Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 5th June, Pentecost Sunday. We celebrated the gift of the Holy Spirit as told in Acts 2 and sung by the Psalmist in Psalm 104. We also celebrated Holy Communion. Watch the service again on YouTube Watch or read the Sunday Prayers Ian, Saide, Meg and the children brought [...]
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Watch or 6:13 Creator God, through the ages you speak your living Word The earth and sea are full of your creatures, big and small Wonderful, glorious, amazing beyond our imagining. Your Spirit sighs and sings, calling to us and so we say Come Holy Spirit Risen Saviour, on the [...]
Annual General Meeting, Elections & Lunch Everyone is welcome to stay after worship on Sunday 5th June for our AGM and Election of Elders and Congregation Office Bearers. The Olive Harvest (collection of annual reports) will be published on Sunday 29th May. Stay on after the AGM [...]
We have a crucial window of opportunity over the next five days to influence the Victorian government's decision on its 2035 climate target. The Victorian government has initiated the process to set the country's first Emissions Reduction Target for 2035. It's an opportunity we can't afford to miss. Friends of the Earth Melbourne has [...]
The BUC Arts and Worship committees invite your creative response to the psalms for the fourth Sunday in each month of Winter. We welcome all forms of creative response: visual, craft, performance, dance, poem, prayer, spoken word and song. Contributions will be used to shape the worship we offer on the fourth Sunday of [...]
Ministry Team CYYA Joint Nominating Committee Church Council Olive Way program Pastoral Care Committee Justice & Mission Committee Sunday Morning Program Roster participants Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network Non-Violent Direct Action FUNdraising Committee Presbytery of Port Philip West Creatures of the land From the Assembly News Join us in prayer for Uniting [...]
A reflection on Acts 16:25-34. I focus on the theology of prisons and the scandal of Australia's indigenous incarceration rates Reference: Jennings, Willie James. Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible (Belief: a Theological Commentary on the Bible). Presbyterian Publishing. Kindle Edition. The reflection begins at 25:50 in the video.
On a cold autumn Sunday afternoon some 25 intrepid interested folk arrived at the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation at Abbotsford. We were setting off - braving the elements, the cyclists and other walkers to travel along the Birrarung. Elder Uncle Dave Wandin, a member of the Wurundjeri Corp led us in [...]