It‘s just what it sounds like.
Come to our regular Sunday service at 8.30 am, but use pedal or foot power!
This is part of our Season of Creation celebrations.
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This is a contemplative prayer service in the natural environment, with time for quiet reflection as we listen to birdsong.
The service will take place in the Davidson Aboretum. The best parking is on Flamingo Road. Meet at the shelter near the Flamingo Road entrance. BYO afternoon tea.
At St Anne’s Highfields, we treasure our pets and welcome yours.
You are invited to join us for the blessing of pets and wildlife.
Come to our 8.30 am indoor service, or outdoors between 10 am and 11 am to receive a blessing for your pet.
A sausage sizzle will be available for the humans.
All pets (and their owners) welcome! If you don’t feel comfortable bringing your pet, then please bring a photograph.
This will be a Conversation That Matters. Volunteer trainers from the Queensland Police Force will join us at our regular Tuesday Drop In Centre to talk to us about personal safety at home and when we are out and about.
Everyone is welcome, so bring a friend!
Join us for a BYO lunch at 12, with the talk staring at 12.30 pm.
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Stained-glass windows
Beautiful grounds
Learn about the history as a worshipping community in and around Highfields
Learn about the Anglican ethos and worship style
11 am: Musical Performance
Ensembles and soloists from the Toowoomba Anglican School
12 noon: Musical Performance
Cactoblastis Bush Band
1.30 pm: Musical Performance
Highfields State Secondary College Saxophone Ensemble
2 pm: Historical Talk
St Anne’s Church history and architecture by Rev’d John Pryce-Davies
2.45 pm: Community Singing: Sing Praises
A selection of favourite hymns for everyone to enjoy and singing along
3.45 pm: Explaining Anglican Worship
Questions and Answers with the Venerable Mark Carlyon and Rev’d Melissa Conway
5 pm: Choral (Sung) Evensong
Traditional High Anglican Evensong with full choir, commemorating the Anglican Martyrs of New Guinea, World War II
Refreshments for purchase: morning tea and lunch
Display of historic church vestments and vessels
History and archive displays
Mini market table with home bake, preserves, plants, crafts
Our church and hall are heated.
This is a FREE EVENT. Donations to church ministry would be appreciated.
Join us in St Anne’s hall for our Books and Collectibles Fair. FREE ENTRY.
We have a fabulous collection of as new and rare books, as well as collectible items from around the world. Come and browse and find a treasure.
A funeral is a farewell filled with love and respect.
This conversation will help you start the process of preparing for a funeral ahead of time, so that loved ones know your and/or your partners’ wishes.
What to expect:
Planning funerals and memorials
Cremation & burial options
The role of the executor
Walk away with a draft plan
Light refreshments will be available.
Free entry.
Celebrate the joy of resurrection, and the new life we share in Jesus Christ. Bring the family for a joyful, song-filled celebration.
Dawn over the sea
Join the Communities of St Anne’s Anglican Church and Mary of the Southern Cross Catholic Parish, at Peacehaven Botanic Park, for an outdoor journey of the Stations of the Cross, recounting the arrest, trial and execution of Jesus of Nazareth. This service will include prayer, reflection and song. “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?”
On Good Friday, we remember the arrest, trial and execution of Jesus of Nazareth. This quiet, contemplative service will conclude with an opportunity to personally reflect on Jesus’ sacrificial death as we view the stark imagery of the cross.
This is a solemn prayer service, during which the Passion of Christ according to John’s gospel will be read. Members of the congregation will be invited to make their own act of veneration as the cross is placed in the centre of the sanctuary.
We begin and end this service in silence.
The parish community enjoys a meal together on Maundy Thursday.
At the Tenebrae service candles are extinguished one by one.
Ripples in water
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Join us at the Davidson Arboretum labyrinth for a quiet liturgy and to walk the labyrinth in a natural setting.
You may wish to bring a chair, and a drink and some snacks to share after the walk.
The closest parking to the labyrinth is in Flamingo Road.
WET WEATHER OPTION: If it is raining or windy we will gather at St Anne’s at the same time.
Conversations that Matter: Pavi's Story
CANCELLED
This event has been cancelled due to the predicted weather event. We will advise when a new date is set.
