Worship times
Worship
Sunday 8.30am year-round (except Sunday 16 June 2024, service starts at 10:30am.)
Vespers service
First Wednesday of the month May to December
7.00pm
Special services
See below
Nazareth worships weekly at 8.30am [except for Sunday 16 June 2024 when the service will commence at 10:30am] and follows traditional service orders, usually with a sung liturgy, accompanied by our pipe organ, and often a Cantor.
Holy Communion is offered on the first and third Sundays of the month. Hymns and songs are mainly chosen from the Lutheran Hymnal with Supplement.
Vespers services are candlelit services offered on the first Wednesday evening of the month at 7.00pm, including reflective music, prayers and a short message. Vespers is a relaxed service in our candlelit church to wind down mid-week.
Hymnals and service order booklets are available from the ushers as you enter the church. The service order and weekly bulletin, hymns, prayer, pastor's note, and Bible readings are emailed out each Thursday, so please contact the office if you'd like to receive this.
A children's address is normally held during the service where children in the congregation are invited to the front to spend a short time of learning with our pastor.
Our Sunday morning worship service is generally quite full, so come early, particularly on special festival days.
Photography In Church & Privacy
We are a child safe church and we understand that many adults do not want photographs of themselves or of their children, to be taken while they are in Church or used on social media.
We ask members and visitors to please abide by our photography rules:
- No identifiable photographs of people to be taken without permission
- No photographs of children identifiable or not to be taken without permission
- Even if you have permission to take a photograph, separate additional permission will be needed if you take a photograph that you intend to post online/on social media.
We thank you for abiding by these rules, designed to protect the privacy and safety of members, children, visitors and guests.
Special worship services
We hold special worship services seasonally, such as:
- Lent – we celebrate mid-week Lenten services
- Easter – we enjoy decorating the church to celebrate special seasons such as:
- Palm Sunday
- Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Harvest Thanksgiving – church decorated with local produce. All food is donated to the NazCare kitchen
- All Saints Sunday – reading of names of the dearly departed, with a special focus on past residents of NazCare
- Reformation Day – often combined with Longest Lutheran Lunch
- Christmas
- Celebrate a Christmas sausage sizzle with the Nazareth Early Learning Centre
- Christmas Eve – Midnight Carols is a popular event that attracts worshippers from across Brisbane and includes a choir and readings
- Christmas Day – traditional Christmas service
Regular activities and other ministries
Regular activities
Morning tea and fellowship: each Sunday after worship
Bible study groups: each Wednesday 1:45pm. Keep an eye on our online calendar in case of changes to times or venues.
Triple C – Ladies’ Fellowship: coffee, craft and chat on the first Tuesday of each month at 9.30am.
Spiritual Book Club: A friendly facilitated chat about fiction from a general reader's perspective as well as from a spiritual perspective. Refreshments provided.
Under 40's Group Activities: Pastor Chris hosts regular lunches with members of the congregation who are under 40 years of age. There are regular other social activities including a regular drop in/get together with refreshments and games, and outings, that are hosted by the Under 40s members themselves.
Vespers Supper Club: From May to December, on the first Wednesday of each month, a group of congregation members and friends meet for dinner at a local venue prior to attending our 7pm Vespers Service.
Confirmation Classes: We're currently running a children's Confirmation Class with Pastor Chris, and adult confirmation preparation sessions can also be scheduled on request.
Lunches: The congregation gathers together throughout the year over lunch, either on site in our hall or at local venues and once a year hosts a Harmony Feast inviting congregations who worship here, including the Fijian, African, Finnish, Latvian and Swedish Churches.
To find out more about our 2024 program of social and worship activities please contact us.
Other ministries
Nazareth Court Units, 10 Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba Qld 4102
Nazareth Early Learning Centre, 18–20 Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba Qld 4102
Nazareth Residential Aged Care, 23 Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba Qld 4102
See our weekly bulletin and our news page for more information.
We worship on the basis of observing COVID protocols such as social distancing, using hand sanitiser upon arrival and various other practices we've become accustomed to these past years.