Ambiguous Wisdom
A Reflection on Proverbs 8:1-31
Celebration of Ministry, part 2
During worship on 2nd June we celebrated the ministries of Valentina Satvedi-Leydon and Janet Hogan as our Interim Student House and Youth Support workers. Ian began by acknowledging that they will be staying on with us but changing their relationship with the congregation as they hand their roles on to Dave Hall, Children & [...]
Sunday Prayers 16/6 – Trinity Sunday
Prayers of Adoration & Confession O God, your life flows among us like a river. Out of the hiddenness of heavenly mystery, along the Christ way of earth, there flows your Spirit, carving a course for us, carrying us on into the ocean of your love. We praise and worship you for the love [...]
Olive Press 16/6
Prayer Points Ministry Team Ecumenical Neighbours Assembly President ASWC CY&YA Committee Property Committee Mulling Hospitality Ministry Sanctuary Movement Indigenous Hospitality House UCA Assembly Creatures of the air BUC News Minding the Olive Way Door Please consider joining the Minding the Olive Way Door roster as part of [...]
A Moral Pentecost
Acts 2:1-21 This week we listened to excerpts from a Pentecost sermon delivered by Rev William Barber II at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York on 5th May 2019 (see Youtube video). A week or so later he delivered the same sermon at the Festival of Homiletics (Preaching) in Minneapolis [...]
Sunday Prayers 9/6 – Pentecost
Prayers of Adoration & Confession God you call us to be your people, and that is who we are. You blow through our lives like a rushing wind Waking us up to all the amazing possibilities that life has to offer at home, at school, at work, at play. Jesus you shape us to [...]
Listening – Church Camp 2019
On the weekend of 24th-26th May 40 or so people settled in at the Adekate campsite for a weekend of listening - listening to ourselves, to each other, to creation, to God. And as we listened we ate, played, prayed, knitted, relaxed, walked, worshipped and ate some more. See the full story and loads of [...]
Olive Press 9/6
Prayer Points Ministry Team Culture of Safety program Moderator Stewart Lodge & residents Worship Committee Finance Committee YUCY & YUCY-OG Compassion Ministry D&E programs Synod of VicTas Creatures of the sea BUC News Minding the Olive Way Door Please consider joining the Minding the Olive Way [...]
Believing in Miracles?
A reflection on miracles focussing on Acts 16:16-34.
Sunday Prayers 2/6
Prayers of Adoration & Confession God, from whom all blessings flow, Thank you for breathing your Spirit into the world and working to bring us closer to your Kingdom. Let us not stand back and wait for a miracle to save the precious life of our planet, but work towards freeing the world from [...]