{"id":17,"date":"2012-04-05T02:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T02:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-03-29T06:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:41:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Inside-Church-Christmas-2018-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Inside-Church-Christmas-2018-1-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Heritage-listed Brookfield Uniting Church is a beautiful country church located in a rustic setting only 15km from the CBD of Brisbane. \u00a0The historic little wooden church with history dating back to 1869 is situated at 2 Upper Brookfield Road, Brookfield which is a semi-rural suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. \u00a0There is plenty of parking available and is easily accessible.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SERVICES OF WORSHIP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A\u00a0<strong>Family Worship Service<\/strong> is conducted <strong>each Sunday at 8.15am<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holy Communion<\/strong> is celebrated on the <strong>first Sunday of each month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2026 Easter<\/strong> programme includes services on <strong>Good Friday 8.15am<\/strong> and <strong>Easter Sunday 9.30am<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=2261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see full Easter programme here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Christmas Day<\/strong>, the service is at <strong>8.15am<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Church&#8217;s history dates back to 1869 and forms part of an historical precinct incorporating Brookfield State School, The Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, the Cemetery and the Showgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the Church&#8217;s 125th birthday, a book entitled <a title=\"Different Tracks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=90&amp;preview=true\"><em><strong>Different Tracks<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>was published in 1998 written by Libby Wager.\u00a0 Despite many obstacles, the Church has endured and is proud that it helped to build a community which still retains a friendly, rural atmosphere.\u00a0 The congregation which includes many descendants of pioneering families endeavours to play an active Christian role in the evolving character of the <a title=\"Brookfield\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=83&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Brookfield<\/strong> <\/a>community.\u00a0 The Church&#8217;s Outreach Activities include holding a Country Market in September each year, providing Breakfast for participants in the annual Bush Christmas Fun Run and holding a twilight Christmas Carols Service.<\/p>\n<p>Photo at top of page courtesy of Kaz Lawson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage-listed Brookfield Uniting Church is a beautiful country church located in a rustic setting only 15km from the CBD of Brisbane. \u00a0The historic little wooden church with history dating back to 1869 is situated at 2 Upper Brookfield Road, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2269,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/2269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}