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Choir The ministry of the choir at St Alban’s is to lead God’s people in worship through the richness of traditional Anglican choral music and liturgy. The choir is an SATB, non-auditioned amateur choir, with typically around fifteen members, who are capable of reading music. Most members of the choir are highly experienced choristers with a wide knowledge and deep appreciation of the Anglican choral repertoire. The choir is one of the most active, committed and close-knit groups within our church community. The Music Director is Mr Chris Czerwinski. The choir sings at the 10 am service on the first and third Sundays of the month and on major festival days throughout the year. If you are interested in joining the St Alban’s Choir, please fill in the form below, and we'll be in touch. Find out more Please confirm that you really are a human! Thanks for submitting! Submit

Give Why give? In our materialistic, consumer society giving money away is a counter-cultural activity, and yet the Bible encourages us to do just that. But Christian giving is not a reckless, abandonment of possessions but rather a discipline that supports God’s work in the world and the spiritual growth of the followers of Jesus. See the slideshow below for 6 reasons to give: 1. You will grow in your reverence of God. Moses told the Israelites that they were to set aside their tithes “so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. Deuteronomy 14:22 When we give sacrificially we will see that God does indeed provide all our needs. We will move from reliance on ourselves to reliance on God. Such trust honours our Lord and gives him glory. How you can donate 1 Direct Transfer/Debit This kind of giving – needs to be budgeted in advance and is an excellent way to be disciplined in your giving, is convenient and doesn’t depend on your memory. St Alban’s Account: BSB No: 032 081, Account No: 000024 Please indicate which service you attend. If you wish some of your giving to go to the Mission of the Month or any other specific cause, please indicate it on your direct transfer. Explore Mission of the Month 2 Envelopes Envelopes are available in packets on a table at the rear of the church. This kind of giving is completely anonymous and helps maintain systematic giving. It also makes it easy to give to another Christian organisation you may nominate. Leave your donation in the church office in a marked envelope. 3 Collection Plate This kind of giving depends on cash being available to use and you can only give when you’re present at a church service. FAQs How do I set up direct transfer? You can instruct your financial institution to pay your contributions to the church bank account. If you have Internet Banking facilities you can also establish a regular payment to be made electronically. Most members make their payments monthly. This method ensures regularity and saves administration costs. If you are interested in making Electronic Funds Transfers, the following account numbers should be supplied to your bank: St Alban’s BSB: 032 081 Account: 000024 St Aidan’s BSB No: 032 081 Account: 810086 Does direct giving maintain confidentiality? Yes. No personal information is revealed. Can I alter or cancel the arrangements? Yes. At any time you choose, you can easily change or completely cancel the arrangements.

What's On Choir Find out more The St Alban's Choir is an SATB, non-auditioned amateur choir, with typically around twenty members, who are capable of reading music. Kids Children under 12 years meet every Sunday during the 10am morning service for Sunday School during term time. Find out more Ecumenical Activities St Alban's is part of a group of churches in the Epping area who share in a number of inter-church gatherings. Find out more Groups & Pastoral Activities View the wide range Groups and Pastoral Activities at St Alban's and St Aidan's Find out more

