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Email: bishopsecretary@diowillochra.org.au
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P / Cl / Cr
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/ Edith / Ell
/ Gl / Go / J'town
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/ Mt Rat / Or
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Penw / Poo
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Au / Port Pi / Port
Vin / Qu / Ri
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Gladstone
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Laura
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Port Pirie
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Wirrabara |
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History of
the Church of St Margaret at Wirrabara. |
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The little congregation of St Margaret's,
Wirrabara, worships in a building that has had a variety of uses
since it was built in 1884 as the first Institute for the town.
When the new Institute was built in 1912 the old building became class
rooms for the junior students of the over-crowded school, till the new
school opened in 1921. A local store-keeper then added a store front and
opened a furniture store. After this closed the building was
used at times for small social events, including card evenings which the
people of St Margaret's held to help raise funds to build a
new church, not thinking that it would eventually become the new St
Margaret's. When the building came on the market in 1964 they
decided to buy it and convert it into as church. Some of the furnishings
came from the old church and after many hours of scrubbing, sanding and
recoating with clear finish took on a new look. A new altar and
reredos added to the feeling of light and space. |
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The small, committed congregation gathers
weekly for worship and on the third Sunday of the month the worship is a
more informal morning prayer service. Pews, in the back corner
near the organ, are arranged in a horseshoe so that every one can
hear and take part in the intercessions. This arrangement also makes it
easy to have discussions instead of a more formal sermon. |
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Choruses sung to a guitar give variety to
the worship, with more traditional hymns sung to the organ. |
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