About Us

Seeking, Searching, Celebrating

Who We Are

The members of St Paul’s make no claims to have the answers. In fact, most of us are still trying to work out the questions!. This gives us the chance to explore our own beliefs and provides a place that holds us in times of questioning. This questioning allows us to put the gospel into practice: to promote peace, social justice and the care for the environment.

Why Do We Come to Church?

There are many and varied reasons that bring us here Sunday by Sunday: our personal journey and our innate desire for ‘community’ being just two. We also enter into a ‘conversation’ that takes us beyond the everyday, a dialogue with and between ourselves and our calling into full humanity. And we come to encounter the Divine as we consume the sacraments, a process that mirrors our desire to be consumed by love’s Divine fire.

Our Vision

At St Paul’s, we consider three great questions to summarise the mission of those who participate in the Christian life and ethos of the parish:
•   How does my spiritual practice and daily life serve the earth?
•   How does my spiritual practice and daily life affect the poorest third of humanity?
•   How does my spiritual practice and daily life affect the generations to come in the future?

We can also ask some questions about our involvement with St Paul’s. We try to build Community by meeting regularly in all kinds of groups, not confined to worship, and we use our sense of belonging and community to help others:

•   Does my belonging to St Paul’s give me life?
•   Does my involvement at St Paul’s give life to others?
•   Does St Paul’s depend upon my giving to the community?

Being Together

Expectations of Behaviour
in Our Church Community

Jesus told us to love one another as he loves us. As Christians we know our life together is strengthened when our behaviour is consistent with our faith. However, our experience of being together can be difficult, particularly when there are differences. So it is important to be clear about how we will behave towards each other.
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Rev'd Gemma Baseley

St Paul’s Beaconsfield warmly congratulates Rev’d Gemma Baseley on being appointed as our Rector from 1 June 2023. Gemma was commissioned as a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia by Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy and priest-in-charge of St. Paul’s Anglican Church Beaconsfield on Monday
4th October 2021.
Gemma emigrated from the UK in early September; spending 4 weeks in COVID quarantine, before marrying her fiancé Craig on Thursday 30 September 2021. After a short honeymoon, she finally joined with the parish to celebrate her commissioning at St Paul’s.

Gemma has an active FaceBook page on which she streams her Sunday Communion and is writing a blog about her new adventures in Australia.

Parish Structure

Parish Council is the authoritative administrative body of the parish and currently comprises the parish priest, three wardens, four other councillors and the parish’s lay member of synod, the Secretary and Treasurer being elected from its members.
Formal membership and structure and rules are defined by diocesan statutes however St Paul’s organisation complements this with a structure centred on “the priesthood of all believers” and a wider network of groups and associations, comprising church members and a wider community.

Please contact the church office for more information.

Finding Our Faith

As we look at ourselves, our faith and our works, our very identity, we should consider that to which we pay attention. Do we set our minds and hearts on divine things or on human things? In the modern world, we have increased the degree of difficulty in terms of looking and seeing the Divine, because we surround ourselves with a “man-made” environment, an environment that does not allow the voice of Sophia to fall on our ears. “Wisdom cries out in the street”, but how on earth would we hear her above the noise of advertising jingles, mobile phones, and traffic?
One of the values of the community is the many opportunities we have to identify ourselves in relation to each other. We see our Divine image in relation to every other image of the divine. We can see the light of Christ in the heart of everyone around us. With our eyes, we can see community and we can be community; with our souls, that is, with our eyes opened, we can become a community.

Donate to St Paul's Beaconsfield

The Anglican Parish of St Paul’s Beaconsfield -ABN: 57 853 061 582 gratefully accepts financial contributions from parishioners and the wider community to assist with the day-to-day running of the parishand upkeep of our heritage-listed buildings.

Donations can also be made by EFT.
Our bank account details are:

BSB: 706 001
Account No.: 3000 3006
Account Name: Anglican Parish of Beaconsfield