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We are honoured to be holding Hackett’s 60th Birthday Party on the church grounds, co-hosted with the Hackett Community Association and our friends from St Margaret’s Uniting Church. It’s going to be an amazing community occasion, and everyone is welcome!
Featuring FREE kids entertainment (bouncy castle, face painting, Funky Fairy), a wide range of food trucks, and live performances including:
- 3.00pm: student bands from Dickson College
- 4.00pm: CAKE CUTTING AND “HAPPY BIRTHDAY HACKETT”
- 4.15pm: Good Faith Choir – gospel / world music
- 4.30pm: Folk Dance Canberra
- 4.40pm: local piano students including rising star JJ Neeman
- 5.15pm: Broad Spectrum – folk / rock / blues
- 6.15pm: a breezy summer set from a Mystery Local Celebrity
- 7.00pm: Chris Van Der Wielen Trio – classic hits from 1963 to 2013
Plus classical music by members of the ACT Youth Orchestra and local performers
Also featuring the HACKETT SQUARES community art show – enter your 30cm square artwork and win a cash prize! Entries close Wednesday 26 October.
On Sunday 17 September we are celebrating our 60th anniversary with a special Holy Cross Day Eucharist at 9.30am, presided by Bishop Mark.
The service will include music from the Good Faith Choir, a confirmation, and the reception of a member into the Anglican Church of Australia.
Following the Eucharist, all are welcome to join us for a “chicken and champagne” lunch. We look forward to seeing you there!
We would love to see you this Easter!
Our services are:
April 2, Palm Sunday
9am with a procession of Palm Crosses
April 6, Maundy Thursday
7.30pm: Last Supper with communion and foot-washing
April 7, Good Friday
9am: Ecumenical Service with St Margaret’s Uniting Church
2pm: Meditation at the Cross
April 8, Easter Saturday
7pm: Easter Vigil
April 9, Easter Sunday
9am: Family Eucharist
Please join us and bring your family and friends!
On Tuesday 21 February, join the Holy Cross church family for our famous all-age Pancake Party! Sign up online at www.holycrosshackett.org.au/pancakes (to help us with numbers) .. or just turn up on the day.
- 5.30pm: a short all-age time of prayer and praise (for those who wish)
- 6.00pm: pancakes, fun and games
- $5 adults, free for kids – pay online, or cash / card on the door.
On Wednesday 22 February, come along to a special meditative time of prayer, and receive the traditional sign of ash on your forehead as a symbol of your desire to make a good Lent.
- 10am: Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes
- 6pm: Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes
And from Monday 27 February, please do join one of our many Lent Study Groups for a six week Missional Spirituality course (click here to buy a copy of our Lent book). Take some time out of your busy week for prayerful reflection, to make some great new friends, and learn more about how we can join in with what God is doing in the world around us. Sign up online at www.holycrosshackett.org.au/lent
- Monday night: Hackett home group
- Tuesday night: Ainslie home group
- Wednesday night: online group
- Thursday 10.30am: onsite at Holy Cross Hackett
Our fabulous programme of Christmas events is out now – featuring:
- Saturday 26 November, 2.30pm: Choir Concert – “Songs of Heaven & Earth”
- Sunday 27 November, 9.30am: Advent Sunday Eucharist, joint with St Margaret’s Uniting Church
- Sunday 27 November, 7pm: Darkness Into Light
- Sunday 4 December, 5pm: Family Christmas Time Out
- Friday 9 – Monday 12 December: North Canberra Nativity Festival (also on Facebook)
And much much more! Check out the posters below for more information.
We are excited to welcome Tim Hollo for an evening of jazz and participatory democracy to address the crises of our world.
Tim’s new book will help us start a conversation about how to bring a new world into being.
7-9pm Saturday 24 September
This event is part of the Sustaining Our Future Festival
Join Holy Cross, the Good Faith Choir and the PNG Perovata Singers of Canberra in celebrating Christmas in July and the Coming of the Light, from 5.15pm 1st July.
5.15pm Firepit, kids’ games and marshmallows
6pm Carols for Winter Christmas and the Coming of the Light
7pm Christmas Feast with traditional foods from Australia, PNG and around the world
Ecumenical service of reconciliation and healing at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
This year the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity coincides with National Reconciliation Week. ACT Churches have organised an ecumenical service of reconciliation and healing, followed by refreshments.
4.30pm Sunday 29 May
Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
15 Blackall Street, Barton
All are welcome to gather for the lighting of the fire at 4pm at the Meeting Place fire circle. The service will begin outside at 4.30pm, before moving inside to the Chapel after sunset at 5pm.
The service will include an act of acknowledgement and commemoration led by Making Peas/ce reconiliation ministry, focussing on colonial era conflicts.
Please invite your friends and download and share the poster.
At this time, the ACT Churches Council invite all Canberra churches to reflect on how to listen to the “Uluru Statement from the Heart” and respond in real and practical ways.
Our 9am morning service at Holy Cross Hackett on Sunday 29 May will focus on how Holy Cross can respond to the call from the Uluru Statement from the Heart, reflect on our journey and commitment for reconciliation, and understand our own place in this wider story.