{"id":849,"date":"2023-01-09T10:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T00:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewswauchope.com.au\/?page_id=849"},"modified":"2026-03-08T16:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:02:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewswauchope.com.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmatthewswauchope.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Header-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stmatthewswauchope.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Header-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-943\" style=\"width:791px;height:392px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmatthewswauchope.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Header-photo.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewswauchope.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Header-photo-300x149.jpg 300w, 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revert; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"> SERVICE TIMES<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Our worship services follow the form of the 2nd Order of Holy Communion as set out in <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>A Prayer Book for Australia<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">St Matthews Wauchope<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sunday 8am:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Holy Communion<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Changing to <strong>8:30am<\/strong> from Easter Day<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Wednesday 10am:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Holy Communion<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Easter Services 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Palm Sunday 29th March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8am<\/strong> Holy Communion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maundy Thursday 2nd April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6pm<\/strong> Agape Meal + Stripping of the Altar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good Friday 3rd April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9am<\/strong> Good Friday Liturgy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easter Eve 4th April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7pm<\/strong> Lighting of the New Fire, Renewal of Baptismal Vows &amp; Holy Communion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easter Day 5th April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8:30am<\/strong> Holy Communion<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Baptisms and Weddings by arrangement<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end .blurb --><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"blurb\">\n<h3 class=\"title\">Parish Contacts<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 275px; height: 368px;\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><b> <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Contact Us<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">51-53 Cameron St<br \/>PO Box 71 Wauchope 2446<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 6585 2019<\/p>\n<p>Mobile:\u00a00439 396 110<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:office@stmatthewswauchope.com.au\">office@stmatthewswauchope.com.au<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"pointer-events: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/WauchopeAnglicans\">facebook.com\/WauchopeAnglicans\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fri \u2013 9am-1.00pm<\/p>\n<p>The Rector and Volunteers are often in the office at different times during the week\u00a0as well<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end .blurb --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"blurb last\">\n<h3 class=\"title\">Did you Know?<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 275px;\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Parish Vision 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