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Thornleigh Hillcrest Uniting Church
Thornleigh, NSW 2120
Church Information
| Church Name: | Thornleigh Hillcrest Uniting Church |
| Church Previous Name: | Hillcrest Road Congregational Church & Thornleigh Methodist Church |
| Denomination: | Uniting Church in Australia |
| Street Address: | 1/3 Paling St, Thornleigh NSW 2120, Australia |
| Suburb: | Thornleigh |
| State: | NSW |
| Postcode: | 2120 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known for the present church building.. Information/photographs are invited. The foundation stone for the first Congregational Church building records: This stone was laid by - R W Hardie Esq - 18th Aug 1923 - Reset on Erection of Porch April 1935. The foundation stone for the second Congregational Church building was laid on 6/6/1959. The text on the foundation stone is not known. Information/photographs are invited. The foundation stones for the first Thornleigh Methodist Church building were laid on 5/10/1907 by Miss Vickery, Rowland H Ducker and Thomas Parker Reeve.The text on the foundation stones is not known. Information/photographs are invited.
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| Date Opened: | unknown |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The present Thornleigh Hillcrest Uniting Church, Thornleigh is an amlgamation of the following congregations :
- Pennant Hills (Hillcrest Road) Congregational Church, whose first building was opened on 27/10/1923 by Mrs Sibree. The second was opened on 10/10/1959. The congregation joined following Union in 1977.
- Thornleigh Methodist Church, whose first church building was opened on 9/2/1908 by the Rev W Rodd. The congregation joined following Union in 1977.
- St David's Presbyterian Church, Thornleigh - some congregational members joined the Uniting Church when St David's closed in 1978. It did not join the Uniting Church in 1977.
In 1996, morning services at Thornleigh ceased and combined morning services began at the Hillcrest Road centre. In 2002 the Hillcrest Road property was sold to the Danish Church (see separate entry). The Thornleigh stie was cleared to make way for a new Worship and Community Centre, which was opened in April 2003.
More historical information/photographs of the church(es)/congregation(s) are invited. Photographs uploaded 21/2/2021.
Note: Photograph attribution/source - p1 - and more of the church story see - illuminate (3rd Jun 2019). A People on the Move 1891-2003: Thornleigh Hillcrest Congregation, the Uniting Church in Australia. In Website illuminate. Retrieved 21st Feb 2021 13:09, from https://illuminate.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/179.
