Get Involved at Church:
There are a range of activites that occur through St Margaret's. For children and youth activities, please see our Children's Ministry page.
For Adults, we run:
Men’s Breakfast which is held on the 1st Saturday of every month.
Meg’s Munchers is a shared meal following the 10am Sunday service, held on the 1st Sunday of every 2nd month.
Meg's Munchers Meg's Munchers Ladies Fellowship Group
Ladies Fellowship The Ladies Fellowship has been meeting since 1968 with most members originally part of the congregation of St Faith’s Montmorency. Meetings are held in private homes but many fund raising functions, such as lunches with guest speakers are held in St Margaret’s Hall.
In 2009 over $2000 was raised with money distributed to Ronald McDonald House, a respite home in Tasmania, and autistic children in Victoria. Not all activities are fundraisers: the ladies also go on trips to eg the Johnson Collection & Patchwork shops in Warburton.
They meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month.
Recorder Group
Crochet Group meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 1pm.
Book Group Helen Coutts 9439 1654
Meg’s Men is an occasional choir, which prepares music for special occasions.
Friendship, Film & Faith see a film, then have a light meal and a discussion afterwards. It is held on the 4th Sunday afternoon of every month.
Spiritual Life:
See our Spiritual Life page for information on programs such as: Creating Spirit, Piece of Peace, Christian Meditation Network, Retreat in Everyday Life and Labyrinth Walking.
Community Involvement:
St Margaret’s Charitable Trust The St Margaret’s Eltham Charitable Trust was established on 30th September 1993 as a vehicle for parishioners of St Margaret’s Church to be able to support the local community and other worthwhile recipients and obtain tax deductions for their contributions. It frequently acts as a vehicle to raise funds for disaster relief which are forwarded to agencies providing such relief.
Anglicare Auxiliary In 2009, St Margaret’s parishioners were most distressed by the traumas of the many people in neighbouring areas who suffered losses in the catastrophic fires ,particularly in nearby Kinglake- St Andrews in February 2009. During the year two of our parishioners kept us up to date with news of how resilient many of the people were in their day to day living as well as in attempting to get plans ready for their houses to be rebuilt.
In October one of our parishioners talked with Cathy Lance who had formed a network called “Ladies of the Black Belt” and it was decided that St Margaret’s parishioners would be asked to donate 30 Christmas Puddings and Cakes for these ladies, many of whom had no kitchens nor equipment to cook. The response was overwhelming, with cakes, puddings and Melting Moments being made in time for Christmas festivities, 2009.
LinC (Love in the name of Christ) Eltham is a network of churches working with service agencies in the southern part of Nillumbik Shire and Banyule City Council. It links community clients in need to church volunteers through a phone Referral Centre run by volunteers.
New Voices is a cooperation between Nillumbik Shire, Eltham Bookshop and St Margarets, to showcase first-time authors and their books to the community. It often includes emerging writers and children's books.
St Mark's Community Centre, Fitzroy. St Mark's Centre assists the homeless and disadvantaged within the City of Yarra. A weekly collection of food donated by St Margaret's parishioners is collected for St Marks and delivered by a parishioner.