Sunday Service

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 interspersed with inspirational music performed by world-class musicians.

St Michael’s affirms and encourages the best expression of humanity, not only through the Sunday service but though our wellbeing programs and our commitment to counselling and psychotherapy. We believe faith, spirituality and a meaning to life are vital ingredients for our health and wellbeing and that there is a need to get hold of a more authentic religious understanding.

Sunday services commence at 10am.
Free Entry

Guest Artist: Megan Reeve (Harp)

Music between the readings: Nocturn – Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Mikhail Glinka was the first composer to gain national fame in his native Russia.  He is regarded as the father of Russian music, influencing later composers to write in a distinctive Russian style.

Music during the offering: Variations on a theme of Mozart – Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

The postlude: Grand Choeur Dialogue – Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)

After completing his studies as a student of Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns,  Eugène Gigout served as organist at Paris’ Sainte-Augustin Church for an amazing 62 years. As the title suggests – this work is a musical dialogue between two of the organ’s choruses (groups of organ stops).  Today we hear the organ’s trumpet stop (which has been heard at St Michael’s since 1867) pitched in musical battle against the rest of the organ. The result is thrilling and typical of the school of French organ composition that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century.

Artist Bio: Megan has been performing professionally on the harp for over twenty years. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Music Performance degree from the Victorian College of the Arts, and a Master of Arts in Music, Culture and Politics from Cardiff University, Wales.

Megan has also completed a Summer Academy course in Salzburg, Austria. Megan has performed with a diverse range of music ensemble, from the Melbourne Symphony and the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra, through to touring with Jose Carreras, the Bolshoi Ballet and Kanye West for the U2 Vertigo tour. Her television appearances include ‘Good Morning Australia’, ‘It Takes Two’, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Spicks and Specks’.

She has recorded on the Move and Naxos labels. Megan has performed with Chamber Music Australia for the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and is a founding member of chamber music group the ‘Miscellany Ensemble’ and duo ‘voxArpa’. Her public speaking skills have seen her in demand as a guest speaker at events around the United Kingdom and Australia, where she has presented a paper at the 5th Australian Harp Festival.