each Thursday –
“THIS WEEK” covers the coming Sunday;
“LAST WEEK” the preceding Sunday.
Click the title bar or ‘+’ button to toggle open your chosen week and select the service time.
THIS WEEK'S SERVICE NOTES
LAST WEEK'S SERVICE NOTES
Sunday 1st December
OUR PLACE IN HISTORY:
THE DEANERY’S HERITAGE APPEAL
The National Trust of Australia (Queensland) has listed The Deanery (Adelaide House) – the first Government House when Queensland was created on 10th December 1859. The balcony on which Sir George Bowen read the proclamation that day is in need of a great deal of work to restore it to a stable and safe condition. This means that in the Trust’s view it is essential to Australia’s heritage and must be preserved.
Donations to the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) for this appeal are allowable as deductions for tax purposes.
Find out more on our DEANERY APPEAL page.
OUTREACH – NOVEMBER 2019
NEWTON THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
The Province of Queensland Archibishop’s November Appeal supports the work of Newton Theological College, located in the beautiful Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. The only facility in PNG that trains candidates for priesthood in the Anglican Church, Newton College offers a three-year Diploma in Theology. At any one time there are up to 22 students living on campus, often accompanied by their families.
We have supported previous appeals for Newton College – most recently in February 2018 – to improve the physical infrastructure, curriculum development and further education of teaching staff. As well as expanding library facilities and book stocks to assist students with research and essay writing, this earlier appeal also resulted in the acquisition of a more powerful water pump, complete with piping and fitting, which has done much to improve the water supply and even, in some houses, to provide an occasional shower.
But five more water tanks are still required. As well, ongoing maintenance and repairs continue to be necessary to ensure the buildings are fit to fulfill their purpose. $60,000 is needed for water tanks, payments to teaching staff, student materials, establishment and stocking of a chicken run to improve the level of protein available to students, and to fund sewing machines for participants in the literacy and life skills program.
Can we contribute at least $1,000 towards the cost of supporting Newton Theological College in 2020?
(Note: the cost of a new water tank is $2,000.)
MORE INFO: see centrespread pages 22-23 in the November CCNews
and also the ABM website’s Newton Theological College page
CATHEDRAL OFFERINGS
NEW: ONLINE DONATIONS PAGE!
Our Cathedral has adopted the simple, convenient online payment channel of Tithe.ly — designed by and for churches — and currently used by more than 12,000 churches and ministries in over 50 countries.
Scan or click on the QR code above, to visit our GIVE page on this website: you may make an offering to our Cathedral and its work – either as a one-off or recurring gift –
using a credit card by clicking on the
green GIVE NOW button or the
GENERAL DONATIONS image block, which will open a simple, pop-up Tithe.ly form without you having to leave this site.
MORE INFO: please visit our GIVE page
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday 24th November, 11.15am
Notice is hereby given that the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Cathedral Congregation will commence at 11.15am on Sunday 24th November 2019 in the Darnell Room. The Agenda for the meeting together with details of elections to be held will be advertised on the Cathedral doors from early November. After the elections are completed, the meeting will be adjourned until 23rd February 2020 so that the various reports for 2019 can be finalised.
If you wish to vote in any elections or to nominate for a position, please make sure that you are registered on the Cathedral Roll as an Elector. Cathedral Roll forms and Cathedral Nomination for Election forms are available from the Literature Stand; completed forms should be handed to a Warden or to the Dean. People interested in being nominated for a position should read the information brochure about the roles and duties of Council members, available at the Literature Stand in the Narthex.
Nominations in writing on a Cathedral Nomination for Election form must be with the Dean by Sunday 17th November 2019.
