| St Margaret's Uniting Church | |
| Coordinates: | -35.2475°N 149.1551°W |
| Location: | Corner Antill Street and Phillip Ave.,, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Country: | Australia |
| Denomination: | Uniting (since 1977) |
| Previous Denomination: | Concurrently (19641977): |
| Churchmanship: | Liberal Protestantism |
| Dedication: | St Margaret of Scotland |
| Status: | Church |
| Functional Status: | Active |
| Architectural Type: | Church |
| Spire Quantity: | 1 |
| Presbytery: | Canberra Region |
| Synod: | New South Wales and ACT |
| Minister: | Rev. Chris Lockley |
St Margaret's Uniting Church is a Uniting church in, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
The church shares a spire[1] with Holy Cross Anglican congregation is a major landmark in North Canberra, at the intersection of the four suburbs of Watson, Dickson, Downer and Hackett.[2]
St Margaret's Uniting Church, together with Holy Cross Anglican Church, are the only remaining congregations from different denominations in the Australian Capital Territory to continue to share a church, hall and grounds, and on occasions ministers and even services.
The Church was founded in 1964[3] as a shared congregation of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches in the then newly built North Canberra suburbs of,, and Hackett.[4] In doing so it predated by over a decade the family of churches it now belongs to, the Uniting Church in Australia, which was formed in 1977 when the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches came together.[5]
Services were initially held in school rooms until the completion and official dedication of the church building on 16 December 1967.[6]
It faces the Signadou Canberra Campus of the Australian Catholic University, built in 1963 as the Dominican Sisters' Teacher Training College, across Antill Street.
The church is home to Meg's Toybox,[7] [8] the major toy library for North Canberra, and the Stepping Stones for Life disability support organisation.[9]
Worship at St Margaret's is in the liberal Protestant tradition of the Uniting Church in Australia.[10]
