Toongabbie Anglican Church

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Toongabbie Anglican Church
33°47′50″S150°57′47″E / 33.797257°S 150.963006°E / -33.797257; 150.963006
Location46 Binalong Road (cnr Burrabogee Road), Pendle Hill, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Denomination Anglican Church of Australia
Churchmanship Evangelical
Website toongabbieanglican.org.au
History
Status Church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Administration
Diocese Sydney
Parish Toongabbie
Clergy
Rector Michael Hastie

Toongabbie Anglican Church is an evangelical Anglican church in the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The church is located in the suburb of Pendle Hill in Sydney's west. Toongabbie Anglican Church is the sole church in the Anglican Parish of Toongabbie.

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History

The church of St Marys, Pendle Hill is built on land that was granted to William Wentworth. There has been a church building of St Mary's Toongabbie since 1889. [1] This first church was demolished in 1994.

Establishment of St Mary congregation

In May 1889 work began on a new chaple on the estate of Mr Wentworth. The press recorded the event:

On Monday afternoon Bishop Barry laid the foundation stone of a new church to be erected at Toongabbie, near Parramatta. A large concourse of people from the district, as well as from Parramatta, were present, and were entertained at luncheon on the ground by the ladies of the parish. The stone was laid with all the ceremony incidental to such occasions... Headed by a donation from the Bishop, contributions to the amount of £54 16s were placed on the stone. The new church, which is to cost about £280, is expected to be completed in about six weeks. It will be of brick, 30ft by 25ft, and will supply a want long felt in the neighborhood. [2]

From the beginnings there were concerns at being able to secure clergy to officiate in what was still a remote area. [3] To this issue the Dean of Sydney had sent Lay readers to resolve the shortage, which seems to have been exacerbated by boundary disputes between parishes. [4]

From a 1893 List of Local lay readers, Paul B. Elwell of "Toongabbie, Prospect and Seven Hills" was issued a license on 5 September 1892. Elwell (d. 1899 in Woollahra) was a landowner at Wentworthville and a member of Saint Mary's congregation. His daughter was a long time organist. [5]

This early phase of the parish included an active Anglican congregation in the area that was still mostly forested but opening up for agriculture.

In 1891 the synod approved an ordnance "To authorise the sale of certain lands situate within the Parramatta Domain and at Toongabbie (Seven Hills) [6] " These appear to be surplus land from the establishment of the church.

Early twentieth century

By the outbreak of World War I the church building had become very run down and there were calls for renovations despite the war. The war had a huge impact on the parish. Each week the news papers of the time bled lists of names from the parish.

In 1939 the church celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The local paper described the event:

An old lamp which was used for the first services at St. Mary's Church of England, Toongabbie, 50 years ago, was used again at the church's Golden Jubilee at the week-end. It was suspended above the porch entrance. Many who were present at the opening of the church took part in the special services to commemorate the occasion.

Following a lantern lecture by Mr. P. W. Gledlill on "The Planting of Christianity in Australia." supper was served by a log fire in the church grounds. A birthday cake with 50 candles, donated by Mrs. Symonds,(long time church organist) [7] was cut by Mrs. J. R. Parsons. Jubilee gifts included a chancel carpet, brass vases, book-markers, light shades and tablecloths. [8]

Provisional parish

In 1950 a provisional parish was created wherein the out centers of Toongabbie and Girraween were taken off the recently created parish of Wentworthville and merged with Seven Hills which at this time had become an out center of Prospect.

The parish at this time was becoming urbanised, allowing for a larger congregation.

The Rev. W. W. Hemming (Rector of Wentworthville) in 1950 became the curate. He had experience of several parish plants prior to this and appears to have been heavily involved. The rectory was at 426 Seven Hills Road, Seven Hills. [9] indicating Seven Hills was the center of the new parish.

Toongabbie became a full parish in the 1970s. Since then the parish has contained up to four churches:

In 1989 construction began on a new church building at Saint Mary's. The foundation stone reads the new church was dedicated to the glory of God by the right reverend P. R. Watson Bishop in Parramatta 22nd April 1990.

In 1994 the original St Mary's church building, was demolished. This was amidst some local objection.

Activities

Sunday meetings

Community

List of rectors

The following individuals have served as rector, or other titles, of the parish:

OrdinalOfficeholder nameTitleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1Arthur Patrick WadeRector Wentworthville193419350–1 years [13] : 121 
2Robert William West Hemming195019500 years
3Raymond Joseph BomfordCurate195319551–2 years [14] : 80  [9] : 77 
4Thomas Croft195519582–3 years [14] : 80 
5Brian Black195719591–2 years [14] : 88 
6Keith Noel Grisdate195819590–1 years [14] : 80 
7Edward George Newing195919590 years [14] : 112 
8Frederick Donald Buchanan196019643–4 years [15] : 86 
9P. V. Rainsford(based in Girraween)c. 1970c. 19700 years [12] : 103 
10K. T. PercivalCurate Girraween
(provisional parish)		c. 1970c. 19700 years [12] : 78 
11D. I. MeadowsCurate197019754–5 years [16] [17] : 141 
12D. S. Parkerc. 1980c. 19843–4 years [17] : 100 
13Martin Robinson
14John Reid199019965–6 years [18]
15Philip Bassett1996200710–11 years [19]
16Raj Gupta2007202113–14 years [20]
17Murray Colville202120220–1 years
18Mike Hastie2022incumbent1–2 years

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  2. ↑ "No title". The Evening News. 23 April 1889. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "No title". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate. 4 January 1890. p. 3 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
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  8. ↑ "No title". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate. 17 May 1939.
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