Springwood

Christ Church

Holy Communion at Christ Church this morning.   I love this beautiful old sandstone church on the Great Western Highway at Springwood.  We have been attending this church for the last fifteen years and are part of the 8 am Traditional Anglican congregation.

I took this photo this morning on a rather dull overcast day.  It is an example of  a Victorian Academic Gothic Style Church designed by Sir John Sulman and built in 1889

This is the rear of the Church.  In 1961 a Transept and Tower were added, in accordance with the original plans and these are sensitive additions to the original Church.

Inside the church.  The Communion Table and the beautiful stained glass window above it.  There are many beautiful stained glass windows throughout the Church and the Transept.

To-day we were encouraged to exercise compassion for the lost, the needy and each other.  At morning tea afterwards in the hall, we picked up these Red Hearts and were asked to complete and return them at the end of November listing ways in which we have shown compassion. Examples of compassion would be praying, make new friends at church, make a meal for the church freezer, fill an Operation Christmas Child box, telephone calls, etc.




I think I am going to have some trouble completing my Red Heart as I cannot  think of many ways in which I can contribute towards compassion.  I think I shall try and make new friends, which might be hard as hardly any new people turn up these days.  Perhaps I could make a meal for the freezer and, of course, I can always pray for the many sick people in our Parish.  It will be interesting to see my completed Red Heart at the end of November!