St.Agnes Anglican Church, Black Rock

WELCOME TO ST. AGNES ANGLICAN CHURCH, BLACK ROCK
(One hundred and eleven years of Anglican worship and serving the community of Black Rock.)

"Lord of the Dance" - the story of Sydney Carter - go to our Special Events page to find out about the upcoming musical tribute to the life and work of Sydney Carter - English poet and songwriter.
Sunday 8th.August at 5.00 pm followed by supper.


Study Group.
The Evening Study Group will continue on Monday 25th July at 7.30 pm in the Vicarage. We have been studying and discussing a book by Richard Foster called " Streams of Living Water". This book examines and brings together streams of life flowing from many religious traditions - to date we have looked at the contemplative or prayer-filled life, holiness or the virtuous life, and in coming sessions will look at the charismatic or the spirit-empowered life, social justice or the compassionate life, evangelical or Word-centered life and the incarnational or sacramental life .
Please feel free to join us in this study and discussion.

Our Vicar's latest 'ponder point' which is a quote from Horatius Bonar -
Why is there so much speaking, yet so little prayer ?
Why is there so much running to and fro, yet so little prayer ?
Why so many meetings with our fello-men, yet so few meetings with God ?
Why so little time being alone, so little thristing of the soul for the calm, sweet hours of unbroken solitude, when God and His child hold fellowship together as if they could never part ?

History of St.Agnes Parish
The Anglican Parish of St.Agnes, Black Rock was established in 1895 when the parishes of Sandringham with Black Rock separated from Cheltenham. In 1898 the priest at the time decided that Black Rock should have a church of its own and a local landowner, George Hamilton Traill, purchased a block of land and donated part of it to the Church. Construction of a small weatherboard building commenced in 1899 and the church was dedicated in July of that year. Mr Traill donated two stained glass windows in memory of his wife - the Blessed Virgin Mary window and the St.Agnes window in the Sanctuary.
Mr Traill died in Rome in 1907 and the parish raised the money to install a window dedicated to his memory. This is the magnificent Simeon window in the Nave. (Photos of these windows can be seen in the Photo Gallery section).
In 1913 the little weatherboard church was destroyed in a bush fire - only the altar, pulpit, lectern and font were saved - the stained glass windows and the building were destroyed. A new brick building was built and dedicated in 1914. Fortunately the stained glass artist, W.H.Montgomery, was still alive and he was able to reproduce exactly the windows that had been lost.
The parish celebrated its 110th anniversary in 2009 and is still ministering to the local community with the present Vicar, The Revd. Donald Bellamy, who can be contacted on 9598 8348 or by email vicar@stagnes.org.au
Details of services available, worship times and the various activities of the parish can be found on the following pages.

Black Rock Beaumaris Churches.

St. Agnes Anglican Church is one of the covenant of Combined Churches of Beaumarish and Black Rock.
Committed to working together to serve the communities of Beaumaris and Black Rock, the Covenant Churches comprise the Anglican parishes of St.Agnes, Black Rock and St.Michael and All Angels, Beaumaris ; the Uniting churches of St.Martins, Beaumaris and St.Andrews-by-the-Sea, Black Rock ; the Catholic parishes of Stella Maris, Beaumaris and St.Josephs, Black Rock and the Beaumaris Baptist Church.

links to the other parishes in the Covenant are provided below :-

The combined churches website - www.blackrockchurches.org.au

St.Martins Beaumaris - www.stmartinsbeaumaris.org.au

St Andrews-by-the-Sea, Black Rock - www.standrewsblackrock.org.au

Beaumaris Baptist - www.beaumarisbaptist.org.au

St.Michael & All Angels - www.beaumarisanglican.net

Stella Maris & St.Josephs - www.stmstj.com

Want to find more information on the Anglican Church and events in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne - click on the link alongside to access the Melbourne Diocesan website.