St. Margaret's Uniting Church, Hackett
St Margaret's Uniting Church is a Uniting church in Hackett, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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  St Margaret's Uniting Church Location in the Australian Capital Territory | |
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| Location | Corner Antill Street and Phillip Ave., Hackett, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Uniting Church |
| Churchmanship | Protestant |
| Website | stmargs |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Dedication | St Margaret of Scotland |
| Dedicated | 16 December 1967 |
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| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Specifications | |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Administration | |
| Presbytery | Canberra Region |
| Synod | New South Wales and ACT |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | Rev. Chris Lockley |
The soaring spire of the church building it shares[1] with Holy Cross Anglican congregation is a major landmark in North Canberra, at the intersection of the four suburbs of Watson, Dickson, Downer and Hackett.[2]
History
St. Margaret's Uniting Church, together with Holy Cross Anglican Church, are the only remaining congregations from rival denominations in the Australian Capital Territory to continue to share a church, hall and grounds, and on occasions ministers and even services.
The Church was founded in 1964[3] as a shared congregation of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in the then newly built North Canberra suburbs of Watson, Dickson, Downer and Hackett.[4] In doing so it predated by over a decade the family of churches it now belongs to, the Uniting Church in Australia, which was formed in 1977 when the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches came together.[5]
Services were initially held in school rooms until the completion and official dedication of the church building on 16 December 1967.[6]
It faces the Australian Catholic University's Canberra Campus (Signadou), built in 1963 as the Dominican Sisters' Teacher Training College, across Antill Street.
The church is home to Meg's Toybox,[7][8] the major toy library for North Canberra, and the Stepping Stones for Life disability support organisation.[9]
Tradition
Worship at St Margaret's is in the liberal Protestant tradition of the Uniting Church in Australia.[10]
References
- Welcome to HOLY CROSS ANGLICAN PARISH, accessed 2009-12-22
- St Margaret's : the first twenty years : a history of St. Margaret's Parish, Hackett, A.C.T. 1964-1984, National Library of Australia, accessed 2009-12-22
- "St Margaret's: the first twenty years: a history of St. Margaret's Parish, Hackett, A.C.T. 1964-1984". St. Margaret's Uniting Church. 17 December 1984 – via National Library of Australia (new catalog).
- Radshaw, Hamer (9 March 2008). "English: Dedication plaque for St. Margaret's Uniting Church and Holy Cross Anglican Church Hackett ACT Australia" – via Wikimedia Commons.
- "Meg's Toy Box - Phillip Avenue Hackett". ABC Online. Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Meg's Toy Box Toy Library". ACT Library Service. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Canberra Region Presbytery - Canberra Region Presbytery". canberra.uca.org.au.
