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Marsden Park sod-turning celebration
“Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labour in vain.” Psalm 127
What an amazing day we all had at Marsden Park when we turned the first sod of dirt
2023 EOFY Appeal launched today
NCNC are committed to the work of establishing new churches in Sydney’s new communities. Growth areas of Sydney are set to boom over the next thirty years. In planning for this population growth, the Diocese has acquired a number of properties in areas expected to...
Perspective Newsletter now available
Today the first issue of the NCNC and ACGC newsletter Perspective was published. This is an exciting new step in sharing with our supporters the work that ACGC and NCNC are doing. If you would like to see the PDF version of Issue 1 you can download it here. Or you can...
Life Anglican Church Marsden Park turning the first sod
On the 27 May, Life Anglican Church Marsden Park will celebrate the turning of the first sod of dirt on their new church building site.
A Beacon of Hope in Box Hill
Christmas came a few days early in 2022 when we were able to complete the acquisition of a property at Box Hill that will one day become a new Anglican church. This purchase was enabled by the 2% land acquisition levy that every church in the Diocese contributes to....
From Church Hill with love
The November-December issue of Southern Cross highlights the generosity of the Church Hill Parish in gifting $1.5m toward the construction of the church building at Marsden Park in Sydney’s North-west growth corridor. “I’m delighted at the generosity of the Church...
Partner with us this Christmas to build the new Marsden Park Anglican Church
What an amazing day it was for Synod visiting the Greenfields areas of South-western Sydney in September along with taking a bus trip around the new and emerging suburbs surrounding the new Western Sydney Airport. The importance of building churches, schools and...
Frustrated residents of NW Sydney over the lack of infrastructure
By 2036 it is predicted that the Blacktown council area’s population will exceed that of Tasmania. In the below article Sydney Morning Herold journalist Jordan Baker says that residence are frustration with the lack of facilities in our new high-growth areas on the...
It’s our turn to build the future
Greater Sydney’s population is currently 5.3 million people. In 20 years, it is projected to increase by 800,000 people to 6.1 million. That’s an average of 80,000 new people every year for the next 40 years.
Life Anglican Church Marsden Park becomes Provisional Parish
Landmark day for Life Anglican Church, Marsden Park On 1 March, the Archbishop, Kanishka Raffel, declared Marsden Park to be a provisional parish in the Sydney Anglican Diocese. This is tremendous news for a church plant that started just under five years ago. In a...
Hope has a new home
It is exciting to celebrate the completion of the new buildings at Hope Anglican Church Leppington. Below is footage of the new buildings. Lead Pastor, Luther Symons also shares something of the story of Hope Anglican and their humble beginnings culminating in a...
Hope at Christmas
It was such a great encouragement to see that the people of Hope Anglican Church were able to use their new buildings for their Christmas services. Below are some images taken from the day as well as finishing touches by the builders who were working feverishly to...
On two Sundays after lockdown
On two Sundays in November, as soon as I was able, I visited the Hope Anglican Church Leppington and the LIfe Anglican Church Marsden Park. After more than four months in lockdown, I wanted to get out and meet as many people as I could in both churches. There is...
Western Sydney projected to become the second largest city in Australia
Social commentator, Bernard Salt, is predicting that on current trends Western Sydney will become the second largest city in Australia by the middle of the century. The following slides were shared in a recent webinar he presented on the future of Western Sydney and...
Synod in the Greenfields
Synod in the Greenfields to be held on 10 September We are excited that on Saturday 10 September 2022 a special synod service will be held at Oran Park, followed by the Presidential Address by Archbishop Kanishka Raffel. This will be a day of for seeking the Lord and...
Is this our opportunity?
"The church is uniquely positioned right now to facilitate growing connections with the local community." So presented Sophie Renton, Managing Director for McCrindle Research, at a recent presentation of the Australia's Changing Spiritual Climate report. The report,...
What are you looking forward to?
Gathering Together As Sydney enters into a period of transition from lockdown, no doubt there are many things we can look forward to. As Christians, being able to gather more freely, especially as we look to the all important milestone of 80% double dose, is one of...
Closing in on the finish
Humble are your beginnings... It has been quite a ride for the Hope Anglican church. The church has grown from the initial launch group of 26 adults and 14 children in November 2016. Luther Symons, the Lead Pastor, says, "At this point we moved into Leppington and...
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