We Have Moved
About Tuggeranong Presbyterian
Church
We are a Christian Church that
seeks to follow Jesus and make Him known to others. We believe that God has
reached out to us all in Jesus, that through Jesus' death and resurrection God
enables us to know Him personally. We believe the Bible to be where we find out
the truth about ourselves and God, and so we seek to apply this to our lives.
Family Church
We are
a family church, everyone is welcome including children. We welcome children to
sing with us, to pray with us and to listen with us. We have a special
children's spot in our meeting. During school terms parents may send their
children out to a children's program called KFC (Kids for Christ), or keep their
family together for the whole service. If a young child needs attention during
the service, there is a "cry room" where the service is broadcast. A creche
operates during the main talk.
Membership
Our membership is made up of about 50 families, including about 60
children. The largest age group would be the 30 to 40 group, but we include all
age groups from a few months up to the eighties.
Minister
We
have been looking for a full-time minister to serve in our congregation
over the past year. Our previous minister, Tim Abbey, moved to serve in the
Bathurst Presbyterian Church after five years with our church. A
graduating student Mike Pittman and his wife Kerry and son Harrison have been
appointed as an "exit" student for next year (2003). We have met and
shared with Mike, Kerry and Harry several times now and look forward to their
arrival.
Style
Our style could
be called contemporary evangelical and fairly informal. You can see a
sample program for our Sunday meetings here . Usually our Sunday meetings are led by
an elder with various members of the congregation reading, praying and speaking
to the children. Usually the minister (pastor) presents a message for
about 25 minutes. Sometimes invited guests and members of the congregation
may present the message.
Music
We use a mix of contemporary Christian songs and more traditional ones.
We have a band and we use piano. For more details about our music
look here.
Ministries &
Program
Our church ministries include bible study, prayer meetings,
mission support, crisis care, Kids for Christ, MOPS ministry to mothers, youth
group, boys club, women's fellowship, and scripture in schools. For more
information about our ministries look here . We also host a number of family events
throughout the year. More details can be found about them here.
Location
We meet each
Sunday morning at 10:00 at the Isabella Plains Primary School Hall, corner of
Noorooma St and Ellerston Avenue, Isabella Plains, Canberra, ACT Australia. Our
session clerk is Bob Allan who
can be contacted on 02 6292 2509.
Affiliation
Tuggeranong Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian Church of
Australia. The most important source of belief for the Presbyterian Church of
Australia (PCA) is the Bible. The PCA officially understands the Bible according
to teaching contained the Westminster Confession of Faith, a document written in
1646. Members of the church are not required to believe the Westminster
Confession and it does not feature strongly in the day to day life of the church
like the Bible does. Leaders in the church are expected to accept the
Westminster Confession, but they are also allowed their own opinion on matters
that are not considered essential to salvation.
Website
Our website
is maintained by a member of our church and uses a free hosting site to minimise
expenses. Unfortunately this means
we have to put up with advertising as the 'cost' for using this site. We do not
endorse any of the advertisements that appear while accessing our site. The
graphics on the homepage represent the history of salvation, namely Creation,
Fall, Promise, Birth of Christ, Atoning Death, Resurrection and Second
Coming.
