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Places of Worship near Burwood campus

Christian Churches

Name and address Contact information Times of worship Youth activities/comments

Anglican

St Thomas' Burwood
Bennettswood:
44 Station Street
BURWOOD
3125

Wattle Park:
107 Broughton Rd
SURREY HILLS 3127

Chris Appleby
9808 3250
0422 187 127

Sunday -
Bennettswood:
9am Traditional English language
11am Cantonese language
6pm Informal worship

Wattle Park:
8am (traditional)
10am (contemporary)
6pm Informal worship

Youth Group Fridays 7pm

Young adults bible study group

Church of the Ascension
Corner Blackburn Road & Witchwood Crescent
EAST BURWOOD 3151
Rev. John Gumbley
9802 4863 (BH & AH)
Sunday - 8am, 9.30am, 1pm(Mandarin Chinese Church)
Wednesday - 10am

Young Adults Group meets for worship and study every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month.

A Samurai Karate group runs classes in the church hall from Tuesday - Saturday

Church Rd
DONCASTER

Paul Barker
9840 2577

   
St Mark’s
303 Canterbury Rd
FOREST HILL
Neil Bach
9878 2848
   
Springfield Rd
NORTH BLACKBURN

Peter McPherson

9894 1781

   
Waverley Rd
GLEN WAVERLEY

9560 7494
   
12 John St
KEW 3101
Rev. Paul Perini,
Lisa Day - Office Administrator
9817 4513 (BH) - 9am -5pm
Sunday - 9am, 11am, 5pm, 7.15pm Sunday youth service at 7pm - Gennazzano School Hall, Cotham Road
St John’s Toorak
Cnr Orrong and Toorak Rds
TOORAK
Rev. Mike Simpson
9827 1765 (BH)
Sunday - 8am , 10am & 6pm
Mon - Fri- Morning prayer at 8.30am
Social and special events
St Matthew’s Prahran
157 High St
PRAHRAN
Greg Allinson
9510 3326
   
St Paul’s Malvern
530 Dandenong Rd
North Caulfield 3161
Rev. Roger Rich / Bev Wilson - office administrator
9576 1477 (BH)
Sunday - 8am & 10am
Wednesday - 10am
Youth groups and social groups
Café Church - every 4th Sunday@ 6pm
Solid Rock - every 1st Saturday@ 7pm , Christian music in a café setting

Assemblies of God

Christian Life Centre Burwood
17 Evans Street
BURWOOD 3125

Daniel Sanders - Young Adults Pastor
9888 7466 (BH)

Sunday - 9am, 10.30am & 5pm Junction - young adults program for 18 - 30 year olds
Young adults’ service - once a month on Saturday night
The young adult ministry also supports Universe - the Christian club at Deakin University
10 Griffiths Street
RICHMOND
8420 0900    
Malvern Stonnington Community
57 Fisher Street
Malvern East
9763 3998    

Baptist

Box Hill
Cnr Ellingworth Pde & Station St
BOX HILL
9890 1275 (BH)
   
Kew Baptist Church - Vietnamese community
10 Highbury Grove
KEW 3101
Rev. Tuan Anh Huywh
9310 9958 (BH & AH)
Sundays - 1pm The church provides pastoral care and guidance for Vietnamese students and welcomes any newcomers
Ashburton
High Street
ASHBURTON

Jill Manton
9885 8210

   
Crossway
2 Vision Drive
BURWOOD EAST
Stuart Robinson
9886 3700
   
Balwyn
Cnr Balwyn & Canterbury Rd
BALWYN
Simon Parker
9888 6096
   
Murrumbeena
Cnr. Murrumbeena & Sydney Road
MURRUMBEENA 3163
Rev. Chris Wright
9568 7159 (BH)
   
Stonnington Baptist Church
75 Union Street
ARMADALE VIC 3143
Rev. Dave Price
9509 9191 (BH)/0423 135 240(AH)

Sunday - 10am

Prayer Breakfast -1st Saturday of each month - 8.30am -10.00am
Spiritual conversations - a group meets monthly in a local café to discuss questions of spirituality
Armadale Baptist Church
88 Kooyong Road
ARMADALE 3143
Rev. Andrew Somerville
9822 7881(BH & AH)
  Youth group - every second Friday night
Youth bible study - Sunday morning
Young adults group - Monday night
South Yarra Baptist Church
12 Surry Rd
South Yarra
9827 7900    

Brethen

Wattle Park Chapel
234 Elgar Road
BOX HILL SOUTH 3128
John Reeder - Interim Pastor
9808 2728 (BH)
  Lime Lounge - an informal Christian discussion group that meets every Sunday night. This group is for university age worshippers

Catholic

St Scholastica’s
348 Burwood Highway
BENNETTSWOOD 3125
Rev. Brian Bainbridge
9808 1006 (BH)
0412 111 525 (AH)
Sunday - 9am, 11am
Saturday -9am & 6pm
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday - 8am
Wednesday - 11am
Youth service - Sundays 5.30pm
Young Vinnies Group. Community volunteer work, social activities. For information  contact Anita 0413 550 055
St Benedict’s
299 Warrigal Road
BURWOOD 3125
Fr Tony Schick
9808 2492 (BH) - 9.30am- 1.30pm
Tuesday - Friday
Sunday - 9am, 11am, 5pm
Mon - Fri - 9am
Sat vigil - 6pm
 
