Prayer Points Ministry Team Preparations for returning to worship onsite Church Council Olive Way program Pastoral Care Committee Justice & Mission Committee Sunday Morning Program Roster participants Non-Violent Direct Action FUNdraising Committee Presbytery of Port Philip West Creatures of the land Worship in January As [...]
We explore Mary’s early days as a mother and her encounters with Simeon and Anna in the Jerusalem Temple. (The recording includes Meg Orton reading Luke 2:21-40.) Dave Hall, Children & Families, Youth & Young Adult Pastor
Prayers of Adoration & Confession With words from Isaiah 9:2-7 Breathe in the light and warmth of this day – all creation celebrates with us today. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light… Jesus, Light of the World, you shine with summer’s glory. Be born as radiance in our hearts [...]
On Christmas Day we lit the Christmas Candle amidst the Advent garden. We celebrated the coming of the Christ child in person, remembering that the baby Jesus turned everything upside down, that a new way of doing things dawned with his birth, and we grab hold of this new way too. Read the complete order of service. Watch [...]
On Christmas Eve we offered two opportunities for worship - our traditional pageant and evening services both online. Both are available on YouTube to catch up or watch again. Pageant Pandemic We were taken on a journey through lockdown, isolation and beyond. Written & directed by Caitlin Mullen-Beagley with assistance from Tameka [...]
Mary says, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.”
Prayer Points Ministry Team BIUC Congregation UnitingCare ReGen D&E Committee Presbytery Representatives – Kate and Jamie Student House Program Community Ministry Love Makes a Way Food Co-op CTM Our planet & all she holds Christmas News Worship services Christmas Eve Pageant, 7pm, pre-recorded and posted [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Watch God so loved the world. The world is created in love. Tiny seed to massive tree, tiny seed to vulnerable child, to woman or man. Everything is here to nurture it and the seed bursts from the ground, the child bursts from the womb, full of hope and [...]
On Advent 4B, 20th December we lit our fourth candle for love. The fourth Sunday of Advent invited us to focus on love – as Mary found, it can mean great joy, but love also can bring hardship and sorrow. Watch the service for the first time or again on YouTube. Read the complete order of service. Read [...]
Our worship for Blue Christmas included a meditation on the traditional themes of Advent – God’s Christmas gifts to us of hope, peace, joy and love. This evening after a year like no other we paused in the stillness. We gently acknowledged the months of waiting and celebrated the hope that we have in [...]