Palm 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.

During the service Dr Francis Macnab will speak with Professor Emeritus Brian Smith, AO about his book “The Confessions of Dudley Sims”.

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Guest Artist: Bruno Siketa (Trumpet) 

Music between the readings:
Romance from ‘The Gadfly’ – Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
This well known melody was composed by Shostakovich for the film ‘The Gadfly’ which was an adaptation of Ethel Lillian Voynich’s 1897 book of the same name.  It is heard here in an arrangement for trumpet and organ, and is a favourite of many at St. Michael’s.

Music during the offering:
Trumpet Voluntary – John Stanley (1712-1786) arr. Rhys Boak

John Stanley was a noted organist and composer, admired by Handel and many of his era.  Notably, he was blind from birth. Although the title of this piece is Trumpet Voluntary – it was not written for the trumpet, but rather for the organ.  As it is such a lovely tune, many trumpet players have adapted the work and many versions of it exist, including this recent arrangement for trumpet and organ.

The postlude:
Final from the Organ Symphony No. 1, Op. 14 – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Written in 1895 by the then organist of Notre Dame de Paris, this joyous work is one of the most celebrated works for the organ.  Vierne was a world famous teacher, composer and organist.