LOCAL UNION CHURCH EXPECTED TO BE LISTED AS A WAR MEMORIAL A representative from the Central Coast Council of RSL Sub-Branches has submitted an application to have the Mangrove Mountain Union Church listed as a war memorial. Before the Mangrove Mountain RSL/Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club were built, the Mangrove Mountain Union Church was a focal point for remembering and commemorating those locals who fought in the wars and those who lost their lives. In the book “Every Mothers Son” by Michael Rooksberry, the importance of the church is made clear: “A special service was held at the church on Sunday…

Sell Our Souls or Save Our Souls?? If your one of those who have lived on the Mountain District for more than a few years, chances are you would have remembered Rev John Price whom along with running a Commercial Citrus Nursery at Somersby gave Anglican services at St Barnabas Church Yarramalong , The Union Church at Mangrove Mountain and the St Albans Anglican Church throughout the 70s 80s and 90s. John (now deceased) was a big fellow who enjoyed a beer and a chat but didn’t entertain fools for long and I am sure he would have had a…

The Little White Church I am a little white church sitting beside the road on a corner at Mangrove Mountain.  Everyone who passes, and there are lots of people who do, know me well and thousands have taken comfort because I have been there for more than 100 years. A beacon on the hill that has stood for community continuity and goodwill for everyone for so long. While I was built at Mangrove Mountain, people from many other villages on the Central Coast Plateau know me well, have worshipped in me and know that I have a connection with people…