Welcome to the Anglican Parish of Stirling

Our Parish is located in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia, and encompasses Crafers, Stirling, Aldgate and Bridgewater and surrounding areas.

The Stirling Parish has three different centres offering varying styles of worship and activities

 ALDGATE
Church of The Ascension
2 Akaba Rd. Aldgate

Aldgate is home to a reflective, spiritual and joyful community.

SERVICES:

• Sundays 8.30am  Sung Communion followed by morning tea
• Wednesdays 10am – 11am  Holy Communion with lively discussion followed by a coffee-shop gathering
• Fridays 5.30pm  Evening Prayer – A simple, short, small service in the peace of the evening

Garden for personal reflection

BRIDGEWATER
Church of Saint Michael & All Angels
435 Mt Barker Road, Bridgewater

Bridgewater is an informal gathering with a broad age range and variety of worship styles.

SERVICES:

• Sundays 9.30am  Communion followed by a delicious morning tea
  • 2nd and 4th Sundays – Contemporary, youth- oriented service
  • 1st and 5th Sundays – Traditional Service s
  • 3rd Sunday – Taizé Service (peaceful and reflective)

CRAFERS
Church of The Epiphany
Epiphany Place, Crafers

Crafers offers traditional services in a heritage church with choir and magnificent pipe organ

SERVICES:

• Sundays 10am – Choral Eucharist
  Prayer for healing in the Peace Chapel, followed by morning tea.

Church open for private prayer when our office is open.
Memorial garden open daily for personal reflection.

Our Website includes information about our services, our ministry team, our ministries and our ethos:

• • Living as a faith community
  • Active in the world as God’s people
  • Reaching out with the Gospel

You will also find information here about our latest events, various groups, selected sermons, and much more.

If you live in or are visiting the Adelaide Hills area, we hope you will join us.

If you would like to arrange a baptism, wedding, memorial, or just have questions, please contact us.

THE SEASON OF CREATION – 2017
The Spirit in Creation

• September 3 1st Sunday in Creation – Forest Sunday
• September 10 2nd Sunday in Creation – Land Sunday
• September 17 3rd Sunday in Creation – Wilderness/Outback Sunday
• September 24 4th Sunday in Creation – River Sunday
• October 1 St Francis of Assisi Day – Blessings of the Animals

EfM has been an ongoing learning activity within out Parish for over 20 years.

At the end of 2016, after innumerable years of dedicated service, Vee, Libby and Heather are all retiring as mentors.

In 2017 the course will be mentored by Jane Norris, who completed EfM in 2013 and has been an accredited mentor for the past 3 years.

The group will continue to meet on Monday afternoons from 1.30pm to 4pm at Crafers, during school term times.

The EfM program is a four-year study and group reflection process for the formation of Christian ministry through the development

of knowledge, attitude, skill, and identity as Christians.

Published texts and essays provide the primary knowledge content in the study of the Christian tradition.

• Year 1 studies the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
• Year 2 the New Testament.
• Year 3 Christian church history.
• Year 4 Theology, ethics, and interfaith encounter.

Are you interested in joining EfM for 2017?

Do you know someone from another church or Christian denomination who might be interested?

Please contact Jane for details.

PH 0438 544 916

Debut – the dancers direct

Performances: 20th – 29th October

Debut will provide an invaluable professional development opportunity. The Debut project will see a season of five stunning and diverse short works integrating dancers with and without disability presented at the new Restless Dance Theatre Studio.

The program will nurture and unleash the potential of the artists involved, deepening their understanding of the artistic process – from the beginning of a creative idea to the final curtain call. The Debut process is inclusive of and responsive to the skills, interests and needs of the emerging disabled choreographers. The five directors have been chosen and partnered with their experienced and skilled mentors:

• James Bull will be mentored by Nadia Cusimano
• Josh Campton will be mentored by Gina Rings
• Chris Dyke will be mentored by Larissa McGowan
• Jianna Georgiou will be mentored by Peter Sheedy
• Rachel High will be mentored by Lisa Heaven

Michelle Ryan will oversee the project and ensure that the highest standards of inclusive practice pervade the work of the mentors and the directors. The directors will work within a framework of process and presentation that is supportive and inclusive. The mentors will support the directors in analysing their creative process, providing feedback and encouragement and, acting as the outside eye on the work. It is also a fantastic opportunity for the directors to develop relationships with their mentors and the broader dance community.

Each director will work with their mentor to develop their ideas prior to the rehearsals. The rehearsals will take place during September and October with the Studio and the Meeting Room at Gilles Street being fully utilised to accommodate the 5 directors. The performance season will be on the 20-22nd and the 27th-29th  October. There will be an accessible performance with audio description and Auslan signing.

The casts for the five pieces will be drawn from the Restless ensembles as well as other young non disabled dancers. All of the members of the ensembles will benefit from the experience of Debut – not just those chosen to direct. Dancers with disability from the Restless ensembles will benefit from seeing their peers take on the responsibilities of creating a new work, for this enhances their own confidence as artists to respond positively to artistic challenges in the future. Debut is a valuable professional development for all the participants and enriches the creative abilities of all the ensemble members.