Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay

A parish of the
Anglican Church of Southern Queensland

Our parish is located in the heart of the local community of Birkdale and Wellington Point. There are two churches in our parish, and three congregations. We offer a range of worship services and programs, from Sunday Eucharist services, fellowship groups and community outreach initiatives.

Our team

The Venerable Michael Faragher

Locum Priest
Phone: 0424 344 273

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Reverend John Bretz

Deacon

Glenda Blanch

Administration Officer

Locations

St George's and St James churches

St George’s and St James locations

Gallery

Parish logo

A logo was designed to coincide with the name change from the Parish of Birkdale to the Anglican Parish of Waterloo Bay. The name was chosen as it was seen as inclusive and reflected both St George’s Birkdale and St James’ Wellington Point, both located around Waterloo Bay on the mainland.

The design of the logo contains several elements, some of which act as a dual function.

The colours were selected to compliment that of the Anglican Church of Australia’s logo of blue, red and white.

The blue area of the logo represents the waters of Waterloo Bay which wash the banks of Mooroondu Point at Thorneside; represented by the point on the left of the logo and Wellington Point; represented by the roundabout on the right-hand side.

The red cross represents the position of St George’s church at Birkdale whilst the white cross that of St James’ Wellington Point.

The red “land” is representative of the fact that we form a part of the Redlands whilst the white “beaches” reflect the littoral area.

Within the Wellington Point “roundabout” the golden sun reflects that we are a part of the Sunshine State.

In parallel to this symbology is the red fishhook, reminding all Christians of Jesus’ call to the fisherman Peter on the shore of the Sea of Galilee when he said “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matt 4:19). His call to us has not changed.

When the logo was being designed, comment was sought from an external source as to what they saw in the logo. The initial answer was “an embryo.” This is very fitting as a parish, where parishioners grow from “babes in the faith” to mature Christians able to “give birth” to new Christians.

As with many logos, people read into them what they will. It is our hope and prayer that whatever image the logo may present to you, it reflects God’s love and peace.