Over 5000 individuals and families have received essential support this Christmas as a result of Anglicares ToysnTucker program.

Christmas services are par for the course at almost every Sydney Anglican church, but some churches like to kick it up a notch or two by putting on unique events that connect with the community in a creative way. Your.sydneyanglicans.net looks at some of this years best from the different regions across the Diocese.

The pressure mounts on the St Peter's mission team as sickness, electronic gremlins and personal traumas trouble its various members.

While Christmas may not be a holy day for many people in our society, most people are happy to observe it as a holiday. And while few people know much about the meaning of Christmas, most still know some of the traditional songs of Christmas"”songs known as "carols".

Our Advent program is underway, but an unplanned mega-event has evolved before our very eyes.

"Christmas is our event and we need to milk it for Gods glory rather than passively accept the materialistic money spinner it has become," says the childrens minister at St Pauls, Menai, the Rev Stephen Shearsby. Here is how one Sydney Anglican minister and his church are creatively taking up that challenge.

This is not a Christian book "“ but it ought to be. This is Christianity with its sleeves rolled up.

Evil spirits. Demons. Ghosts. Magic. Satan. Do these words speak of a frightening spiritual reality? Or are they the silly remnants of a more superstitious age?