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Reformation at St Peters

On the 28 October, Reformation Sunday, at 10am St Peters Church, Cooks River, opened its eastern doors at the front of the building for the first time. This day traditionally celebrates Martin Luther's nailing of his 95 Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1546, an event now seen as sparking the Protestant Reformation.

"The new doors on the old building are in part symbolic that we are people who are a work in progress, building on the old foundations yet reforming for new challenges and opportunities in the present." said St Peter's pastor, Rev Shane Rogerson.

It was the first time in the living history of St Peters Church that these doors have been opened to enter the building. History records appear to support the belief that western doors have in the past been the means of access to the church.

At the consecration service, 20th November 1839, it was reported that: "Precisely at eleven o'clock the Bishop arrived at the west door of the church and was received by the Rev. Steele...The Bishop, followed by the clergymen and others, then proceeded up the aisle to the altar".

In the paper 'Church Commonwealth' in April 1904 it states: "and the large door, which one naturally takes to be the principal entrance, leads only into a porch".

In the 1960s, when the doors were open, they led only into a Wayside Chapel, not the main part of the building.

St Peters Church will be focusing on the timely topic of 'When the Church Forgets' with a range of topics and speakers over the month of November.

The church meets at 187 Princes Highway, St Peters (opposite McDonald's) in the historic church building and all are welcome to attend.

For more information phone 02 9558 7504.

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