Groups & Pastoral Activites Bible Study If you are interested in bible study please contact the Parish Office 9876 3362 for more information. Pastoral Care Group Our main focus is on the wellbeing and care of our parish community. This is achieved in many and varied ways including communication, visiting, transport, involvement of former parishioners in quarterly activities and small social events. How you can help Talk to one of the Pastoral Care Team to see how you can contribute. Think about people who are in need – and let one of the clergy or the Pastoral Care Team know. For more information or to offer assistance, please contact the Parish Office 9876 3362 Fellowship Groups: Mothers’ Union: Open to all parents – regardless of gender or marital status. Meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Seminar Room at St Alban’s. Varied programme at meetings including guest speakers and social visits. For more details contact the Parish Office on 9876 3362. St Alban’s English Conversation Group: Conversation Group has returned. This group began in 1993 and provides basic and conversational English skills, with many participants going on to study at TAFE and elsewhere. The group meets in the main hall of St Alban’s from 10 am until noon each Wednesday during school term. It includes social outings, morning teas and attempts to provide snapshots of Australian culture. For more details contact the Parish Office on 9876 3362. Catering Groups: The Breakfast Group: Provides a light breakfast after the 8 am Sunday service at St Alban’s. The Morning Tea Group: Provides a morning tea after the 10 am Sunday service at St Alban’s. Groups Assisting at Services and in Preparation for Services: Duty Parishioners: Welcomes parishioners and visitors to services, distributing service sheets and assisting with seating. Lesson Readers: Lay readers leading the congregation in the psalms, and reading the readings of the day. Servers’ Guild: The Servers provide invaluable assistance to Liturgical matters during our services. Sanctuary Assistants: Lay assistants provide invaluable assistance to Liturgical matters during our services. Saint Alban’s Flower Guild: Create floral arrangements for regular and festive church services, including wedding and memorial arrangements. Also provide flowers for special functions in the church’s halls. Saint Alban’s Brass Cleaning Team: Providing the care of the church brass. Saint Alban’s Sanctuary Linen Team: Providing the care and laundering of the Altar linen. For more information or to offer assistance, please contact the Parish Office 9876 3362 Garden Care and Working Bees There is a group who provide regular care of the garden. They meet every 4th Saturday of the month from 9.30am to 12noon to freshen up the gardens and buildings. Everyone is welcome to help. For more information or to offer assistance, please contact the Parish Office 9876 3362 Working Bees will be advertised in the Bulletin.

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To find out about Mustard Seed Christian Childcare Outside School Hours Care program at St Alban's: Brochure: download here . July 2026 vacation care: download program here . Office Email: support@mustard-seed.com.au Office Phone: (02) 9580 3004 Website: https://mustard-seed.com.au/

Find out about our regular services during the week, as well as baptisms and weddings. Services Sunday Services Sunday services are at 8am and 10am. The 10am is also available online. Click the button below for more information. Find out more Prayer service Eucharist with Prayers for Healing Join us on Thursday mornings at 10.30am as we gather and pray for healing and the opportunity to pray for those named during the time of prayer. Find out more Healing Sevice Baptisms and Weddings Find out more St Alban's is a popular church for baptisms and weddings. Click on the button below to find out more information and make an enquiry.

Facility Hire 02 9876 3362 St Alban's and St Aidan's have a number of large and small spaces available for your next event. St Alban's is conveniently located close to Epping Station. Please call us a call on 02 9876 3362 , email office@eppinganglicans.org.au or get in touch through the form below. We’d love to hear from you. Our office hours are 9:00am-1:00pm Tuesdays to Fridays. St Alban's main hall St Alban's main hall kitchen St Aidan's hall St Aidan's hall The Shack Get in touch Please confirm that you really are a human! Thanks for submitting! Submit

