{"id":2239,"date":"2026-02-06T14:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=2239"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:42:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=2239","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our Brookfield congregation has been here since 1869 and is the oldest in Brookfield and the most historic this close to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are part of the Uniting Church in Australia which was formed in 1977 by the union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre of our faith is to confess Jesus as Lord and to know that our relation to God depends on the grace of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Church Family of adults and children of various ages enjoys the fellowship of practising Christians and worshipping together each Sunday.<br><br><strong>OUR MINISTER IS THE REVEREND GERDA OLAFSEN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For inquiries, phone Rev. Gerda Olafsen on 0477 662 237<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><strong>SERVICES OF WORSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<strong>Family Worship Service<\/strong>&nbsp;is conducted&nbsp;<strong>each Sunday at 8.15am<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Holy Communion<\/strong>&nbsp;is celebrated on the&nbsp;<strong>first Sunday of each month.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At&nbsp;<strong>Easter<\/strong>,a service is conducted at&nbsp;on<strong> both Good Friday and Easter<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Sunday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On&nbsp;<strong>Christmas Day<\/strong>, the service is at&nbsp;<strong>8.15am<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><em><strong>OUR VISION:<\/strong><\/em><br><br>The Brookfield Uniting Church Council has adopted the following Vision Statement:<br><br><em><strong>&#8220;To share Christ&#8217;s Love within our community, giving hope and encouragement to people on life&#8217;s journey.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community Market<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the fourth Saturday of each month a Community Market is held on the church property at 2 Upper Brookfield Road, Brookfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carols Service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special twilight Carols Service is held in early December each year in the grounds of either Brookfield Uniting or Brookfield Anglican Church&nbsp; This is a special event for local families to remember the true meaning of Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Brookfield congregation has been here since 1869 and is the oldest in Brookfield and the most historic this close to the city. We are part of the Uniting Church in Australia which was formed in 1977 by the union &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=2239\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2239"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2276,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239\/revisions\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookfieldunitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}