Services and activities
Worship services are regularly held at the following times. In addition, various special services are held throughout the year.
Regular weekly services
Palm Sunday, 2010
- Sundays, 8:00 am: Holy Communion
- Sundays, 10:00 am: Holy Communion and Children's Church
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Wednesdays, 12:00 noon: Holy Communion
A BYO lunch follows this service
Regular monthly services
Held each month February to November-
First and third Sunday, 4:00 – 5:30 pm:
Rainbow Fellowship
This service is held in the side chapel -
Last Sunday of the month, 6.00 pm:
Encounter
Coffee and refreshments are available during this service
Regular events
- Tuesdays, 12:30 pm: Meditation + BYO Lunch — Held in the Rainbow Centre
- Wednesdays, 2:00 pm: Ever Active Exercise Group — gentle exercise program. Held in the Rainbow Centre. Cost: $6.50
- Wednesdays, 6:00 pm: Meditation — Held in the Rainbow Centre
- Thursdays, 9:30 am: Scrabble Group — Held in the Rainbow Centre
- First Thursday of the Month, 2:00 pm: Book Club — Held in the Rainbow Centre
- Fridays, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon: Playgroup — Held in the Rainbow Centre
- Fridays, 1:00 – 3:00 pm: Busy Hands Group — Held at 12 Bindel Pl, Aranda
- Occasional Bible Studies, Book Groups, Young Adults, Quiet Days etc.
Other parish services and activities
Covenant Care
- The Covenant Care day centre is a valuable addition to home based palliative care services in the community. It is the only day hospice in Canberra and the only one operating out of a church.
Quiet days and retreats
- Details of the Holy Covenant Spirituality Centre, Canberra Christian Meditation Groups and Retreat Centres not too far from Canberra.
Encounter
- Encounter strives to provide a place to encounter God through creative forms of worship, inspirational teaching, and communion over food. It is aimed at connecting with 17–30 year olds but all are welcome. Gifted theologians, poets and authors, are amongst some of the guest speakers this year.
Solidarity of the Shaken 24/7 Prayer Community
- The SOS 24/7 prayer intitiative has been a year in the making and builds on a long history at Holy Covenant of prayer, meditation, Quiet Days and some key events (prayer days, vigils) that were held in 2010. It draws its inspiration from a vision given in May 2009: that Holy Covenant become host to an inclusive community of prayer and worship and be linked to praying communities in Australia and around the world. ‘Inclusive’ because it is open to all peoples of all faiths and backgrounds: that is to say, those who are drawn together by one emotion — compassion for the world, the ‘solidarity of those who are shaken’ by the needs of the world; and one desire — to glorify God, through Jesus Christ, and to earnestly intercede for the world.