Welcome from the Rector

Attracting people from across Canberra and across the NSW border, our parish comprises two worshipping communities: St Paul’s Manuka and St David’s Red Hill.  

Above all else, we are a worshipping community. We gather together to worship God who we know as Father, Son and Holy Spirit and to celebrate the love of God for all people, revealed to us in the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. 

St Paul’s is a diverse and inclusive community of faith, and like the kingdom of God, this is a place with a welcome for all. We are an intergenerational community which welcomes babies and children and enjoys the noise and liveliness they bring into our worship. We are a multicultural, international and highly transient community, with a steady turnaround of Australian and international diplomats, civil servants and military personnel. I hope that people experience St Paul’s to be an affirming and inclusive church for people of all sexual orientations. We do have some accessibility accommodations for the disabled and are always willing to help make access easier where possible – do be in touch if there are ways in which we might be able to make worshipping with us more accessible for you.  We are also gender affirming. Women and men share fully and equally in the liturgical, teaching, pastoral and administrative ministries of the parish, and there are male and female priests in its ministry team.

Wherever you are along the journey of life and faith, you are welcome to join us in making the celebration of the Eucharist here at St Paul’s the focal point of your worshipping week. 

The Revd Dr Benjamin Edwards, Rector