Anglican Church, Emu Park

ANGLICAN CHURCH, EMU PARK

Address: Christ Church,
Archer Street, Emu Park. 4710.

St James Church
Mary Street, Yeppoon. 4703

Rector -
Fr. Michael Donaldson
Rectory Phone 07 49391226
Assistant Priest - Fr. Phillip Ward (Bus) 07 49392419
(Mobile) 0407392419
Deacon - Rev'd
Les Saunders. 07 49398879
Parish Wardens
Emu Park
Bev Furney and Lyn Booth
Priests
Neil Morton 07 49395740
Peoples
Rhylla Webb 07 49388963
web:
www.keppelanglican.org

Annual Morning Tea fund Raiser -
Wednesday 13th July at 10 a.m..
Theme is 'Heritage times'. Display your Antiques (silver, glass, crockery, books etc.)
Prize for best dress and antique
Entertainment, multi-draw raffles.
Always a good morning.
All Welcome.
$5 entry.
Book a table
or join in with others.

Contact
Lyn Booth
49396010
or
Bev Furney
49396563

For more information on Keppel Parish go to www.anglicanrock.org.au

Baptisms are held as part of our worship

The new stained glass window in the Baptistry was donated by long time resident Eileen Linnett, who has now moved to W.A

SERVICE TIMES AND ACTIVITIES
Holy Communion and Sunday School every Sunday 8.30am.
Prayer and fellowship every Wednesday 9am.
Men's Barbecue the last Friday of the month.
Women's Dinner the last Friday of the month.
As a member church of Keppel Parish, parishoners are involved in the Cursillo and Catechumenate movements.

HISTORY.
In July 1888, the first church services were commenced on a fortnightly basis in the railway station waiting room and the hall next to the Emu Park Hotel. The officiating clergy visited from Rockhampton.
In January 1890 a "Church of England Building Fund Committee" was formed and in 1893 a simple timber church of single skin construction was dedicated as Christ Church, Emu Park on a site at the corner of Hill and Fountain Streets.
Unfortunuately this site on the approach to town was frequently underwater during the wet season, so permission was obtained from the Rockhampton Diocesan Council to relocate the church to it's present site in Archer Street.

HISTORY CONTINUED, .
Now in 2003, Christ Church Emu Park is part of the Keppel Parish and continues to be a centre of welcoming christian worship.
The building is a fine example of a 19th Century bush church and can lay claim to being one of the oldest buildings in Emu Park.
The little church lives on , a survivor of in its time, providing an enduring Spirit of a holy place.
(To find out more of the life and times of Christ Church refer to "Christ Church, Emu Park - An Anglican Place" by Betty Cosgrove 1993.)