The Anglican Parish of South East Bendigo is situated in central Victoria, AUSTRALIA. 

The Parish consists of three churches  on the eastern side of Bendigo. Holy Trinity Flora Hill, Christ Church East Bendigo, St Stephens Emu Creek. Each church centre co-operates as a unit ministering to the needs of people in each location. Our parish is evangelical in presentation.

HOLY TRINITY Flora Hill located south east of Bendigo, began its history in 1904 then 1905 at the corner of  Somerville Street and Hallam Street. 

On 6th August 1972 a new brick building was consecrated by The Rt. Reverend Ronald Richards up the road in Keck Street, Flora Hill. 

See the booklet "A History of Holy Trinity Bendigo: A Spiritual Home", 1990 by Keith Cole for an excellent record of church development.

At the 9:30am service the choir leads worship with piano and sometimes includes organ accompaniment. The style is a mixture of traditional and contemporary with families coming together each Sunday. Morning tea following always gives people a chance to meet in fellowship.

Sunday night alive 6:30pm is a different presentation with very contemporary worship.

Each week a different music band with all sorts of electronic and acoustic instruments providing very new contemporary hymns. This service attracts  christians who like to worship in a different, open way. The Anglican Prayer book is never used.

FAMILY CHURCH every Sunday at 11am. This is a new service and style presentation with lots of fun, singing and drama. It's a kids and parents worship time.

Wednesday mornings at 10am provides a short traditional service of Holy Communion and is attended  by people who enjoy worship during the week.

Seniors Service is on Friday of each month at 2pm with older members of the Parish coming together for a time of worship, singing and great fellowship. The service begins with choruses and older hymns then  with prayers and a sermon and again some hearty singing. Afterwards people move into the hall to listen to a guest speaker or other special activity plus a first class afternoon tea provided by The Mothers' Union.

Other groups which meet are Mothers Union, Caritas, Men's Breakfasts, many bible study house groups, Thrive  youth group, Yahoos for over 20's, Disciple Groups (DG's) meet regularly.

House groups, Bible Study groups and Fellowship groups meet in homes all around the parish. At least one is happening on each day of the week!

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CHRIST CHURCH     East Bendigo is located along Strickland on the eastern side of Bendigo. It began as a small congregation in 1897 and a wooden structure was built further down the road in 1901. In 1979 a new brick building was built and consecrated on 23rd September 1979 by Bishop Oliver Heyward.

The one service each Sunday at 11pm is traditional with a mixture of  contemporary and older hymns. People are encouraged to share in  responsibilities at each service.

The Ladies Guild meets monthly and works hard to find ways to support the finances of the congregation commitments to the Parish. 

The congregation meets for open meetings every second month. People enjoy being able to get involved in the planning  plus the great shared lunches provide good times of fellowship.

A study group meets each Wednesday 1:30pm at Jan White's  house for Bible Study. 

See the publication by Keith Cole, "A History of Christ Church, East Bendigo. A Self-reliant Congregation",1990 for a detailed church history.

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St STEPHEN'S  Church   is located at Emu Creek in a beautiful bush, rural setting 15km east of Bendigo.

Each Sunday at 9:00am the congregation meets for worship plus Sunday School for the children. The service is traditional  with members participating in prayers and leading the liturgy.

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