Spirituality

Advent Studies

Advent Studies

This year we offer two opportunities during advent: Keep Watch With Me: An Advent Quiet Afternoon, meditations on watching, waiting and working for peace. Reading the Gospel of Mark, the shortest of our gospel books and is readable in about an hour and a half! Come along and unpack the gospel with friends. A great way to begin the Year B lectionary reading cycle. RSVP to these events at [email protected] or ph 5499 9130 (bring a plate to share for each.)
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Taize, Meditation & Sacred Singing

Taize, Meditation & Sacred Singing

Sacred Singing Our singers meet weekly on a Tuesday afternoon at 2pm with accomplished tenor and choral director Kim Kirkman to practice chants and sacred songs for our contemplative Taize services and other occasions. It's free! Please come along and join us! Taizé is a restful candle lit service incorporating chants, silence, poetry and simple prayers. There is an emphasis on simplicity and peace. The service is usually about 40 minutes. Everyone welcome!Maleny at 5pm on the 3rd Sun/mth February to November Meditation has been part of the Christian tradition since the 4th and 5th centuries and recently has been revived as a form…
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Praying the Stories of Women

Praying the Stories of Women

What is it like to tell the good news through the stories of women? Morning prayer with readings drawn from Wilda Gafney's A Women's Lectionary.Tuesdays 9am at St George's and on Zoom - contact us for the address! "What does it look like to tell the good news through the stories of women who are often on the margins of scripture and often set up to represent bad news? How would a lectionary centering women’s stories, chosen with womanist and feminist commitments in mind, frame the presentation of the scriptures for proclamation and teaching? The scriptures are androcentric, male-focused, as…
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Helpful Resources

Helpful Resources

Anglican Church Southern Queensland> Anglican Focus: News site> ACSQ: Official site> Anglican Schools Qld> Anglicare: Residential and Community Care services> Anglican Board of Mission Lectionary Resources> The Readings> Weekly Bible Study> Pulpit Fiction: Weekly lectionary podcast Children and Family Resources> Building Faith> Do Faith at Home> Sun Hats and Wellie Boots> Muddy Church> Prayer Spaces in Schools Daily Prayer> ePray Daily App: Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Compline from APBA populated with daily readings and prayers to your phone everyday. Free to download. (Contact the parish office for the access code if needed.)> Reimagining the Examen: A modern take on St. Ignatius’s 500-year-old prayer. > Pray As You Go Spirituality> Richard Rohr’s Meditations> WCCM Daily Wisdom> Sacredise Daily…
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