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Parish History Location and History of the Parish Written by Nigel Hubbard Arranged by Christopher Lawn Scroll to view Top of page St Alban's Anglican Church has been providing ministry for those who live or work or choose to worship in Epping, for more than a century. The first Anglican services were held in the home of Robert Hilliard in Essex Street and commenced mid 1891. Start St Aidan's Anglican Church West Epping was opened as a centre of worship and Sunday School by Archbishop Mowll on 28 November 1953 and named “The Raymond V Ford Memorial Hall”. It has been known as St Aidan’s West Epping since 1962. The area now known as Epping was known as "Pennant Hills" "East Carlingford" until 1899. St Alban's Anglican Church has been providing ministry for those who live, work or choose to worship in Epping, for more than a century. The first Anglican services were held in the home of Robert Hilliard in Essex Street and commenced mid 1891. The following year, Hilliard erected a wooden hall on his property, and the first service was held there on 22nd May, 1892. Anglican worship has been held in Epping (known until 1899 as "East Carlingford") almost every Sunday since then. In 1896 the Anglican community felt inspired to erect a permanent church and this was opened in October of that year. The foundation stone of polished Bowral trachyte can be clearly seen at the front of the building, the only inscription being 1896 in Roman numerals (MDCCCXCVI). Today it survives as the parish centre and church offices and although the interior has been altered beyond all recognition, the outside is little changed from the time when it stood alone on the crest of the hill surmounted by a small bell tower which has since been removed for safety reasons. As Epping moved from village to outer suburb a more elaborate church was deemed necessary and the present building was opened for worship in December 1923. In 1960/61 it was completed by means of an extension to the West end. The architect was Burcham Clamp, noted for a number of suburban churches and also distinguished homes in suburbs such as Mosman. A number of Clamp’s concepts have been modified to meet the changing demands of worship over the past seventy years. The original sanctuary was very small and there was seating for the choir placed between the altar and the congregation. In 1991 this was removed and the sanctuary enlarged, the altar being moved forward in order to bring the actions of the Eucharist close to the worshippers. One of the early benefactors of St Alban’s was Harry Weldon Williamson, a prosperous paint merchant who owned a substantial home next door to the Church, where the block of units stands today. Williamson donated the original altar, (since removed), the altar cross (now placed against the east wall) as well as the fine three light East window; this depicts Christ the King (centre), the Blessed Virgin Mary, and King David. The font was originally placed in the old church in May 1900, the cost being raised by subscription to commemorate the life of Samuel Charles Atchison, a former Sunday School teacher who was killed fighting in the Boer war in February 1900. Later the font was placed at the back (West end) of the new Church, and later still in the North transept and subsequently the South transept. Today baptisms are celebrated at the front of the building and all members of the congregation join in the admission of the newly baptised person into the fellowship of Christ’s church. The Martyrs’ Chapel on the North side of the sanctuary commemorates all those who gave their lives as martyrs of Christ’s church. In particular we give thanks for May Hayman and Mavis Parkinson who were martyred in 1942. In the late 1930’s May and Mavis were members of the congregation while undertaking missionary training. Their missionary service in Papua- New Guinea was overtaken by the events of World War Two. The parish is proud to be associated with the New Guinea martyrs, whose festival is held each year on 2nd September. The wall hanging in the Chapel is a wonderful example of artistry and design. This spectacular work depicts the two land masses of Australia and Papua-New Guinea in brown and green, divided by a blue ocean. Both are united by a rainbow signifying the covenant between God and his creation. The red strand which joins the two land masses represents the blood which Christ shed for all, uniting us with the martyrs of the faith in one body. The Chapel is used for prayer groups, the daily office, and early weekday Eucharists. The majestic tower and spire, built in 1961 when the Church was extended, are a landmark throughout the district, directing the thoughts of men and women “to the higher things which are eternal and divine”. The money for this project was bequeathed by Dr Charles M. F. Olsen. Music plays an important part in the life of the congregation, and St Alban’s has been fortunate in having the services of a succession of distinguished organists. There was a pipe organ on the North side of the sanctuary (in the present position of the chapel) from 1936. In 1981 a gallery was erected to accommodate the new organ of two manuals and eighteen stops built by Orgues Létouneau of Quebec. It is a fine recital instrument and ideal for accompanying worship. A two manual and pedal mechanical action organ with mechanical stop action, 18 speaking stops; 23 ranks and 1,158 pipes.Located in the purpose-built gallery above the western entrance to the church, the organ was constructed by Orgues Létourneau of Quebec in 1981. In 1998 Létourneau rebuilt the 1866 William Hill & Son three-manual organ in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney. The gallery is used by our senior and junior choirs as they lead the worship at choral services. The parish remembers those of its number who served in the World Wars of 1914/18 and 1939/45. The reredos (carved panelling) at the East end of the sanctuary was given in memory of those who served in World War Two. The honour board for World War One is to be found in the South transept above the font. Among the names is that of the distinguished scholar, Dr Everard Digges la Touche who volunteered for service in the Great War and was killed at Gallipoli in August 1915. The Memorial Garden is located between the War Memorial Hall and the Rectory. This garden was dedicated as a memorial to past parishioners and clergy on Sunday 1 November 1981, All Saints’ Day and the Eve of All Souls. The dedication ceremony was performed by the Rev’d Canon William Rook, rector of this parish 1949-1969. Over the years a number of ashes have been interred. Plaques have not been allowed but names are recorded in the book of remembrance kept in the narthex. In 1998 the Parish Council decided to permit the planting of a special rose or other plant in memory of a loved one. This planting should be arranged with the Garden Committee and be done under their supervision. This will ensure that the area will always remain a beautiful reminder of the people remembered by the Memorial Garden. Back to top

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