Padstow Anglican Church

10/01/2026

Praise God for another wonderful year of gathering in the mountains and kicking off the year focusing on God’s word and his global mission at CMS Summer School.

24/12/2025

“This year, a pall of darkness was cast over Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights,” the Archbishop said. “The attack that brought that darkness targeted the Jewish community — our fellow Australians.”

The Archbishop said it was understandable that people will have mixed feelings approaching Christmas.

“How can we celebrate when there is such darkness in the world, and it has come so close?”

But he said, the Bible speaks poignantly to this moment in time. “Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, the prophet Isaiah wrote: “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.”

For Christians, that light is Jesus,” the Archbishop said.

“Christmas isn’t escapism. Christmas is about God's rescue.” says Archbishop Raffel.

16/04/2025

We would love to see you at St John's Padstow at our Easter Services.

24/12/2024

The Archbishop of Sydney has highlighted the problem of loneliness in his annual Christmas message.

“As this year ends, one human problem seems more common than ever. Loneliness,” Archbishop Kanishka Raffel said.

“A special inquiry in New South Wales has been told that almost half of the population experience loneliness – and many experience it often. It easy to think that no one understands our loneliness. But when we turn to the Bible, we see that the child Jesus had another name - Immanuel, which means – God with us.”

The Archbishop spoke of the consolation of faith and its impact on the issues of the 21st Century.

Sydney Anglican Archbishop Kanishka Raffel gives his Christmas message for 2024.

23/12/2024

We would love you to join us to celebrate the birth of the Saviour. Christmas Eve at 11pm or Christmas Day at 9am.

30/03/2024

Christ is Risen!

26/03/2024

We would love you to join us for Easter.

25/03/2024

Wisdom from "Bluey":

(by Andrew Errington)

“Bluey” is not a judgemental show: its wisdom is never offered with a stern glance and warnings about the consequences of doing otherwise — which is why it has the feeling of an invitation, an opportunity.

08/03/2024

In the past five years, two momentous decisions have been taken by our State Parliament, both under the banner of “right to choose”. ... On November 28, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 (NSW) (the Act) came into force in this State, enabling eligible people to choose to access euthanasia in accordance with the regulations and guidelines stipulated by the Act.

(Article by Archbishop Kanishka Raffel)

Continue to Care Distinctively at the End of Life

14/02/2024

"For Christians, Jesus is not to be celebrated only at Christmas time. In the new year too, and daily – and all the more in the face of a world steeped in tears and desperate for hope – Jesus is, to use some of the metaphors of the writer to the Hebrews, the meat that feeds our faith, the rock upon which we stand and the anchor in heaven that leads us home."

The Archbishop writes

What will secure you in the midst of the storm?

01/02/2024

The livestream for Richard Gerdes funeral today at 11 is here:

Funeral Service for Richard Gerdes at St John's Padstow, 2nd February 2024 at 11 am