[st uriel's] Changes and St Uriel's Day

[Tim Mansfield]

If you haven't dropped into the St Uriel's website for a while (http://www.saint-uriels.org 
) you will notice a new look to the site, but that's not all that's  
been going on.

We recently moved the weekly service from it's former home at the  
chapel in Marrickville to a larger, more attractive home at the  
Unitarian Church in Darlinghurst.

We're no longer a narthex of the Apostolic Johannite Church, we're now  
a parish of the AJC since I attended the recent Conclave a few weeks  
ago. At the Conclave, I knelt before my bishop and was ordained a  
priest in the holy, catholic and apostolic church. Shortly afterwards,  
he announced the formation of the Parish of Saint Uriel the Archangel  
and my appointment as rector (or presiding priest) of the parish.

So, now we meet weekly for a Gnostic, Johannite Eucharist (or Holy  
Communion) service at our new venue every Sunday evening at 7pm. The  
service is a beautiful, ancient yet modern rite celebrating the  
immanent presence of the Divine in our everyday experience.

Unlike other churches with which you might be familiar, the AJC opens  
its doors to anyone regardless of race, cultural background, religious  
affiliation, belief (or lack thereof), gender or sexual orientation.  
Similarly, we don't restrict who can share in the communion service  
with us.

So, please come and join us to share one of the most ancient  
celebrations in our western tradition hosted by one of the youngest  
churches in Sydney.

In particular, this coming Sunday we celebrate the festival of our  
patron saint, Uriel the Archangel, one of the four Archangels who  
guard the manifest world and the patron of elemental earth.

7pm Eucharist followed by conversation, tea and snacks
Unitarian Church
15 Francis St
Darlinghurst
(closest station: Museum)

Your in Love and Light,

Reverend Father Tim Mansfield
Rector, Parish of St Uriel the Archangel
Sydney, Australia
Apostolic Johannite Church