St George's church
St George’s is a heritage listed church that is wheelchair accessible. Sunday services are followed by a time of fellowship over tea or coffee.
Address: Corner Thorne Road and Victor Street Birkdale Q 4159
Regular service times:
First to fourth Sundays of the month
7.15am – Holy Communion service.
9am – Family service with Holy Communion. Sunday school activities offered during the school term. We also have a corner of our church available for your children to play or retreat with toys and activities.
Fifth Sunday of the month
8am – A combined parish service is held at either St George’s church or St James church. This allows all three congregations of the parish to worship as one and promotes fellowship. The regular 7.15am and 9am services are not held that day.
Wednesdays
8.30am – Morning prayer service lead by one of our liturgical assistants.
Third Thursday of the month (Friendship service)
10am February to November; 10.30am December – Eucharist service with a morning tea and time of fellowship following the service.
St George's history
Archdeacon Garland addressing the people at laying of foundation stone St George's
The Anglican Parish of The Redlands was established in 1874 and included the village of Birkdale. In the early 1920’s Birkdale parishioners began planning for their own church to be built on land donated by the Randall family.
In 1924, the Cleveland Parish Ladies Guild allocated funds which formed the basis of the Birkdale Church Building Fund.
Parishioners met on the 30th October 1934 and accepted the tender of J. Hutchinson for the sum of £750 ($1500) for the building of the church. This sum did not include furnishings etc. On the 25th November 1934, the Foundation Stone of the new church was blessed by Cannon Garland, and St George’s was dedicated on the 10th March 1935. Fr Hely-Wilson was at that time Rector of the Parish.
The construction of the hall commenced on 13th of October 1962, and on completion was officially opened on 18th of April 1964.
Thoughts now turned to extending the existing church and representations were made to the Diocese for financial assistance. On the 14th April 1966 permission was given by the Diocesan Property and Finance Board for an overdraft of $12000. The extensions were dedicated by Coadjutor Bp Hudson on the 12th June 1966 and consecrated on the 19th October 1966.
The Rectory was built in 1982 with funds gifted by the Diocese.
On Easter Day 1982, the Parish became known as The Mission District of Birkdale-Capalaba. In 1989 Birkdale-Capalaba became a Parish in its own right renamed The Parish of Birkdale, which included St James Church at Wellington Point. On the 24th July 2005 Bp Ron Williams announced that the Parish of Birkdale would in future be known as The Anglican Parish Of Waterloo Bay.