Sermon 8/5 – Making and Sharing
A reflection on the story of Tabitha in Acts 9:36-43 The reflection begins at 31:00 in the video
Worship 8/5, Easter 4C
Julie Perrin welcomed us to worship on 8th May. We met Tabitha, the only woman in the New Testament to be individually named as a disciple of Jesus, a woman whose death brought the apostle Peter hurrying back to Joppa. Tabitha, who embodied the presence of Jesus in good works and generous acts, especially acts [...]
Sunday Prayers 8/5
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Watch or 8:40 Great Creator, Maker of all that is, Poet and Potter, who is unafraid of mud. We praise you for making yourself manifest in human loving and humble making in care for the vulnerable. We praise you for the hope implicit in making. We give thanks for Tabitha, [...]
Prayer Points 8/5
Meeting of Assembly Ministry Team CYYA Joint Nominating Committee Culture of Safety program Moderator – Denise Stewart Lodge & residents Worship Committee Finance Committee YUCY & YUCY-OG Compassion Ministry BUC Arts Synod of VicTas Creatures of the sea From the Assembly News All who will gather this weekend for the reconvened 16th Assembly [...]
Olive Press 8/5
16th Assembly The first meeting of 16th Assembly members in July last year was held online for the first time in our history. The meeting will reconvene in person 6th-9th May on the Sunshine Coast. There are 10 ways to connect with the Assembly as it happens. Farewell [...]
Climate Action News 8/5
Regenerating Australia Climate Action Moreland is hosting a community screening of this new short film directed by Damon Gameau, at Merlynston Progress Hall, 1 Novian Street, Coburg North, on Friday 6 May at 6pm. Details and tickets here. Kick Climate Goals! AFL Players for Climate and ACF Inner Melbourne present an evening of climate [...]
Vote Climate in Wills
Climate Action Moreland has done an assessment of the published climate, environment and energy policies of the political parties and candidates standing in the Wills electorate for 2022 and whether they are consistent with the science of climate change and the speed of transition required, and meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement. [...]
Farewell Dave Hall
On Sunday 1st May Dave Hall concluded three years of ministry as our Children, Youth & Young Adult Pastor and 25 years in various roles with the Uniting Church including coordinating the National Christian Youth Convention and as chaplain at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar. Dave’s ministry with Brunswick Uniting Church was significantly impacted on [...]
Hospitality and Resilience
Today I was talking to a lovely elderly man, originally from Hong Kong, who always seemed to me to be a bit depressed. He told me that he had been struggling for quite some time and found life to be really difficult and challenging lately, especially during and after the lockdowns of the past [...]
Praying for freedom and healing
On Thursday 7th April, the Park Hotel-Prison (in which dozens of people had been detained in torturous limbo for over a year) finally stood empty, and almost all of those who found themselves locked up in Australia after being ‘medevac-ed’ here from PNG and Nauru for supposed medical treatment were able to walk free [...]