St Margaret's Uniting Church
Church in Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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St Margaret's Uniting Church is a Uniting church in Hackett, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
| St Margaret's Uniting Church | |
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 St Margaret's Uniting Church | |
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| Location | Corner Antill Street and Phillip Ave., Hackett, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Uniting (since 1977) |
Previous denomination | Concurrently (1964 – 1977): |
| Churchmanship | Liberal Protestantism |
| Website | stmargs |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Dedication | St Margaret of Scotland |
| Dedicated | 16 December 1967 |
| Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Church |
The church shares a spire[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 different 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 Methodist and Presbyterian 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 Signadou Canberra Campus of the Australian Catholic University, 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]