St Michael’s
268 High Street
ASHBURTON 3147
Rev. William Attard
9885 2498 (BH & AH)
Tues, Wed & Fri - 10am
Sat - 8.30am, 6.30pm
Sunday - 9am, 10.30am
The church has a youth group and recreational activities such as a tennis club and a squash court
Catholic Chinese Speaking Community:
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
299 Elgar Road
SURREY HILLS 3127
Rev. Peter Tsang
9890 7798 (BH)
Sunday - 10.45am
Saturday - 7pm
Youth group
St Joseph’s
30 Fitzgerald Street
SOUTH YARRA 3141
Rev. John Barry
9827 4689 / 9827 9117 (BH)
Tues- Fri - 10am
Sat - 9am, 6.30pm vigil mass
Sunday -10.30am
 
St Dominic’s
816 Riversdale Rd
EAST CAMBERWELL
Rev Anthony Murnane O.P.
9830 5654
   
St Francis
326 Lonsdale Street
MELBOURNE
Rev Peter Collins S.S.S.
9663 2495
   
Our Lady of Lourdes
631 High Street
Armidale
9510 5042    
St Peter’s
585 Toorak Rd
Toorak
9827 3194    
St Joseph’s
30 Fitzgerald Street
South Yarra
9827 4689
9827 9117
   

Christian City Church

Christian City Church
171 Rooks Road
Vermont
Peter Mc Hugh
9837 2914
Sunday 10am
6pm
 

Christian Reformed Churches

28 Watts Street
Box Hill
Rev A R Esselbrugge
9872 3720
   
Wantirna Christian Reformed Church
Knox Gardens Community Hall
Argyle Way
WANTIRNA SOUTH 3152
Rev R. Russ
55 Rosehill Street
Scoresby Vic 3179
Phone: 03 9763 5146
   

Churches of Christ

Hartwell Church of Christ
246 Highfield Rd
BURWOOD
Pastor Anthony Risson
9889 3484
   
Mt Waverley Church of Christ
280 Highbury Rd
Mt Waverley 3149
Pastor Peter WING-TANG
9808 1613 or 0408 032 277
   

Lutheran

St Paul's Box Hill
711 Station Street
Box Hill

Andrew Brook
9899 0623

   

Holy Cross Lativan Lutheran,
40 Warrigal Rd
Surrey Hills

Aldis Elberts
9836 0119
   
St. John's Southgate
20 City Rd
Southgate
Pastor Tom Peitsch
9682 4995
   
Redeemer, Waverley
25 Cypress Ave
Waverley
Pastor Wayne Muschamp
9802 0635
   
Swedish Lutheran
21 St Georges Rd
Toorak
9827 5580    

Presbyterian 

St Stephen’s
Cnr Warrigal & Canterbury Rds
SURREY HILLS
9890 7277    
Canterbury Presbyterian Church
146 Canterbury Road
CANTERBURY 3126
Rev. Grant Lawry
9836 4601(BH) / 9836 4077 (AH)
Sunday - 10.30am and 7pm International Young Adults Group - Friday 6pm -9.30pm ( specially for Japanese and Chinese students).
Youth service on final Sunday of every month.
The church supports and welcomes overseas students from Korea and Japan.
Presbyterian Church
621 Punt Road
South Yarra
9867 4637    

Salvation Army

Salvation Army Box Hill
Nelson Road
BOX HILL 3128
Karin Lennermo-Beasy / Matt Parker(youth pastor)
9890 2993(BH)
  Youth activities on Friday evenings
Café Salvo (internet café) open Mon -Fri 10am - 3.30pm
Chinese Box Hill
310 Elgar Rd
Box Hill
9890 6727    

Wesleyan Methodist

Spring Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
29-31 Spring Street, East Prahran
Rev. Dr. Glen O’Brien
9355 9013 (BH) / 9533 7717(AH)
email: gobrien@kingsley.vic.edu.au
www.springstreetwesleyan.org
Sunday - 10.30am
Holy communion 1st & 3rd Sundays
Sunday 6.30pm - Church Nite (Young Adult Service)
Dayspring Counselling Service - 9510 8011

Uniting Church

Burwood Uniting Church
Cnr Warrigal & Hyslop St
BURWOOD
Rev. Peter Whitaker
9888 9435 (BH & AH)
Sunday - 10am
Every 4th Wednesday of the month - Taize style worship @ 8pm
Weekly fellowship and study groups
Burwood Heights Uniting Church
347 Blackburn Road
BURWOOD HEIGHTS 3151
(opposite K/mart)
Rev. Neil Povey
9802 3692 (BH)
Sunday - 9.30am The church also has activities such as movie going, exercise and bushwalking groups.
Crossroads - Christian fellowship for people with a disability meets every 3rd Saturday of the month