Please join us for Lenten Bible Studies, starting early March and continuing for the 6 weeks of Lent. Our book is Hope25, which includes both daily readings and reflections from Australian Bishops, and a weekly group study based on a Bible reading and testimony. The cost of the book is $12. Three groups are available:
Sundays 7pm by Zoom, starting 2 March, led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 9.30 am St Anne’s, starting 5 March (after 9 am service), led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 11 am St James’, starting 5 March (after 10 am service), led by Mark
Or sign up to host your own group or to study privately. Sign up sheets are available at church or phone the office.
On Ash Wednesday our special service of Holy Communion includes the imposition of ashes and the Lenten litany. All are welcome.
This service will be followed by our first session of our Lenten Bible Study: Hope25.
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Please join us for Lenten Bible Studies, starting early March and continuing for the 6 weeks of Lent. Our book is Hope25, which includes both daily readings and reflections from Australian Bishops, and a weekly group study based on a Bible reading and testimony. The cost of the book is $12. Three groups are available:
Sundays 7pm by Zoom, starting 2 March, led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 9.30 am St Anne’s, starting 5 March (after 9 am service), led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 11 am St James’, starting 5 March (after 10 am service), led by Mark
Or sign up to host your own group or to study privately. Sign up sheets are available at church or phone the office.
This edition of Bible Book Club, is about getting the most out of your Bible, an introductory webinar.
Topics will include:
choosing a Bible translation
the structure of the Bible
literary genres in the Bible
ways of reading the Bible
resources that may help
This will be an online session, meeting via Zoom on Sunday 2 February from 7 pm to 9 pm (or earlier). Email melissa@stjames.org.au for the link code to join.
How Bible Book Club works (although this webinar will be slightly different):
Each Book Club meeting will focus on a book or set of chapters from the Bible, coinciding with the lectionary cycle. Participants are encouraged to read the book or chapters before the meeting, but it’s not essential. The meeting will be live via Zoom and recorded to be accessed later by anyone who can’t attend in person. This recording will be publicly available.
It is hoped that Bible Book Club will enhance participants’ and viewers’ understanding of the Sunday readings.
Start the new school, college or worrk year with a blessing.
Bring your backpack, pencil case, lunch box, handbag, or anything else that is a symbol of your daily life.
The blessing will be part of our normal Sunday service.
Join us at St Anne’s in Highfields, at 8.30 am on Christmas Day for a traditional Christmas Service, with lots of carols.
Children and adults are always welcome at St Anne’s. No prior experience is necessary! We understand that small children have needs, so it’s OK to bring snacks.
We humans are story-makers and story-tellers, but for Christians, the Christmas story is the most precious story, the story of when the one great God came to be with us, and to be exactly like one of us, in the form of the baby Jesus. That’s so important because it means that God, in Jesus, knows the joys and sorrows, the exciting times and the pain of being human.
We would love you to join us to celebrate that God is with us at Christmas and always.
This service includes Holy Communion.
Join us at St Anne’s in Highfields, at 5.30 on Christmas Eve for a special telling of the Christmas story for families with young children, with lots of carols. Children are invited to come dressed as angels, shepherds, wise persons, royalty or farm animals.
We understand that small children have needs, so it’s OK to bring snacks.
We humans are story-makers and story-tellers, but for Christians, the Christmas story is the most precious story, the story of when the one great God came to be with us, and to be exactly like one of us, in the form of the baby Jesus. That’s so important because it means that God, in Jesus, knows the joys and sorrows, the exciting times and the pain of being human.
We would love you to join us to celebrate that God is with us at Christmas and always.
his service includes Holy Communion.
Sing-a-long: Christmas Songs and Old Favourites
Christmas Trivia Quiz
Craft Stall - Gifts and Decorations
Christmas Raffle
Lucky Door Prize
Entry by gold coin donation, plus bring a plate of Christmas goodies to share
RSVP (catering): Sandy Whybird ph 46987624
Why a Blue Christmas?
Cries of “Merry Christmas!” and non-stop carols contrast with the feelings of many people at this time of year. For those suffering from the recent or impending death of loved ones, for the lonely and for those whose families are in crisis, it can be a very isolated and dreary time. Every greeting and every song reminds the grief-stricken of how unhappy life is at this moment. Many churches have begun to recognize that Festivals of Lessons and Carols, celebrations of Christmas, and children’s pageants do not meet everyone’s needs. To fill this gap we offer a Blue Christmas service, a Service of Solace for those who find this to be a painful time of the year. People who are not having a very merry Christmas and friends who support them are invited to come and sit with one another in a liturgy that speaks of the love of God for the grieving. Our service will include gentle music, Bible readings, prayers, private prayers and anointing. The service also includes ways to physically express our feelings by lighting a candle in prayer, and laying a cloth in the crib as a prayer offering. These prayers will then be gathered up again on Christmas Day.
