Sydney Somang Uniting Church
Lakemba, NSW 2195
Church Information
| Church Name: | Sydney Somang Uniting Church |
| Church Previous Name: | Lakemba Congregational Church |
| Denomination: | Uniting Church in Australia |
| Street Address: | 147 Lakemba St, Lakemba NSW 2195, Australia |
| Suburb: | Lakemba |
| State: | NSW |
| Postcode: | 2195 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | 15-10-1910 |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | The foundation stone for the first church building was laid on 15/10/1910 by Mrs Benjamin Palmer. The text on the foundation stone is not known. Information/photographs are invited. A plaque records: This plaque was unveiled - on - 23rd April 1972 - by - Mrs Jean Collier - esteemed member of this church since 1912 - to commemorate the centenary of the - formation of a Congregational Church Fellowship - at Lakemba - 1972 Deacons - Mrs M Walther (Secretary), Mr V Bell (Treasurer), Miss J Prentice, Mr J Corry, Mr S Wilson (Senior Deacon), Mr A Hartley (Life Deacon), Mrs H Lavis, Mr G Hollingsworth - Minister - Pastor Raymond Green |
| Date Opened: | 25-08-1872 |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The Sydney Somang Uniting Church (Korean) now meets in the former Lakemba Congregational Church building. No other details are known about this Sydney Somang church.
The first School-Church building for the Lakemba Congregational Church, was a weatherboard structure erected about 1872, on land donated by Mr Miller. It was erected at a different site to the present church building, but was relocated to the present site, on wheels by a team of horses in 1899. Due to changing location names, the church name changed as follows: Punchbowl Congregational Church 1872/Essex Hill Congregational Church 1872-1899/Belmore Congregational Church 1899-1912/Lakemba Congregational Church 1912 onwards.
The present building was opened on 15/10/1960 and dedicated by the Rev A Steele-Craik. The church celebrated its centenary on 23/4/1972.1 It became part of the Uniting Church in 1977. No other details are known.
More historical information/photographs of the church(es)/congregation(s) are invited. Photographs uploaded 10/10/2020 & 3/2/2021.
Note 1: Information sourced from: illuminate (27th Jun 2019). A Brief history of the Lakemba Congregational Church, 1872 ~ 1972..In Website illuminate. Retrieved 10th October 2020 12:27, from https://illuminate.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1452
