Sunday Address

St Michael’s is a unique church in the heart of the city. Unique for its relevant, contemporary preaching that embraces and inner wellbeing as its core message.

Sunday services include a mix of traditional and modern presentations. Inspirational music is integral to the services and most Sunday services include guest musicians, who perform in-between readings from the Bible, New Scientist Magazine, Time Magazine, Australian and International poets as well as current news articles.

In short, you don’t have to be Christian in order to attend a Sunday service at St Michael’s. One of our congregation recently stated that she had ‘been coming to this church since 1984 and I wouldn’t call myself a Christian. I love the feeling of hope and the conversations that are started each week”

St Michael’s offers a wide variety of experiences for growth and change. It is a place which affirms and encourages the best expression of who you are and who you can be, not only through the Sunday service but thought numerous wellbeing programs and its commitment to counselling and psychotherapy.

We believe faith, spirituality and a meaning to life are vital ingredients for our health and well-being and that there is a need to get hold of a more authentic religious understanding and to express it more confidently and diversely.

Sunday services commence at 10am.
Free Entry.

Guest Artist: Evgeny Chebykin (Horn)

Music between the readings: Ave Maria – J.S. Bach (1685-1750) & Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

This well known piece began life as a keyboard prelude by J.S. Bach. Gounod, more than a century later, wrote a melody to go over the top, and it became known as ‘Ave Maria’ and become a much loved work.

Music during the offering: Chant Lontain – Eugène Bozza (1905-1991)
Bozza was a highly active French composer who studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He is best known for his chamber music and instrumental works.

The postlude: Humoresque – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Artist Bio: Evgeny was educated in former Soviet republic of Moldova and later at The Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Whilst at the RAM, Evgeny won the coveted Dennis Brain Prize and had the honour of playing principal horn in Schumann’s Konzertschtuck under late great Sir Charles Mackerras.

Evgeny regularly appears as guest principal with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and London Sinfonietta as well as on numerous film soundtracks including the Harry Potter series. Closer to home, he played in Melbourne run of Love Never Dies and currently can be heard from the pit of the State Theatre playing with Orchestra Victoria. Evgeny is pleased to have survived unprecedented four consecutive Ring Cycles by Wagner in the recent Melbourne season.