Upcoming Services at St. Peter's Church
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 15 - 10am Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Festival of St. Matthew, apostle Sunday, September 22 - 10am |
The seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Pentecost is a day symbolising the birth of the Christian church by the power of the Holy Spirit, 'pentecost' meaning the fiftieth day after Easter.
The eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The festival of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist is celebrated on September 21 and can also be celebrated today.
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Come and visit us this Sunday.If you are a visitor to Hobart or have been living in the region for quite some time, we would always love to have you join us for worship each Sunday at 10.00 AM and afterwards have a coffee or tea and enjoy some fellowship.
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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.
