St Peter’s Tomakin


The St Peter’s Tomakin congregation for many years met for worship at 11.30am in the Tomakin Community Hall.    Services in Tomakin have now been suspended.   Worshippers are invited to join Sunday services a at St John's Parish Church, Page Street Moruya at 9.45 am or int Banksia Lodge, Broulee on Wednesdays at 2.00 pm.   It is intended to maintain the Christmas and Easter cliff-top services


Broulee, Mossy Point and Tomakin are coastal townships to the north of Moruya that are separated by waterways.  More direct contact between these places was facilitated by bridges in 1966 and 1974.  However mid-week gatherings for worship in “home church” at several different locations over time, dates back half a century.  Open air “cliff-top” services at Christmas and Easter have been held at Mossy Point since 1972.



Periodic Sunday worship commenced in 1985 and on formation of a Community Hall at Tomakin the next year, twice a month services moved there.  The dedication St Peter’s was chosen and then the first church wardens elected in February 1987.  Worship was been held each Sunday from early in 1988 until 2009.

Currently, as stated above, services are held at St Peter's on the 1st and 3rd Sundays.




A Mother’s Union Group played an important role for 17 years.  Among its efforts was making Palm Crosses for the parish and beyond,
















Ministry has been maintained by Parish clergy with the assistance of
others who have retired to the coast or who come on holiday, together with lay ministers.  The congregation is delighted to welcome holiday makers at any time, and is particularly caring of the elderly.  This lasting reputation was recorded in a bereavement situation in the parish magazine many years ago: “Tomakin has also shown itself a caring community … because of kind and loving friends …”.


Worship in the Community hall involves working out of a cupboard to set up and rearranging furniture; and of course tidying away afterwards.  The ladies are largely responsible for this.  Occasionally we stay to enjoy a shared lunch together to mark a particular event.  In the main, the various accoutrements for worship – cross, vessels, vestments etc were either made by, or given in memory of members of the congregati
on.  Music is supplied by a small organ and a team of organists to assist us in our praise, using a wide variety from the Australian Hymn Book, supplemented by a selection of newer hymns.


A feature of worship at St Peter's is the gatherings for "Cliff Top" Eucharists .   They were inaugurated by Archdeacon Fred Hill when he retired to Mossy Point.   These outdoor services are held early on Easter Day and by candle light on Christmas Eve and have proved popular over the years.  




For further information on the history of the parish, contact Mr Graham Jackson and

                                                                             Mrs Helen Jackson

                                                                aja83810  at  bigpond.net.au

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