St Philip's Anglican Church, Kingswood
St. Phillip's Anglican Church Kingswood is an Anglican church in Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. It was completed in 1896 and is a modest late-Victorian Gothic Revival building constructed in brick comprising a nave, chancel, and porch.[1]
Location
The church is located at the corner of Bringelly Road and Second Avenue in Kingswood [2]
History
In 1897 four blocks of Crown land were given to the residents of Kingswood for a church meeting place and cemetery (later not needed due to the dedication of Penrith Cemetery). The church was opened in 1898. The contractor was Jack Melville with ironwork given by local blacksmith James Wainwright. The porch on the western side was added later. Opened in 1898, the church was not consecrated until 1959. A Sunday school hall was completed in 1958 but was demolished.[1]
Meetings
On Sundays, there is a 9:30 am family service.[3]
There is also a 5:00 pm traditional prayer book service. The 1978 AAPB liturgy is used in this service.[4]
In the 7:00 pm cafe church, people sit at tables instead of rows and drink coffee and cold drinks, eat food, discuss faith and sing a few songs, hear a talk and say some prayers.[5]
Groups
The church run a wide range of groups running from CEBS on Wednesday night. Youth Group on Friday nights for teenagers.[6]
They run Scripture in local Primary school and do work in the University.
References
- ^ a b Penrith LEP 1991 Environmental Heritage Conservation
- ^ "St Philips Anglican Church Kingswood | Connecting Up". connectingup.org. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ Family Service
- ^ Traditional Service
- ^ Contemporary Service
- ^ church website