St James Uniting Church
Cnr Riversdale Rd & Lyndoch St
BOX HILL

Rev Graeme Hawkins
9877 8187

   
St David’s Unitin/g Church
Cnr Burke Rd and Mont Albert Rd
CANTERBURY
Adrian Pyle
03 9817 2720
   
Toorak Uniting
603 Toorak Rd
Toorak
Rev. Anneke Oppewal
9829 0300 (BH) / 9568 4740 (AH)
Sunday - 9am & 10.15am Youth group on Sunday evenings
South Yarra Office
15 Cromwell Rd
South Yarra
9827 8200    

Bahai

Name and address Contact information Times of worship Youth activities/comments
Baha’i Faith
Bookshop and Information
352 Burwood Road
HAWTHORN 3122
Tel: 9815 2020
   

Buddhist

Name and address Contact information Times of worship Youth activities/comments
Buddhist Society of Victoria
71-73 Darling Road
EAST MALVERN 3145
Cora Thomas - secretary
9571 6409 (BH)
  Theravada Buddhism
Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation
17 Ellingworth Parade
BOX HILL 3128
Christina Lee
9897 1668 (BH)

  Mahayana - Chinese tradition
The Melbourne Buddhist Centre
1 Pitt St Brunswick, 3056
Tel: 9380 4303
Dhammachari Siladasa
9670 8595 (BH)
  Triyana tradition
Meditation & Buddhism classes - courses, seminars, retreats workshops and arts events
Fo Guang Yuan Buddhist Centre
24a Rutland Road
BOX HILL 3128
Ven. Miao Yuan
9890 8188 (BH)
Tuesday - Sunday 9am -5pm International monastic organisation
Mahayana/ Humanistic Buddhism
The centre also runs an art gallery:
Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery
141, Queen Street, MELBOURNE 3000
9642 2388
Infinite Wisdom International
79-81 Eley Road
BLACKBURN SOUTH 3130
Mother Mahaviro
9808 5584(BH & AH)
  Non - Sectarian
Meditation, discussion, counselling and teaching sessions and book publications

Hindu

Name and address Contact information Times of worship Youth activities/comments
HINDU SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple
52 Boundary Road
CARRUM DOWNS Vic 3201
9782 0878 / 9782 6281(priest’s quarters)
   
Hindu Society of Victoria
52 Boundary Road
CARRUM DOWNS 3201
     
Hindu Foundation
10 Church Street
BAYSWATER 3153
Abhay Awasti - Executive Director
9738 0564 (BH)
   
Sri Vakratunda Vinayaka Temple
1292-1294 The Mountain Highway
THE BASIN 3154
9793 1652 (BH)    

Islam


See Deakin University Islamic Directory For Mosques and Prayer Centres Available from :
Chaplains Room (Building H1)
Deakin International (Building H1)
Student Life (Building B)


Judaism

Name and address Contact information Times of worship Youth activities/comments
Burwood Hebrew Congregation
245 Burwood Highway,
Burwood 3125

Dr Gerald Segal 9570 7942 (ah)

Rabbi Ralph Genende 9808 5722 (bh)

Some prayer services held on the campus of Mt Scopus College on Fridays or Saturdays and major Jewish Holidays
Services are run on campus during term times. These are run on traditional orthodox Jewish lines.
Contact Rabbi Genende for information.

 
Chabad Jewish Centre
101 Orrong Crescent
Nth Caulfield
9525 9929    
Chabad on Campus
559 Inkerman Road
CAULFIELD 3161
Yehuda de Vries
0400 502 683
   
East Melbourne Synagogue
488 Albert Street
EAST MELBOURNE 3002
Rabbi Shamir Caplan
9662 1372 (BH)
email:
   
Inquiries on other Jewish places of worship could be directed to Yehuda de Vries whose contact details are listed above.

Sikh

Name and address Contact information Times of worship Youth activities/comments

Sikh Temple
Melbourne
127 Whitehorse Rd
BLACKBURN 3130

9894 1800 (BH)

   

Other useful information

Mainline religions can be found in the White Pages Telephone Directory under their respective religions or denominations eg Anglican, Catholic, Uniting Church, Buddhist, etc. Other religious groups are found in the Yellow Pages Telephone Directory under the heading "ORGANISATIONS - CHURCH AND RELIGIONS".

Some useful web pages:

Uniting Church
Catholic Church
Anglican Church
Churches of Christ
Baptist Church
Christian Reformed Churches
Presbyterian Church

Buddhist:
Buddhist meditation centres in Victoria

Hindu:
Hindu Council of Australia/

Islam:

The Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) is the peak body for Muslim organisations in Victoria

A multifaith calendar

Deakin University Burwood Chaplain contacts:
Rev Chris Appleby
Rev Rick Cheung
Rev Jessica Cheung
Mrs Helen Edmonds 

Additions to this document

This is a "living document." You may wish to have additional information included in this document. This can be done by contacting Chris Appleby.

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