Upcoming Services at St. Peter's Church
Weekly Lenten Service
Wednesday, March 20 - 7pm Passion/Palm Sunday
Sunday, March 24 - 10am Maundy Thursday
Thursday, March 28 - 7pm Good Friday
Friday, March 29 - 10am Easter Sunday
Sunday, March 31 Sunrise Dawn Service - 7am Breakfast - 8am Service - 10am |
A short quiet and reflective weekly Lenten service held at St. Peter's during the Lenten season. This will be our last Lenten service before Easter.
Passion/Palm Sunday - on this day we focus on the suffering and death of Jesus. We also remember Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey the Sunday before his death, where people laid palm leaves and their cloaks onto the road.
Maundy Thursday - we remember the Last Supper, the last meal Jesus and his disciples ate together before his crucifixion. There is a symbolic foot-washing and stripping of the altar during this Holy Communion service.
Good Friday - the second day of the Three Days to Easter commemoration. We remember on this day Jesus' death and crucifixion upon the cross.
Easter Sunday - we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from his tomb after having been dead and buried for three days. He is risen!
We will hold a Sunrise Dawn service at St. Peter's Church Hall with a small reflective candlelit service read from the Lutheran Hymnals. After this, a free breakfast will be served to any who wish to join us before the Easter Sunday service begins at 10am. |
Where we are.The Saint Peter's Centre is located on the grounds of Eastside Lutheran College which is a short ten minute drive from the Hobart CBD. For more information on directions, please click here.
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Holy Communion.Holy Communion takes place each service unless Pastor is away and a lay reader is leading the service. Check our 'Contact' page to see if Pastor Peter is away and how to contact him.
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What Lutherans Believe
Creation
We believe that God created the universe and everything in it, and that he created humans as the crown of creation and as moral beings for a life of worship and service to God (Isaiah 43:7, Psalm 100).
Rebellion
We believe that we turned our back on God's will and purposes (that is, we 'sinned'), and in our rebellious and sinful condition we stand helpless and hopeless under the judgement of God (Romans 3:12,23).
Redemption
We believe that God gave his Son, Jesus Christ, to die for the sins of all of us, and that the good news of his love in Christ is for all people everywhere (John 3:16, Romans 3:24).
New Life
We believe that everyone who, by the working of the Holy Spirit, accepts in personal faith what Jesus Christ has done by his death on the cross and by his resurrection, receives forgiveness from God, becomes a child of God and a member of his church (Acts 16:31, Romans 3:22).
The Church
We believe that Christians are called into the church to praise and worship God, to receive the Spirit's renewal of their faith, to strengthen their fellow believers, and to carry out God's mission of taking the good news of his saving love to all people.
The Bible
We believe that God has revealed eternal truth to us in his inspired, inerrant word, the Bible, and that it alone is the basis of the Christian faith (2 Timothy 3:15–17, John 17:17).
Baptism
We believe that God offers his grace and forgiveness to all people, including infants, in the sacrament of baptism.
Holy Communion
We also believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, the body and blood of Christ are given in, with and under bread and wine, as a further assurance of personal forgiveness to believers.
Life of Service
We believe that Christians, though still subject to sin and failure, will show love to God in a life of loving service to other people, practising forgiveness, kindness, patience, humility and unselfish service for Christ's sake.
Life After Death
We believe that God will raise up all people on the last day and that every person who believes in Jesus as Saviour will be given eternal life.
We believe that only the Bible is the source of inspiration and teaching. Lutherans worldwide also believe that the Lutheran Confessions, contained in the Book of Concord of 1580, are true expositions of the word of God. These documents are:
Taken from the Lutheran Church of Australia.
We believe that God created the universe and everything in it, and that he created humans as the crown of creation and as moral beings for a life of worship and service to God (Isaiah 43:7, Psalm 100).
Rebellion
We believe that we turned our back on God's will and purposes (that is, we 'sinned'), and in our rebellious and sinful condition we stand helpless and hopeless under the judgement of God (Romans 3:12,23).
Redemption
We believe that God gave his Son, Jesus Christ, to die for the sins of all of us, and that the good news of his love in Christ is for all people everywhere (John 3:16, Romans 3:24).
New Life
We believe that everyone who, by the working of the Holy Spirit, accepts in personal faith what Jesus Christ has done by his death on the cross and by his resurrection, receives forgiveness from God, becomes a child of God and a member of his church (Acts 16:31, Romans 3:22).
The Church
We believe that Christians are called into the church to praise and worship God, to receive the Spirit's renewal of their faith, to strengthen their fellow believers, and to carry out God's mission of taking the good news of his saving love to all people.
The Bible
We believe that God has revealed eternal truth to us in his inspired, inerrant word, the Bible, and that it alone is the basis of the Christian faith (2 Timothy 3:15–17, John 17:17).
Baptism
We believe that God offers his grace and forgiveness to all people, including infants, in the sacrament of baptism.
Holy Communion
We also believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, the body and blood of Christ are given in, with and under bread and wine, as a further assurance of personal forgiveness to believers.
Life of Service
We believe that Christians, though still subject to sin and failure, will show love to God in a life of loving service to other people, practising forgiveness, kindness, patience, humility and unselfish service for Christ's sake.
Life After Death
We believe that God will raise up all people on the last day and that every person who believes in Jesus as Saviour will be given eternal life.
We believe that only the Bible is the source of inspiration and teaching. Lutherans worldwide also believe that the Lutheran Confessions, contained in the Book of Concord of 1580, are true expositions of the word of God. These documents are:
- the three ecumenical creeds (confessed by Christians around the world): the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed
- the Augsburg Confession
- the Apology of the Augsburg Confession
- the Smalcald Articles
- the Small Catechism of Luther
- the Large Catechism of Luther
- the Formula of Concord.
Taken from the Lutheran Church of Australia.