5.30 pm, Sunday 8 December 2024
St James’, Toowoomba
St Anne’s, Highfields
The inaugural Bible Book Club, focussing on the Gospel of Luke, will happen online via Zoom on Sunday 24 November from 3 pm to 5 pm. Email melissa@stjames.org.au for the link code to join.
How Bible Book Club works:
Each Book Club meeting will focus on a book or set of chapters from the Bible, coinciding with the lectionary cycle. Participants are encouraged to read the book or chapters before the meeting, but it’s not essential. The meeting will be live via Zoom and recorded to be accessed later by anyone who can’t attend in person. This recording will be publicly available.
Our inaugural meeting will be on the Gospel of Luke, as we prepare to enter year C of the lectionary cycle, which is the year of Luke. We’ll talk about the origins and structure of the book, key themes and passages, and highlights to look out for during the year.
It is hoped that Bible Book Club will enhance participants’ and viewers’ understanding of the Sunday readings. Meetings during 2025 will relate to the books and chapters that occur in a significant series in the lectionary.
Pictured are Bradley Newton and Amanda Newton.
October 15th is International Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day, where bereaved parents from Australia and around the world pause to remember their babies who’ve died.
Around this day we offer a special, quiet remembrance service for those who have experienced the loss of a child, no matter how old or how long ago, but with special care for those who have experienced a stillbirth or infant loss in the past year.
Join us at St Anne’s Church, 26 Highfields Road, Highfields 4352 .
This service is sensitive to the needs of people of all faiths and those who have no faith. It will be held outdoors in our peaceful grounds, weather permitting.
More information about October 15 at: Oct 15 | SANDS - MISCARRIAGE STILLBIRTH NEWBORN DEATH SUPPORT
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At St Anne’s Highfields, we treasure our pets and welcome yours.
You are invited to join us for the blessing of pets and wildlife.
Come to our 8.30 am service, or anytime between 10 am and 11 am to receive a blessing for your pet.
A sausage sizzle will be available for the humans.
All pets (and their owners) welcome! If you don’t feel comfortable bringing your pet, then please bring a photograph.
At St Anne’s Highfields, we treasure our pets and welcome yours.
You are invited to join us for the blessing of animals.
Come to our 8.30 am service, or anytime between 10 am and 11 am to receive a blessing for your pet.
A sausage sizzle will be available for the humans.
All pets (and their owners) welcome! If you don’t feel comfortable bringing your pet, then please bring a photograph.
Join our panel of garden and earth care gurus for a lively discussion about the spiritual dimension of tending our gardens and the earth.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP for catering purposes: melissa@stjames.org.au
Debbie Bassingthwaighte: Motivated by vivid childhood memories of tasting food plucked fresh from the garden, Debbie is a teacher, designer and president of Permaculture Toowoomba Inc., who enjoys growing, preserving, and cooking abundant organic produce. Debbie is deeply interested in permaculture-inspired resilience and abundance and feels consciously interconnected with nature and community in her productive edible garden that nourishes family, friends, and wildlife.
Ahri Tallon: Ahri is a youth worker, community organiser and community development worker based in Toowoomba, Queensland. Ahri has always worked in community projects and organisations trying to create a more connected, thriving and sustainable world. He is passionate about working with young people, supporting healthy organisations and preserving our planet for future generations. Ahri joined the Darling Downs Environmental Council after working with youth at risk, setting up and running a charity providing skills development and mentoring.
Angie Mooney: Angie works remotely for St John’s Anglican Cathedral Brisbane. She lives with her partner and 3 chooks on a bush block near Murphy’s creek. They live off grid in a self-built tiny home. Her academic adventures have included environmental science and theology. Her work life adventures include working in a nursery, land and water conservation officer and youth worker. She has a strong connection to the land and is an ally for First Nations justice.
Our Moderator is Dawn Currey, a science teacher and third order Franciscan.
Artwork by Bob Mash. “The leaves of the trees are for the healing of the nations” Revelation 22:2
Starting from Tuesday 6 August, St Anne’s will host a drop in centre in the church hall.
Bring your own lunch, and craft if you wish, and join us for a chat and some games. The cup of tea or coffee is on us.
Our hope is simply to foster stronger social connections in our community.
