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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Churches

Churches, 1930

41 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Coming to Windsor Rev. R. C. Lawton, of Warren New Presbyterian Minister

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

REV. R. C. LAWTON, of Warren, has been appointed to take charge of the Presbyteriah Church at Windsor, and the following references to his citizenship and…

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New Presbyterian Moderator Once in Charge at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 12

NEXT State Moderator of the Presbyterian Church will be the Rev. Charles Alfred White, who has served in the ministry of the Church in this State and Queensland…

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Ebenezer Church Celebrates its 121st. Birthday See Page 3. 121 Years Old Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Anniversary Day Celebrations

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

ONE hundred and twenty-seven years ago the first free settlers in Australia banded together to lay the foundation of, and ultimately build, the first Presbyterian…

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Historic Stone Castlereagh to Canberra Our First Methodist Chapel

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 1

A STONE from Australia's first Methodist Chapel, that at Castlereagh, is to be removed to Canberra for setting in the Methodist…

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First Methodist Chapel (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 9

Sir,—In your issue of Friday last there was a news item to the effect that the trustees of the Castlereagh Methodist Church had sanctioned a proposal to remove a stone…

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Hawkesbury Nonagenarian Mrs. Mayne, of Woollahra Grandfather Built Ebenezer Church

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

Mrs. Mayne, who lives in a small weather-board cottage in Holdsworth-street, Woollahra, recently celebrated her 96th birth-day. Her maiden name was Norris. She…

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Country Churches

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 14

Symbols of faith—they lift their reaching spires Above green groves down many a country way…

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Windsor Methodists Church Anniversary Successful Celebrations

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 9

IN ideal weather the anniversary of the Windsor Methodist Church was celebrated on Sunday last, March 30. The day had a full programme and the services, were well…

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Methodist Send-off. Rev. Morice J. Blok and Family Coming to the Hawkesbury

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 8

WE cull from the "Coffs Harbor and Dorrigo Advocate" the following account of a send-off tendered to Rev. J. Morice Blok and Mrs. Blok prior to their departure from…

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Vance Marshall's Father Death at Ravensworth Pioneer Presbyterian

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 7

THE death occurred at Ravensworth on April 18 of the Rev. James Marshall, a minister of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, at the age of 75 years…

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For 81 Years Sextons at Cobbity Church

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 9

Every Sunday for 81 years, every Christmas Day, and for every christening, wedding, and burial in the tiny cemetery at St. Paul's, Cobbitty, a member of the Roche…

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Catholic Ball Big Event at Riverstone Successful Function

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 3

THE first big social event of the year, at Riverstone—in the Hawkesbury district, for that matter—took place in the Olympia Theatre at that centre on Friday evening…

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An Historic Church Memories of the Methodist Chapel at Church Point, Pittwater

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 10

The erection of the little Methodist Church at Pittwater was through the efforts of Mr. George Mclntosh and Mr. William Henry McKeown, who conducted services at…

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Methodist Concert Bright Entertainment Windsor Church Benefits

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

IT is safe to say that not one person, who attended the Methodist Church. concert in the Royal Theatre, Windsor, on Tuesday evening did not thoroughly enjoy the…

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Lantern Lectures Hawkesbury Methodist Circuit

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 9

Rev. R. H. Campbell, the Home Mission Secretary of the Methodist Church- Sustentation and Home Mission Society, will visit the Hawkesbury Methodist Circuit as…

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In Defiance of Time Richmond's Church Has Watched the Years Go by 89Th Anniversary on

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 3

THE majestic old Church of England, St. Peter's, Richmond, kept up its 89th anniversary with special services on Sunday, the Rev. Cecil…

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Pitt Town Church of England Activities

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 July 1930 · page 3

The Winter Market Day, graciously opened by Mrs L. M. Stephenson, on the 28th ult; in aid of the Repair and Extension Fund was well attended An oasis of sunshine in…

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Historic Church

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

The 91st anniversary of the opening and consecration bf St. Stephen's Church of England, Penrith, was celebrated on Sunday, July 20th. The services were conducted…

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Pitt Town Church of England Act Activities

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

The beautiful Smallwood Memorial Window has now been set in its place, all ready for the unveiling ceremony by the Ven. Archdeacon Charlton, this Sunday evening at 7 o'clock…

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Pitt Town Church of England Activities Tribute to Late John Smallwood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 1

The Ven. Archdeacon Charlton paid his quadrennial visit to the district on the 9th and 10th instant. He noted signs of progress in many directions—better roads, more…

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